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MSRA funded projects - started in 2006
PROJECT GRANTS
Analysis of the genetic networks operating in autoimmune mediated demyelination
Dr David Bandin, Australian National University
Total Funding Awarded: $60,000
Duration: 1 year
The role of neutrophils in promoting myelination
Prof Trevor Kilpatrick, University of Melbourne
Total Funding Awarded: $50,000
Duration: 1 year
Immunogenetic profile of MS
Dr Jeanette Lechner-Scott, John Hunter Hospital
Total Funding Awarded: 40,000
Duration: 2 years
The study of T-cell responses to EBV in MS
Dr Lenarczyk, University of Queensland
Total Funding Awarded: $55,000
Duration: 1 year
Investigation of potential mechanisms by which BAFF-transgenic mice are protected from MOG35-55 - induced EAE
Dr Ian Sutton, Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Total Funding Awarded: $100,000
Duration: 2 years
Fine mapping and characterisation of the genes for MS in a cohort of Australian families
Dr Rachel Tan, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
Total Funding Awarded: $110,000
Duration: 2 years
Elucidating the role of autoimmune modulator roquin and follicular helper T cells in the prevention of EAE
Dr Carola Vinuesa, Australian National University
Total Funding Awarded: $110,000
Duration: 2 years
INCUBATOR 'SEEDING' GRANTS
Polymorphisms of the gene P2X7 and the role of CD5+ B-lymphocytes in MS
Prof Jim Wiley, University of Sydney
Total Funding Awarded: $10,000
Duration: 1 year
FELLOWSHIPS
Protecting Nerve cells from MS injury
Dr Helmut Butzkueven, Florey Neurosciences Institute
Total Funding Awarded: $92,500 (co-funded with the NHMRC & Trish Foundation)
Duration: 4 years
Interleukin 7 modulation of regulatory T cells in PPMS
Dr Fiona Mackay, Westmead Millennium Institute
Total Funding Awarded: $178,000
Duration: 2 years
The Australian Multi-centre Study of Environment and Immune Function
Dr Robyn Lucas, Australian National University
Total Funding Awarded: $179,500
Duration: 3 years
Novel radiolabelled peripheral benzodiazepine receptor ligands for imaging and treating neuroinflammation
Dr David Bandin, Canberra Hospital
Total Funding Awarded: $150,000
Duration: 2 years
SCHOLARSHIPS
The fate of oligodendrocytes in the pathogenesis of murine EAE
Mr Anton Ramp, La Trobe University
Total Funding Awarded: $31,650
Duration: 2 years