ARC and NHMRC grant success for 2009 funding

Australian Research Council

Discovery Projects
DP0985210 (2009-2011)
Prof. PM Sexton, Prof. R Abagyan (DDB)
Understanding and predicting small molecule binding pockets in G protein-coupled receptors. $330,000

Linkage International
LX0989791 (2009) (DDB)
Prof. RJ Summers, Dr. DS Hutchinson, AProf. T Bengtsson, Dr. M Sato
Characterisation of insulin-dependent glucose uptake mediated by guanine nucleotide-binding proteins (G proteins) coupled receptors. $86,000

National Health and Medical Research Council

Project grants
545974 (2009-2011)
Prof. A Christopoulos, Prof. A Conigrave (DDB)
Understanding the pharmacoregulation of the extracellular calcium sensing receptor. $715,000

545942 (2009-2011)
AProf. CG Sobey, Dr. GR Drummond (CVP & FRPOS)
The addition of sugar chains to Nox2 in vascular disease increases its capacity to generate free radicals. $531,250

546082 (2009-2011)
Prof H Schmidt,  AProf.  P Perlmutter, Dr R Brown, Dr K Wingler (VDD & CVH)
Underlying mechanisms of cardiovascular disease. $475,800

545964 (2009-2011)
Prof H Schmidt, Prof BP McGrath, Dr K Wingler (VDD & CVH)
Novel treatment strategies for cardiovascular dieases $312,500

DDB – Drug Discovery Biology
CVP – Cerebrovascular Pharmacology
FRPOS – Free Radical Pharmacology & Oxidative Stress
VDD – Vascular Drug Discovery
CVH – Centre for Vascular Health