Grants

Grant monies are in AUD$ for the year 2001, unless otherwise specified

$60,000
Human Frontiers Science Program
Postdoctoral Fellowship to Dr Mathieu Blery

$79,000
PFIZER Grant
To Prof P Board, Prof PW Gage, Prof AF Dulhunty
GST formation and modulation of ion channels

$103,630
National Institutes of Health
Prof P Board, Prof MV Anders

$30,000
Cecilia Kilkeary Foundation
To Drs WJ Britton, SA Thomson, Professor IA Ramshaw and Dr C Demangel
Tuberculosis Savine

$375,000
Praxis Pharmaceuticals
To Dr WB Cowden and B Charlton
Investigation of phosphosugars as anti-inflammatory drugs

$28,000
Wellcome Trust (Equipment Grant)
To Prof AF Dulhunty, Prof P Board, Dr M Casarotto, Dr Derek Laver (BAMBI); Dr G Lamb (La Trobe), Dr Stephenson (La Trobe)
Stopped-Flow Spectrophotometer.

$53,166
Bilateral Science and Technology Program with the USA National Science Foundation
To Prof AF Dulhunty and Prof E Gallant
Regulation of ryanodine receptor calcium release channels by Co-proteins.

$72,000
Human Frontiers Grant
To Dr Paul Foster
Allergic Networks

$12,000
Ramaciotti Foundation for Biomedical Research, equipment grant
To Dr Paul Foster

$92,000
ARC Large Research Grant
To Prof M-J Gething, Principal Investigator Prof DA Jans
Nuclear import of the Ern1 receptor kinase regulates activation of the unfolded protein stress response in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

$321,670
US National Institutes of Health, NIAID
To Prof C Goodnow
Mechanisms regulating islet cell destruction by CD4 T cells

$83,300
US National Institutes of Health, NCI
To Prof C Goodnow, Dr Dhanahan, Dr S Foote
Identification of genetic modifier loci that influence squamous carcinogenesis elicited by the human papillomavirus type 16 oncogenes in transgenic mice

$400,000
Novartis Institute of Functional Genomics, Collaborative Contract Novartis Foundation
To Prof C Goodnow
Identification and mapping of neurological mutants in mice

$58,200
US National Institutes of Health, NCI
To Prof Goodnow, Dr Mark Chee
Protein Profiling arrays

$167,400
NHMRC
To Prof C Goodnow
Molecular analysis of pathways in Diabetes

$57,884
Wellcome Trust
To Prof C Goodnow
Genes, T1-2 antibody responses and autoimmunity (Dr C G de Vinuesa)

$419,301
Wellcome Trust
To Prof C Goodnow
Programme of ENU mutagenesis to identify immune response genes

$15,000 (2001)
ARC/DETYA SPIRT (APAI) (1998-2001)
To Dr JE Gready, Dr AP Rendell and Dr R Nobes
Application of linear scaling semi-empirical quantum chemical methods to the study of enzyme reaction mechanisms.

$35,000
APAC Centre of Expertise Program (2000-2003)
To Dr JE Gready
Biomolecular simulation and bioinformatics.

$17,800
Australian Society for Blood Transfusion Research Fund (2001)
To Dr JE Gready and Dr Minchinton (Australian Red Cross Blood Service, Brisbane)
Screening of therapeutic potential of mannose-binding lectins against pathogens using bioinformatic and molecular modelling methods

$34,000
Australian National Heart Foundation
To Dr AKM Hammarström
The persistent Na+ current during hypoxia: the influence of subunits, associated proteins and drugs

$24,360
Motor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia
To Dr AKM Hammarström
Grant-in-aid

$47,751 (2001)
ACT Cancer Society
To Prof I Hendry and Dr S Bartlett
Investigation of Morphine Tolerance in G_za Deficient Mice: Implications for the Treatment of Chronic Cancer Pain

$9,074 (2001)
The Wellcome Trust
To Dr C Hill and Dr K Dora (University of Bath)
Travel

$44,100 (2001)
National Heart Foundation
To Dr C Hill
Anatomical and functional variation in the mesenteric and iris arterial vasculature; correlationof myoendothelial communication and mechanisms of endothelium-dependent relaxation

$10,000 (2001)
Rammaciotti Foundation
To Dr C Hill
Biomedical Research

$598,981
Wellcome Trust
To Prof DA Jans Principal Applicant; Prof C Parish/Drs DJ Tremethick/P Foster/M Crouch Co-applicants
Multi-Photon Upgrade for BioRAD radiance 2000 CLSM

$68,000
NHMRC Project Grant
To Prof DA Jans
Regulation of nuclear import of HIV-1 proteins - implications for therapeutic approaches

$91,110
NHMRC Senior Fellowship
To Prof DA Jans

$135,00
NHMRC Project Grant
To Prof DA Jans
Regulation of nuclear import of viral oncoproteins and transcription factors by protein-protein interactions

$60,000
Medical Research Council of Canada
Postdoctoral Fellowship to Dr Sylvie Lesage

$209,090 ($627,270 2000/2003)
Human Frontier Research Grant
To Dr K Luger and Dr D Tremethick
The molecular function of an essential histone variant

$55,817
NHMRC, Peter Doherty Postdoctoral Fellow
To Dr Suresh Mahalingam

$22,000 (2001)
DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) Fellowship (2000-2001)
To Dr H Mauser
Computational dissection of the multi-step reaction mechanism of Rubisco

$115,682 (2001)
NHMRC (2000-2002)
To Prof AJ McLean and Dr PJ Harvey (Canberra Clinical School) and Dr JE Gready
Assessment of hypoxia and hepatic metabolism in cirrhotic rats using NMR

$90,000
ARC SPIRT Grant
To Dr RE Nordon, Dr PJ Simmons, Prof DA Jans, T Lockett
Development of chimeric proteins for targeted gene delivery

$196,000
NSW Cancer Council
To Professor CR Parish, Dr J Altin (BaMBi), Dr P Hogg (UNSW) and Prof C Chesterman (UNSW)
Tumour angiogenesis

$672,000
Progen Industries Ltd
To Professor CR Parish and Professor M Banwell (Research School of Chemistry)
Development of novel heparinoid mimetics and investigation of the heparanase enzyme as a diagnostic and therapeutic target

$14,720
The Wellcome Trust Biomedical Research Collaboration Grant
To Professor C Parish and Professor M Walport (Imperial College, London)
Tick-over activation of complement by the classical pathway

$376,000
National Institutes of Health
To Professor IA Ramshaw and Dr S Thomson
HIV Vaccine and Design Development Program

$90,000 per year for three years commencing 2001
Human Frontiers Science Program
To Professor S Redman
Spinal cord research

$15,000
Clive and Vera Ramaciotti Foundation
Dr C Schyvens

$634,000
The Wellcome Trust
To Dr F Shannon, Prof C Goodnow, Prof D Jans, Dr R Baker, Dr D Tremethick
Purchase of a microarray system

$125,000
NHMRC /JDFA/ JDFI Diabetes Collaborative Research Grant
To Dr CJ Simeonovic, Prof I Ramshaw, Dr W Cowden and Clin Assoc Prof JD Wilson
Regulation of the immune response to allografts of adult pancreatic islets

$181,800
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International (New York)
To Dr J Simeonovic, Clin Assoc Prof JD Wilson, Dr P Milburn, Prof A Gibbs
Regulation of pig proislet xenograft destruction and assessment of the potential for xenozoonoses

$136,000 ($680,000 1998/2002)
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation/ NHMRC/DA
To Dr R Slattery

$220,666 ($662,000 2000/2003)
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
To Dr R Slattery

$140,000 (2001)
Wellcome Trust
To Dr G Stuart
Senior Research Fellowship

$57,000
Uniseed Pty Ltd
Development of DNA-based test for the diagnosis of chronic fatigue disorders
To Dr David J Torpy, University of Queensland
Dr AW Bachmann, University of Queensland
Prof JA Whitworth, John Curtin School of Medical Research
Assoc Prof RV Jackson, University of Queensland
Dr S Easteal, John Curtin School of Medical Research

$145,000
NHMRC Project Grant
To Dr D Tremethick and Dr Patricia Ridgeway

$135,000
NHMRC Project Grant
To Dr HS Warren
Receptors and Ligands Regulating Human NK Cell Proliferation

$76,015
NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship
To Dr HS Warren

$16,940
The Canberra Hospital Private Practice Fund
Dr HS Warren, Ms L Maxwell, Dr J Dahlstrom
The use of monoclonal antibody WV2 for the detection of NK cells in fixed tissue sections

$160,000
NHMRC
To Dr DO Willenborg

$60,000
National Multiple Sclerosis Society of Australia
Dr DO Willenborg
The role of interferon-gamma and nitric oxide in the downregulation of central nervous system inflammation