Congratulations to our NHMRC Ideas Grant Recipients
Top researchers from the School of Biomedical Sciences have been awarded funding in the current round of the NHMRC Ideas Grant Scheme.
A total of 34 researchers from the University of Melbourne were successful, with 14 recipients from the School receiving grants for their creative and innovative research projects.
"On behalf of the School of Biomedical Sciences, I extend my warm congratulations to all researchers on this amazing outcome. It is an endorsement of the diverse and innovative research that is being carried out across the School," says Professor Jenny Wilkinson-Berka, Head of School.
Prof | Leanne | Delbridge | Towards optimizing diabetes therapies for cardio protection: Precision approaches for women | Anatomy & Physiology |
Assoc Prof | Jason | Ivanusic | On-Demand, Nanoparticle-Based Analgesia for Musculoskeletal Pain | Anatomy & Physiology |
Prof | Gordon | Lynch | Interrogating the therapeutic potential of slow muscle programming in cancer | Anatomy & Physiology |
Dr | Magdalene | Montgomery | Development of multifaceted glucose-plus therapies - A focus on Hexosaminidase A (HEXA) | Anatomy & Physiology |
Assoc Prof | Simon | Murray | Promoting myelin repair in a refractory environment in vivo. | Anatomy & Physiology |
Dr | Kirstan | Vessey | Novel therapies for slowing vision loss caused by retinal degeneration | Anatomy & Physiology |
Dr | Robyn | Brown | Why do women overeat? Understanding the neural circuits driving stress-related eating | Biochemistry & Pharmacology |
Dr | Laura | Edgington-Mitchell | Legumain at the cutting edge of oral cancer | Biochemistry & Pharmacology |
Prof | Paul | Gleeson | Establishment of novel, neuronal-cell based, therapeutic screens for Alzheimer€™s disease using patients stem cells | Biochemistry & Pharmacology |
Prof | Malcolm | McConville | Global analysis of metabolic targets in Leishmania parasites | Biochemistry & Pharmacology |
Dr | Brad | Gilbertson | Investigation of the structure of the influenza A virus genome and how it directs reassortment to generate novel strains | Microbiology & Immunology |
Dr | Ashraful | Haque | Mapping B-cell fate to improve humoral immunity to malaria | Microbiology & Immunology |
Prof | William | Heath | The role of resident and circulating CD8 T cell memory in the control of liver infections | Microbiology & Immunology |
Assoc Prof | Hayley | Newton | Coxiella pathogenesis and Effector-Effector Interplay | Microbiology & Immunology |
"We will look at how intracellular recycling and waste accumulation contribute to the rate of photoreceptor death. We are aiming to find treatments that enhance the removal of intracellular waste to slow the progression of vision loss in retinal degeneration. And this could form a critical foundation for the development of new clinical tools for managing those with retinal degenerations," says Dr Kirstan Vessey of her project, Novel therapies for slowing vision loss caused by retinal degeneration.
More information
- Read the University of Melbourne's NHMRC Ideas Grants announcement here.
- View the full list of recipients and funding on the NHMRC website.