Congratulations to the staff who have been awarded grants!
The University of Auckland/Strategic Research Initiative Fund – Genomics Into Medicine
Stefan Bohlander, Molecular Medicine & Pathology
Trio Whole Exome Sequencing: Diagnosis and Gene Discovery of Ultra-rare Genetic Syndromes
$18,000
The University of Auckland – Science – MWC/The University of Auckland Science – MWC
Matt Bull, Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre
Characterisation of molecular interactions using surface plasmon resonance to identify the mode-of-action of EGFR tyrosine kinase prodrugs
$13,975
Maurice and Phyllis Paykel Trust/MPPT Equipment Grant
Juliette Cheyne, Physiology
Development of a customised two-photon microscope for in vivo imaging of brain activity with cellular resolution
$59,644
Lottery Health/Lottery Health Shared Equipment Costs
Juliette Cheyne, Physiology
Development of a customised two-photon microscope for in vivo imaging of brain activity with cellular resolution
$59,332
University of Otago/BRNZ
Maurice Curtis, Anatomy and Medical Imaging
The Role of Calcium, Insulin and Cell Surface Proteins
$129,000
Maurice Curtis, Maurice Anatomy and Medical Imaging
Non-neuronal transfer of alpha-synuclein in Parkinson’s disease
$18,000
Michael Dragunow, Pharmacology
Human neuron-pericyte interactions
$250,000
Peter Thorne, Brain Research New Zealand
BRNZ Auckland Admin Project
$829,691
Deborah Young, Pharmacology
Auckland Dementia Prevention Research Clinics and Healthy Controls- Bloods
$261,652
Lottery Health/Lottery Health Research Projects
Alan Davidson, Molecular Medicine & Pathology
FAM49B: a novel haem regulator
$98,763
Lottery Health/Lottery Health Shared Equipment Costs
Justin Dean, Physiology
Novel developmental roles for the extracellular sugar hyaluronan: does hyaluronan control neurite growth connectivity in developing cortical neurons?
$53,597
Massachusetts General Hospital/Research Grant
Faull, Richard L KNZM, Anatomy and Medical Imaging
CCXDP – Evaluation of new C–TAFI and N–TAFI antisera by immunohistology in normal human brain sections
$27,974
New Zealand Society for Oncology/Roche Translational Cancer Research Fellowship
Francis Hunter, Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre
Determining mechanisms of resistance to trastuzumab emtansine
$30,000
The University of Auckland/Strategic Research Initiative Fund – Genomics Into Medicine
Francis Hunter, Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre
Use of CRISPR-mediated functional genomics to identify genetic vulnerabilities in NRAS-driven melanoma
$10,258
The New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation/The New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation
Barbara Lipert, Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre
Auckland Cancer Research BCFNZ Ronald Kay Science Fellowship
$80,000
The University of Auckland – Science – MWC/The University of Auckland Science – MWC
Troy Merry, Nutrition
Can exercise alter transcription responses of non-muscle metabolic tissues?
$17,577
Nicole Moreland,
MWC Flagship Group A Streptococcus Auckland
$645,701
Adam Patterson, Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre
MWC Immuno-oncology Flagship
$597,896
Peter Shepherd, Molecular Medicine and Pathology
MWC Flagship MD Animal Cell Studies
$415,834
Peter Shepherd, Molecular Medicine and Pathology
MWC MD Flagship Sugar in Schools Auckland
$312,541
Peter Shepherd, Molecular Medicine and Pathology
MWC MD Flagship Human Phenotype Auckland
$386,449
Health Ed Trust NZ/Brain Research New Zealand
Helen Murray, Anatomy and Medical Imaging
Investigating the progression of aggregate pathology and cell death in the Alzheimer’s disease olfactory system
$300,000
Kate Edger Educational Charitable Trust/Post-Doctoral Research Award
Amelia Power, School of Medical Sciences
Regulation of mitochondrial energy supply in the detubulated heart
$16,000
The University of Auckland/Strategic Research Initiative Fund – Genomics Into Medicine
Cristin Print, Molecular Medicine and Pathology
Clinical Genomics in Practice: Educational Resource Requirements of General Practitioners in Aotearoa / New Zealand
$7,900
Cristin Print, Molecular Medicine and Pathology
Evaluation of the Informed Consent Process for Whole Exome Sequencing (WES) in New Zealand: Consistency and Māori Cultural Considerations.
$4,840
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd/Grant
Rohit Ramchandra, Physiology
Does nasal high flow therapy improve symptoms in heart failure?
$5,000
The University of Auckland/Strategic Research Initiative Fund- The Food and Health Programme
Rajshri Roy, Nutrition
Does labelling of healthy foods on menus promote better choices at the point-of-purchase in university food outlets?
$10,000
Lottery Health/Lottery Health Research Projects
Mark Thomas, Molecular Medicine and Pathology
Reducing antibiotic prescribing by changing patient expectations
$19,805
School of Medicine Foundation/School of Medicine Foundation Project
Srdjan Vlajkovic, Physiology
Building foundation for pharmacological therapies of hearing loss: the role of adenosine receptors in regeneration of afferent synapses in the cochlea after excitotoxic injury
$50,000
School of Medicine Foundation/School of Medicine Foundation Project
Siouxsie Wiles, Molecular Medicine and Pathology
Beating the superbugs
$22,898
Cure Kids/Special Out of Round
Andrew Wood, Molecular Medicine & Pathology
Precision Paediatric Cancer Project
$1,250,000
Health Research Council/HRC Explorer Grant
Paul Young, Molecular Medicine & Pathology
A universal scaffold for multivalent vaccine development
$150,000