Congratulations to our staff on their recent grant success.
Auckland Medical Research Foundation/AMRF Project
Suzuki Haruna, Physiology
Finding novel targets to protect auditory nerve synapses for prevention of hearing loss
$108,968
Angus Grey, Physiology
Breaking the biochemical barriers to anti-cataract therapies with nanovesicle technology
$158,539
Srdjan Vlajkovic, Physiology
The role of Annexin A1 in the resolution of cochlear inflammation caused by cisplatin administration
$159,234
Troy Merry, Nutrition
The role of a variant in the CREBRF in promoting pancreatic beta-cell function to protect against type 2 diabetes
$159,324
Tet W Lee, Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre
Molecular determinants of microenvironment stress tolerance in head and neck cancer
$151,615
Maggie Kalev, Molecular Medicine and Pathology
Unfolded protein response in myeloproliferative neoplasms
$159,999
Cancer Research Trust New Zealand/GENESIS Research Grant
Maggie Kalev, Molecular Medicine and Pathology
Unfolded protein response in myeloproliferative neoplasms
$79,715
Julie Spicer, Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre
Increasing patient survival from blood cancers by preventing bone marrow transplant rejection $77,040
Stephen Jamieson, Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre
The role of mTOR signalling in mediating T-DM1 resistance
$80,000
Benjamin Dickson, Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre
A bio-inspired method to address antibody-drug conjugate payload toxicity
$79,924
Cure Kids/Research Project Granting Round
Jacelyn Hughes, Molecular Medicine and Pathology
Improving the efficacy of TeeVax – NZ’s leading vaccine candidate against Rheumatic Fever
$90,208
Lottery Health/Postdoctoral Fellowships
Randall D’Souza, Nutrition
Understanding the role of neutrophils and alpha-1-antitrypsin in of non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases
$260,000
Maurice and Phyllis Paykel Trust/MPPT Project Grant
Christopher Hedges, Nutrition
Investigating the effects of PI3K inhibition on adult mouse metabolism and thermoregulation
$8,000
Rhea Desai, Molecular Medicine and Pathology
Elucidating the role of the AhR pathway in leukaemia stem cells: A new therapeutic approach for acute myeloid leukaemia
$10,000
Veronika Sander, Molecular Medicine and Pathology
Establishing a model for a new syndromic genetic kidney disease found in a NZ family
$16,000
Bronwen Connor, Pharmacology
Transplantation of human reprogrammed neural precursor cells for the treatment of Parkinson’s and Huntington’s disease
$13,000
Julia Robertson, Molecular Medicine and Pathology
Understanding life and death. Identification of enzymes involved in bacterial viability and cell death processes
$9,000
Randall D’Souza, Nutrition
Identifying circulatory and exosomal microRNA profiles that are specific to NAFLD
$10,000
Anassuya Ramachandran, Molecular Medicine and Pathology
Revealing the Role of MEN1 and TGF-beta Superfamily Signalling in pNETs
$14,000
Neurological Foundation/NF Project Grant
Bronwen Connor, Pharmacology
Understanding Fragile X Syndrome Through Direct Cell Reprogramming
$287,036
Neurological Foundation/NF Small Project
Jack Flanagan, Pharmacology
Toward new mechanisms of pain relief for Multiple Sclerosis
$14,870
Helen Murray, Anatomy and Medical Imaging
Multiplex in situ hybridisation and immunohistochemistry for the study of Brain Plasticity in Alzheimer’s Disease
$15,000
Neurological Foundation/Philip Wrightson Postdoctoral Fellowship
Kevin Lee, Physiology
Investigating inflammation-induced synapse loss using adult human neurons
$192,343
Neurological Foundation/W & B Miller Postgraduate Scholarship
In H Park, Pharmacology
Improving the Therapeutic Potential of Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors in the Treatment of Glioblastoma: Conjugation with Heptamethine Cyanine Dyes
$119,000
Maurice Curtis, Anatomy and Medical Imaging
Investigating the role of distinct α-synuclein strains in different α-synucleinopathies
$119,000
Royal Society of New Zealand/Catalyst Seeding – General
Kathleen Mountjoy, Physiology
NZ-USA Melanocortinome Team discovering endogenous melanocortin hormones that prevent obesity
$80,000
Royal Society of New Zealand/Catalyst Seeding – New Zealand-Japan Joint Research Programme
Paul Donaldson, Physiology
Roles for the mechanosensitive channels (TRPV1 and TRPV4) in the initiation of presbyopia
$60,000