NH&MRC and ARC Funding success

NHMRC and ARC funding success

Congratulations to ARMI researchers recently awarded NH&MRC and ARC grants.

NH&MRC Project Grant recipients:

Dr Robert Bryson-Richardson and Prof Peter Currie, for the research project: “Determining the pathobiology of human sarcomeric myopathies using zebrafish” ($491,956).
Dr James Bourne, for the projects: “Molecular and Cellular Changes Following a Cortical Injury: What Role Do They Play in Regeneration?” ($484,208) and “Developmental Plasticity in the Nonhuman Primate Visual Cortex” ($448,918).

ARC Discovery Grants recipients:

Prof Peter Currie, for the project: “Genetic and molecular basis of appendicular muscle formation” ($280,000 over 3 years)
Dr Catherine Boisvert, for the project “Fleshing out the fossil record: using organically preserved soft tissues and bone to explore the evolution of unique vertebrate characters” ($710,000 over 5 years).

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04 Oct 11

Three Australian fish – including the iconic lungfish – have given insights into the giant genetic leap that set the scene for the evolution of humans.
2010 Annual Report now available
01 Sep 11
Marcelle group publishes latest research in Nature Magazine
16 May 11

Stem cell study could pave the way to treatment for age related muscle wasting
Australia Fellows call on Gillard to avoid medical research cuts
18 Apr 11

Thirty-eight Australia Fellows have written to the Prime Minister calling on her to support medical research and avoid cuts to funding.
New publication in the journal Neuron
29 Mar 11

Julian Heng publishes the paper: Proneural Transcription Factors Regulate Different Steps of Cortical Neuron Migration through Rnd-Mediated Inhibition of RhoA Signaling
1st ARMI Annual Report now available
25 Feb 11