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Examples of new Discovery Projects in 2012 - Tasmania
Discovery Projects totalling $2 740 000 covering 10 projects
University of Tasmania
Cellular mechanisms that protect against copper-bound beta-amyloid (DP120100180)
Summary: This project will investigate some of the brain's own mechanisms for protecting itself against Alzheimer's disease. Understanding these mechanisms will be important for developing future therapeutic strategies for treating Alzheimer's disease.
Chief Investigator: Dr Roger Chung
ARC funding: $270 000
University of Tasmania
Mobility, stasis or extinction? The response of plants to long-term environmental change (DP120100501)
Summary: This study of Australian plants will improve our ability to predict how plants and vegetation will respond to climate change by investigating the ability of plants to survive climate change. In particular, this project is designed to generate simple principles that can be used in management of species and vegetation at risk from climate change.
Chief Investigator: Dr Gregory J Jordan
ARC funding: $285 000
University of Tasmania
Analysing the protective role of platelets during malaria infection (DP120100061)
Summary: Platelets protect the host during malarial infection. This project aims to study how platelets kill the malaria parasite by investigating the role of host molecules and their potential as novel antimalarial agents. The role of platelets in the pathogenesis of cerebral malaria syndrome will also be investigated.
Chief Investigator: Dr Brendan J McMorran
ARC funding: $280 000
