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MSRA funded projects - started in 2008
PROJECT GRANTS
Tryptophan analysis in adult stem cells
Prof Bruce Brew, St Vincent's Hospital
Total Funding Awarded: $53,500
Duration: 1 year
Gene expression in brain blood vessels in MS
Prof Simon Hawke, Brain and Mind Research Institute
Total Funding Awarded: $250,000
Duration: 2 years
Promotion of Natural Immune Regulatory Mechanisms to Prevent Inflammation in the Brain
Dr Suzanne Hodgkinson, University of NSW
Total Funding Award: $110,000
Duration: 2 years
Antigen presentation in the CNS
A/Prof Heinrich Körner, James Cook University
Total Funding Awarded: $87,600
Duration: 2 years
Analysing how key molecules protect the nervous system in MS
Prof Trevor Kilpatrick, University of Melbourne
Total Funding Awarded: $86,000
Duration: 1 year
Living Well: An online fatigue self-management program for adults with neurological conditions
Prof Tanya Packer, Curtin University of Technology
Total Funding Award: $92,000
Duration: 2 years
Role of a nerve growth regulatory molecule in a mouse model of MS
A/Prof Ann Turnley, University of Melbourne
Total Funding Awarded: $76,000
Duration: 1 year
Inflammatory cells in the brain and spinal cord in multiple sclerosis. What are they targeting?
Prof John Prineas, University of Sydney
Total Funding Awarded: $40,000
Duration: 1 year
INCUBATOR "SEEDING" GRANTS
Regulation of Brain Immunity
Dr David Alexander Brown, The St Vincent’s Centre for Applied Medical Research
Total Funding Awarded: $25,000
Duration: 1 year
Isolation and purification of human oligodendrocyte precursor cells from embroyonic neural stem cells
A/Prof Tailoi Chan-Ling, University of Sydney
Total Funding Awarded: $15,000
Duration: 1 year
Involvement of the kynurenine pathway in the pathogenesis of MS
Dr Gilles Guillemin, St Vincent's Hospital
Total Funding Awarded: $15,000
Duration: 1 year
Changes in passive mechanical properties of muscle fascicles and tendons in people with advanced MS
A/Prof Rob Herbert, University of Sydney
Total Funding Awarded: $15,000
Duration: 1 year
Development of the optic nerve as a model for the morphological and immunocytochemical study of normal and MS-affected human brain
Dr Alison Jennings, University of Western Australia
Total Funding Awarded: $25,000
Duration: 1 year
SCHOLARSHIPS
Modulating signalling in neural precursor cells to enhance repair in demyelinated brains
Jennifer Sabo, Florey Neuroscience Institutes
Total Funding Awarded: $66,800
Duration: 3 years