To Search For Genetic Causes Of Renal Disease In The Tiwi Island Aboriginal Population
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$638,721.00
Summary
This project aims to continue work done on identifying the genetic basis to the kidney disease suffered by the Tiwi population from Bathurst and Melville Islands. It is based on the outcomes of the first genome-wide scan in an Aboriginal population. The scan yielded a genetic association to a locus that has led to a very plausible hypothesis. If this hypothesis is correct, and the goal of this project is designed to find this out, then public health measures should be able to halt the progressio ....This project aims to continue work done on identifying the genetic basis to the kidney disease suffered by the Tiwi population from Bathurst and Melville Islands. It is based on the outcomes of the first genome-wide scan in an Aboriginal population. The scan yielded a genetic association to a locus that has led to a very plausible hypothesis. If this hypothesis is correct, and the goal of this project is designed to find this out, then public health measures should be able to halt the progression of this disease in the community.Read moreRead less
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE210100028
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$3,000,000.00
Summary
Australian Membership of the International Ocean Discovery Program. This proposal is for an 18-month membership of the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP), the world’s largest collaborative research program in Earth and Ocean sciences. The Program studies the history and current activity of the Earth by conducting seagoing coring expeditions and monitoring of instrumented boreholes, using globally unique infrastructure that Australians would otherwise have no access to. Program outcomes ....Australian Membership of the International Ocean Discovery Program. This proposal is for an 18-month membership of the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP), the world’s largest collaborative research program in Earth and Ocean sciences. The Program studies the history and current activity of the Earth by conducting seagoing coring expeditions and monitoring of instrumented boreholes, using globally unique infrastructure that Australians would otherwise have no access to. Program outcomes include understanding past global environmental change on multiple time scales, the deep biosphere, plate tectonics, formation and distribution of resources, and generation of hazards. These outcomes are paramount to Australia’s national science and research priorities, and societal and economic prosperity.Read moreRead less