News Archive

Grants awarded between 30 November 2013 and 14 March 2014

ARC CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE

Winthrop Professor Andrew Millar, Dr Barry Pogson, Professor Stephen Tyerman, Professor Ian Small, Professor James Whelan, Associate Professor Justin Borevitz, Professor Ryan Lister, Doctor Owen Atkin, Adjunct Professor Rana Munns, ARC Centre for Plant Energy Biology, School of Plant Biology, University of Adelaide, Zhejiang University, Umea University, Australian National University, La Trobe University, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Agilent Technologies Australia Pty Ltd, Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC), Salk Institute of Biological Studies, University of Turku, Groupe Limagrain Vilmorin and Cie, Photon Systems Instruments:  'ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology 2014 (CPEB2)'-$26,000,000 (2014-20)

ARC DISCOVERY PROJECTS

Clinical Professor Carol Bower, Dr Stephen Zubrick, Professor James Semmens, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, Curtin University of Technology:  'Estimating the Population Effect of Maternal Alcohol Use Disorders on the Educational Achievement of Children'-$293,000 (2014-16)

ARC DISCOVERY INDIGENOUS

Professor Leonard Collard, A/Professor Kim Scott, Professor Niall Lucy, Professor John Hartley, School of Indigenous Studies, Curtin University of Technology:  'Noongar Keeditjin Birdi ‑ Noongar Knowledge Networks ‑ or Why is There no Nyungar Wikipedia'-$610,000 (2014-16)

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ANATOMISTS

Dr Foteini Hassiotou, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry:  'AAA Postdoctoral Fellowship ‑ New Horizons for Regenerative Medicine using Breast Milk Stem Cells'-(2014)

ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION OF AUSTRALIA

Winthrop Professor Jiake Xu, School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine:  'Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Effects of Helenalin on Collagen-induced Arthritis and Osteolysis'-$38,000 (2014)

ASTRONOMY AUSTRALIA LIMITED

Professor Lister Staveley-Smith, International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research:  'Australia China Astronomy Collaboration Award - Staveley-Smith'-$15,000  2014)

AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE

Dr Hannah Moore, UWA Centre for Child Health Research:  '64th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting'-$3,500 (2014)

AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY

Associate Professor Aron Chakera, School of Medicine and Pharmacology:  'A Phase 1 Non Randomised Trial to Assess the Safety of Intraperitoneal tPA and DNAse in Patients with PD Peritonitis'-$10,000 (2014)

AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE

Dr Parwinder Kaur, Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture:  'Scientific Visits to Japan ‑ Meeting future Australian pasture crop challenges:  whole genome sequence of subterranean clover'- $5,040 (2014)

AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTION OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING LTD

Miss Alison O'Donnell, Dr Pauline Grierson, Assistant Professor Grzegorz Skrzypek, School of Plant Biology:  'ITRAX measurements of tree ring density and chemistry to reconstruct past rainfall patterns in NW Australia'-$8,125 (2014)

AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY EX ARC LIEF

Professor Richard Arculus, Professor Thompson McCuaig, Prof Eelco Rohling, Prof Andrew Roberts, Dr Neville Exon, Dr Christopher Yeats, Professor Suzanne O'Reilly, Prof Simon George, Prof Dietmar Muller, Prof Jonathan Aitchison, Dr Jody Webster, Professor Annette George, Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science, School of Earth and Environment, University of Sydney, Australian National University, CSIRO Exploration and Mining, Macquarie University:  'Australian Membership of the International Ocean Discovery Program'-(2014-2018)

AUSTRALIAN PORK LIMITED

Winthrop Professor Garry Lee, Winthrop Professor Roger Watling, Ms Heather Channon, Centre for Forensic Science, Australian Pork Limited:  'Physi-Trace:  Retailer Standard Compliance and Logistics and Implementation Plan'-$219,987 (2014)

BUSHFIRES AND NATURAL HAZARDS CRC

Winthrop Professor Charitha Pattiaratchi, Dr Sarath Wijeratne, Mr Matthew Eliot, Dr Ivan Haigh, School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, University of Southampton, Damara WA Pty Ltd:  'Develop Better Predictions for Extreme Water Levels'-$785,000 (2014-16)

Winthrop Professor David Pannell, Associate Professor Atakelty Hailu, School of Agricultural and Resource Economics:  'Economics of Natural Hazards'-$710,247 (2014-16)

CRC FOR LIVING WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS

Associate Professor Andrew Whitehouse, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, La Trobe University, University of New South Wales, Mater Medical Research Institute:  'Base Resources for Autism CRC'-$605,000 (2013-16)

CRC MINING

Professor Melinda Hodkiewicz, School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering:  'Maintainer of the Future'-$30,000 (2014)

CSIRO EX GRDC

Associate Professor Michael Renton, School of Plant Biology:  'Reassessing the Value and Use of Fixed Nitrogen'-$45,000 (2013-15)

CANCER COUNCIL OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Associate Professor Robert McLaughlin, Winthrop Professor Christobel Saunders, Winthrop Professor David Sampson, School of Surgery, School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering:  'Intra Operative Assessment of Lymph Node Metastasis in Breast Cancer with Optical Imaging'-$99,537 (2014)

Associate Professor Evan Ingley, Associate Professor Margaret Hibbs, Professor Wendy Erber, School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UWA Centre for Medical Research, Monash University:  'Role of Lyn tyrosine kinase in blood development and disease'-$100,000 (2014)

Professor Anna Nowak, Associate Professor Roslyn Francis, Winthrop Professor Yun Lee, Professor Sean Bydder, Dr Jenette Creaney, School of Surgery, School of Medicine and Pharmacology:  'Outcomes and predictors of efficacy of palliative radiotherapy in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma'-$99,679 (2014)

Dr Juliana Hamzah, Professor Ruth Ganss, Professor Erkki Ruoslahti, UWA Centre for Medical Research, Sanford‑Burnham Medical Research Institute:  'Targeting Extracellular Matrix in Solid Tumours'-$99,649 (2014)

Associate Professor Roslyn Francis, Professor Anna Nowak, Dr Kerrie McDonald, Professor Dale Bailey, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Sydney, University of New South Wales:  'Determining prognosis and treatment response: novel imaging modalities for Glioblastoma'-$143,135 (2014-15)

Professor Wendy Erber, Assistant Professor Kathryn Heel, Dr Tania Tabone, School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine:  'Megakaryocyte pathology in Myeloproliferative Neoplasms'-$100,000 (2014)

Clinical Professor Arthur Musk, Associate Professor Alison Reid, Professor Geoffrey Berry, Dr Helman Alfonso, Dr Fraser Brims, School of Population Health, University of Sydney, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital:  'From asbestos miners to DIY home renovators:  understanding the consequences of changing asbestos exposure'-$58,000 (2014)

Professor Mariapia Degli‑Esposti, Dr Matthew Wikstrom, Professor Geoff Hill, Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Queensland Institute of Medical Research:  'Interplays between anti-viral and allo-responses in the context of graft versus host disease'-$100,000 (2014)

Winthrop Professor Peter Leedman, Mr Keith Giles, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, UWA Centre for Medical Research, Western Australian Institute for Medical Research (WAIMR):  'Investigating the mechanisms for treatment resistance in head and neck cancer'-$100,000 (2014)

Professor George Yeoh, Dr Bernard Callus, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry:  'Establishing a causal relationship between the deletion of the CDKN2A gene in liver progenitor cells and liver cancer thereby providing a genetic mechanism for heptatocarcinogenesis'-$100,000 (2014)

Mrs Suzanne Mashtoub, School of Medicine and Pharmacology:  'Emu Oil and protection from inflammation-associated colorectal cancer and chemotherapy-induced mucositis'-$25,000 (2014)

Dr Pilar Blancafort, School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology:  'Epigenetic tailoring of the cancer genome:  novel targeted strategies for the treatment of aggressive breast cancer'-$80,000 (2014-17)

Professor Cashel Holman, School of Population Health:  'Cancer Council of Western Australia Research Career Achievement Award'-$20,000 (2014)

COUNCIL OF GRAIN GROWERS ORGANISATION

Professor Nancy Longnecker, Ms Dominie Wright, School of Animal Biology:  'Up-skilling the Western Australian grains industry in disease surveillance for a more productive and biosecure future'-$45,000 (2014-16)

CURTIN UNIVERSITY EX ARC LINKAGE PROJECTS

Professor Dora Marinova, Associate Professor Kurt Seeman, Professor Leonard Collard, School of Indigenous Studies, Curtin University of Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, SMYL Community Services:  'Indigenous Participation in a Low Carbon Economy'-$70,726 (2013-15)

DAEWOO SHIPBUILDING AND MARINE ENGINEERING CO LTD

Associate Professor Muhammad Hossain, Dr Youngho Kim, Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems:  'Spudcan-Soil Interacton during Building a Jack-up Rig at DSME Shipyard'-$70,000 (2013)

ECR FELLOWSHIP SUPPORT PROGRAM

Assistant Professor Elizabeth Newnham, School of Psychology:  'Measuring Trauma among Disaster-Affected Populations in China'-$30,000 (2013) Dr Amir Karton, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry:  'Mimicking Nature ‑ Computational Design of Better Antioxidants'-$30,000 (2014)

Assistant Professor Peter Metaxas, School of Physics:  'Enhancing Spintronic Research Capabilities'-$30,000 (2014)

ECR NEAR MISS SUPPORT PROGRAM

Dr Jennifer Tickner, Mr Benjamin Mullin, School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine and Pharmacology:  'Identification of Morc3 as a regulator of bone homeostasis using ENU mutagenesis'-$75,000 (2014)

Dr Vanessa Fear, UWA Centre for Child Health Research:  'Type I Interferon ‑ viral infection, development of allergen tolerance and pre-disposition to asthma development'-$75,000 (2014)

EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN AUSTRALIA

Professor Samina Yasmeen, School of Social Sciences:  'Professor Emile Nakhle Lecture Tour to Australia'- $4,806 (2014)

FREMANTLE HOSPITAL MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Dr Angela Chew, School of Medicine and Pharmacology:  'Modulating toll-like receptor signalling and complex assembly by phosphatidylcholine to prevent intestinal fibrostenosis in patients with Crohn's disease'-$15,000 (2014)

Dr Anita Chua, School of Medicine and Pharmacology:  'The Effects of Dietary Haem on Colonic Inflammation'-$15,000 (2014)

GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY EX ARC DISCOVERY PROJECTS

Assistant Professor Fiona Paisley, Professor Elizabeth Lydon, Assistant Professor Jennifer Burn, School of Humanities, University of Technology Sydney, Griffith University:  'Australia and Anti-Slavery:  Humanitarianism and Popular Culture from 1890 to the present'-$86,500 (2014-16)

GROUP OF EIGHT EUROPEAN FELLOWSHIPS

Dr Joseph Tomkins, Dr Lukasz Michalczyk, School of Animal Biology, Jagiellonian University:  'Go8 European Fellowship 2013-14 Joseph Tomkins ‑ Lukasz Michalczyk'-(2014)

GROUPE LIMAGRAIN VILMORIN AND CIE

Professor Ian Small, ARC Centre for Plant Energy Biology:  'Synthetic Restorer Genes for Creation of Hybrid Wheat'-$517,000 (2014-15)

ILHAN FOOD ALLERGY FOUNDATION

Associate Professor Debra Palmer, School of Paediatrics and Child Health:  'Vitamin D Levels in Australian Infants at High Risk of Developing Food Allergies'-$35,252 (2014)

INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN AGROFORESTRY EX ACIAR

Dr Anthony Cunningham, School of Plant Biology:  'Development of Timber and NTFP Production and Market Strategies for Improvement of Smallholders Livelihoods in Indonesia'-$267,208 (2013-16)

INTERNATIONAL MINING FOR DEVELOPMENT CENTRE EX AUSAID

Assistant Professor Arianne Ford, Centre for Exploration Targeting CET:  'A GIS-Based Mineral Prospectivity Analysis of Central Africa'-$57,500 (2014)

ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH LTD

Professor Jorg Imberger, Associate Professor Clelia Marti, Centre for Water Research:  'Understanding and Managing the Lake Kinneret Plankton Garden'-$125,000 (2014)

JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY EX NHMRC CENTRES OF RESEARCH EXCELLENCE

Professor Jonathan Golledge, Winthrop Professor Paul Norman, School of Surgery, James Cook University:  'National Centre of Research Excellence to Improve Management of Peripheral Arterial Disease'-$65,000 (2011-15)

LLOYDS REGISTER GROUP LTD

Associate Professor Britta Bienen, Winthrop Professor Mark Cassidy, Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems:  'Behaviour of suction buckets in layered soils'-$95,550 (2014-16)

MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY EX ARC DISCOVERY PROJECT

Dr Lisa Wynn, Dr Karolyn White, Professor Colin Thomson, Winthrop Professor Mark Alan Israel, Law School, Macquarie University, Houston Thomson Pty Ltd:  'The Expanding Disciplinary Scope of Research Ethics Committees ‑ An Inquiry into Need and Resistance'-$1,000 (2014-15)

MARIE CURIE FELLOWSHIP

Prof Davor Romic, Winthrop Professor Zdenko Rengel, School of Earth and Environment, University of Zagreb:  'Organics Metals Salts Interactions in Food Safety and Environment Protection ‑ Combined Experimental and Modelling Approach'-(2013-14)

MEAT AND LIVESTOCK AUSTRALIA

Associate Professor Philip Vercoe, School of Animal Biology, Murdoch University, WA Department of Agriculture and Food, VIC Department of Primary Industries, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF):  'Round 2 ‑ Innovative Livestock Systems to Adapt to Climate Change and Reduce Emissions'-$400,000 (2013-15)

MEDELA AG

Dr Foteini Hassiotou, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry:  'Illuminating the Life-Giving Properties of Human Milk'-$885,474 (2014-16)

Associate Professor Donna Geddes, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry:  'Physiology of Human Lactation'-$2,040,563 (2014-16)

Dr Jacqueline Kent, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, King Edward Memorial Hospital KEMH:  'Scientific information to support and extend breastfeeding duration'-$343,498 (2014-16)

Dr Ching Lai, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry:  'The nutritional and bioactive components of human milk'-$406,119 (2014-16)

Emeritus Professor Peter Hartmann, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Murdoch University:  'Human Milk Metabolomics'-$331,824 (2014-15)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE FUND

Dr Keith Stubbs, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry-$25,499 (2014)

Winthrop Professor Alice Vrielink, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry-$22,883 (2014)

Emeritus Professor Charles Oxnard, Centre for Forensic Science-$14,500 (2014)

Professor Gillian Rhodes, School of Psychology-$46,562 (2014)

Professor Wallace Langdon, School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine-$32,638 (2014)

Clinical Professor Graeme Hankey, School of Medicine and Pharmacology-$26,921 (2014)

Professor Livia Hool, School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology-$38,687 (2014)

Dr Bernard Callus, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry-$15,171 (2014)

Professor Deborah Trinder, School of Medicine and Pharmacology-$35,906 (2014)

Professor Trevor Mori, School of Medicine and Pharmacology-$31,287 (2014)

Professor Jonathan Hodgson, School of Medicine and Pharmacology-$15,380 (2014)

Professor Anne Barden, School of Medicine and Pharmacology-$26,058 (2014)

Winthrop Professor Peter Barrett, School of Medicine and Pharmacology-$36,205 (2014)

Winthrop Professor Bruce Robinson, School of Medicine and Pharmacology-$103,355 (2014)

Associate Professor Leon Adams, School of Medicine and Pharmacology-$22,002 (2014)

Professor Anna Nowak, School of Medicine and Pharmacology-$33,098 (2014)

Professor Richard Prince, School of Medicine and Pharmacology- 21,532 (2014)

Professor Kevin Croft, School of Medicine and Pharmacology- 13,519 (2014)

Assistant Professor Lea‑Ann Kirkham, School of Paediatrics and Child Health-$14,381 (2014)

Professor Bu Yeap, School of Medicine and Pharmacology- 13,497 (2014)

Winthrop Professor Timothy Davis, School of Medicine and Pharmacology- $66,446 (2014)

Professor David Smith, Professor Bruce Gardiner, School of Computer Science and Software Engineering-$29,985 (2014)

Winthrop Professor Lawrence Abraham, School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine-$13,085 (2014)

Dr Lydia Hearn, School of Dentistry- 16,983 (2014)

Professor David Atkinson, School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care- 14,269 (2014)

Dr Dick Chan, School of Medicine and Pharmacology-$49,800 (2014)

Mr Jeremy Smith, School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology- 20,595 (2014)

Winthrop Professor Alan Harvey, School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology-$20,997 (2014)

Professor Fiona Bull, School of Population Health- 21,519 (2014)

Professor Charles Bond, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry-$14,749 (2014)

Professor David Preen, School of Population Health-$38,746 (2014)

Professor Cashel Holman, School of Population Health- $53,672 (2014)

Winthrop Professor David Badcock, School of Psychology-$14,325 (2014)

Dr Martin Ebert, School of Physics-$19,863 (2014)

Winthrop Professor Daniel Green, School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health-$15,508 (2014)

Winthrop Professor Eric Moses, Centre for Genetic Origins of Health and Disease-$40,829 (2014)

Winthrop Professor Sergio Starkstein, School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences-$39,411 (2014)

Winthrop Professor Michael Stacey, School of Surgery-$39,797 (2014)

Associate Professor Robert McLaughlin, School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering-$13,407 (2014)

Winthrop Professor Christobel Saunders, School of Surgery-$19,411 (2014)

Winthrop Professor David Sampson, School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering-$31,284 (2014)

Associate Professor Frank Sanfilippo, School of Population Health- $16,590 (2014)

Associate Professor Lisa Wood, School of Population Health-$20,897 (2014)

Winthrop Professor Sarah Dunlop, School of Animal Biology-$34,768 (2014)

Professor Thomas Riley, School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine-$20,980 (2014)

Winthrop Professor Osvaldo Almeida, School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences-$24,484 (2014)

Winthrop Professor Assen Jablensky, School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences-$33,126 (2014)

Winthrop Professor Ming Zheng, School of Surgery-$22,486 (2014)

Winthrop Professor Karol Miller, School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering-$21,014 (2014)

Professor Karen Edmond, School of Paediatrics and Child Health-$45,985 (2014)

Professor Susan Prescott, School of Paediatrics and Child Health-$39,982 (2014)

Assistant Professor Jennifer Rodger, School of Animal Biology-$14,958 (2014)

Winthrop Professor Martyn French, School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine-$30,023 (2014)

Associate Professor Tom Briffa, School of Population Health-$16,119 (2014)

Winthrop Professor Fiona Wood, School of Surgery-$18,236 (2014)

Winthrop Professor Leon Flicker, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, UWA Centre for Medical Research-$54,855 (2014)

Professor Mark Everard, School of Paediatrics and Child Health-$22,811 (2014)

Professor Donna Cross, UWA Centre for Child Health Research-$16,819 (2014)

Winthrop Professor Sandra Thompson, School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care-$29,864 (2014)

MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH EX CANCER COUNCIL NSW

Associate Professor Gail Garvey, Professor Joan Cunningham, Professor Dianne O'Connell, Associate Professor Patricia Valery, Winthrop Professor Sandra Thompson, Associate Professor John Condon, Professor Pam McGrath, Doctor Mick Adams, A/Professor Sabe Sabesan, Ms Jenny Brands, School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care, Menzies School of Health Research, James Cook University, Griffith University, Australian Institute Aboriginal Torres Strait Island Studies:  'Strategic Research Partnership to Improve Cancer Control for Indigenous Australians STREP Ca-CIndaA'-$58,350 (2013-15)

MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH EX CANCER COUNCIL WA

Winthrop Professor Sandra Thompson, School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care:  'Strategic Research Partnership to Improve Cancer Control for Indigenous Australians STREP Ca-CIndaA'-$500,000 (2013-17)

MINERALS AND ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF WA

Winthrop Professor Andries Fourie, School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, AMIRA International Ltd:  'Integrated Tailings Management'-$120,000 (2013-14)

MINGENEW IRWIN GROUP EX CRC PLANT BIOSECURITY

Dr Christian Nansen, School of Animal Biology, UWA Institute of Agriculture (IOA):  'CRC Impact ‑ Grain Industry Delivery Sites'-$72,650 (2013-16)

MONASH UNIVERSITY EX NHMRC PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS

Doctor Anna Barker, Dr Glenn Arendts, Professor Peter Cameron, Professor Keith Hill, Winthrop Professor Leon Flicker, Professor Terrence Haines, Doctor Judy Lowthian, Doctor Nicholas Waldron, Dr Julie Redfern, Professor Andrew Forbes, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, Curtin University of Technology, Monash University, Emergency Medicine, The George Institute for Global Health, Armadale Health Service:  'A Multi Centre RCT to Prevent Secondary Falls in Older People Presenting to the Emergency Department with a Fall'-$110,960 (2013-14)

Doctor Anna Barker, Winthrop Professor Leon Flicker, Professor Peter Cameron, Professor Keith Hill, Professor Terrence Haines, Doctor Judy Lowthian, Doctor Nicholas Waldron, Dr Glenn Arendts, Dr Julie Redfern, Professor Andrew Forbes, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, Curtin University of Technology, Monash University, Emergency Medicine, The George Institute for Global Health, Armadale Health Service:  'A Multi Centre RCT to Prevent Secondary Falls in Older People Presenting to the Emergency Department with a Fall'-$233,640 (2013-14)

MOUNT GIBSON IRON LIMITED

Professor Erik Veneklaas, Associate Professor Pieter Poot, School of Plant Biology:  'Extension Hill Operations ‑ Soil Plant Atmosphere Interactions and their Influence on Mine Waste Cover System Performance'-$49,713 (2014-15)

MURDOCH CHILDRENS RESEARCH INSTITUTE EX NHMRC PROJECT GRANTS

Dr Richard Saffery, Dr Deborah Strickland, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute:  'Epigenetics of Asthma ‑ A Twin Study'-$160,740 (2014-15)

MURDOCH UNIVERSITY EX MEAT AND LIVESTOCK AUSTRALIA

Professor Shimin Liu, School of Animal Biology:  'Enhancing Immune Competency to Improve Lamb and Weaner Survival'-$98,238 (2013-14)

NHMRC AUSTRALIAN EUROPEAN UNION COLLABORATION

Dr Steven Webb, School of Medicine and Pharmacology:  'Platform for European Preparedness Against (Re-)emerging Epidemics'-$375,833 (2014-16)

NHMRC CAREER DEVELOPMENT FELLOWSHIPS

Dr Jason Waithman, UWA Centre for Child Health Research:  'Immunity to Melanoma'-(2014-17)

Assistant Professor Lea‑Ann Kirkham, School of Paediatrics and Child Health:  'Insights into Microbial Pathogenesis Detection and Immunity in Bacterial Respiratory Tract Infections for Improved Vaccine Design'-(2014-17)

NHMRC DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

Professor William Morgan, Winthrop Professor Dao‑Yi Yu, Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science:  'Non Invasive Intra Cranial Pressure Measurement'-$619,882 (2014-16)

Professor Barry Marshall, Professor Susan Prescott, Associate Professor Peter Richmond, Dr Mohammed Benghezal, Dr Alma Fulurija, Associate Professor Debra Palmer, A/Professor Katie Allen, Professor Max Bulsara, School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Paediatrics and Child Health, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, University of Notre Dame Australia:  'Development of a Novel Immunotherapy for Childhood Eczema and Allergy'-$919,596 (2014-16)

Associate Professor Robert McLaughlin, Winthrop Professor David Sampson, Associate Professor Peter Noble, Professor George Yeoh, Professor John Olynyk, School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UWA Centre for Medical Research, School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology, Fremantle Hospital:  'Development of Microscope In A Needle Devices for Improved Clinical Diagnostics'-$317,111 (2014-16)

Associate Professor Vincent Wallace, Dr Peter Willsher, Professor Arnie Purushotham, Professor Sarah Pinder, School of Physics, Kings College London, Mount Hospital (Perth):  'Development of an Intra-Operative Tool for Tumour Margin Assessment During Surgery'-$580,558 (2014-16)

NHMRC EQUIPMENT GRANTS

Winthrop Professor Eric Moses, Winthrop Professor Lawrence Abraham, Associate Professor Craig Pennell, Winthrop Professor Assen Jablensky, Professor Jeffrey Keelan, Dr Jenette Creaney, Winthrop Professor David Wood, Associate Professor Matthew Kemp, Dr Phillip Melton, Dr Matt Payne, School of Surgery, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, School of Women's and Infants' Health, Centre for Genetic Origins of Health and Disease:  'Agilent 2200 TapeStation System'-$39,951 (2014)

Winthrop Professor Bruce Robinson, Dr Jenette Creaney, Professor Anna Nowak, Adjunct Professor Richard Lake, Dr Michaela Lucas, Dr Cleo Robinson, Dr Andrea Khong, Dr Scott Fisher, Professor George Yeoh, Associate Professor Aron Chakera, Associate Professor Kevin Pfleger, Associate Professor Oliver Rackham, Professor Ruth Ganss, Assistant Professor Archa Fox, Dr Juliana Hamzah, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UWA Centre for Medical Research:  'Biorad Chemidoc MP'-$42,500 (2014)

Winthrop Professor David Mackey, Winthrop Professor David Hunt, Winthrop Professor Dao‑Yi Yu, Dr Fred Chen, Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science, School of Animal Biology:  'Adaptive Optics Retinal Camera, rtx 1, Imagine Eyes, Orsay, France'-$62,794 (2014)

NHMRC FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDER

Clinical Professor Carol Bower, Professor Rhonda Marriott, Dr Rochelle Watkins, Dr Raewyn Mutch, UWA Centre for Child Health Research:  'A Feasibility Study of Screening Diagnosis and Workforce Development to Improve the Management of Youth with Fetal Alcohol  Spectrum Disorder in the Justice System'-$1,442,636 (2014-16)

NMR SERVICES AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

Professor Michael Johns, School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering:  'NMR Well Logging of Iron Ore Deposits'-$305,317 (2014-15)

NATIONAL BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION

Dr Pilar Blancafort, School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology:  'Epigenetic Tailoring of the Breast Cancer Genome: Novel Targeted Therapies for Recalcitrant Breast Cancer'-$200,000 (2014-15)

NATIONAL HEART FOUNDATION

Associate Professor Michael Rosenberg, Professor Fiona Bull, Ms Melanie Pescud, School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health, School of Population Health:  'Delivery of the Evaluation Component of the Healthier Workplace WA Project'-$308,289 (2013-14)

NEUROTRAUMA RESEARCH PROGRAM (NRP)

Associate Professor Melinda Fitzgerald, School of Animal Biology:  'Determining the optimal combination of calcium channel inhibitors needed to limit secondary degeneration after neurotrauma'-$65,106 (2014)

Associate Professor Melinda Fitzgerald, School of Animal Biology:  'Free radicals and their consequences in secondary degeneration following neurotrauma'-$84,883 (2014)

Associate Professor Melinda Fitzgerald, Associate Professor Nathan Hart, School of Animal Biology:  'Optimising red/near infrared irradiation therapy for treatment of secondary degeneration'-$83,377 (2014)

Assistant Professor Jennifer Rodger, Professor Rachel Sherrard, School of Animal Biology, University of Paris 6, Pierre and Marie Curie:  'Functional recovery following rTMS with an optimized stimulation frequency'-$99,245 (2014)

Assistant Professor Jennifer Rodger, School of Animal Biology:  'Using pulsed magnetic fields to repair the abnormal and damaged brain:  timecourse'-$97,851 (2014)

Associate Professor Bruno Meloni, Clinical Professor Neville Knuckey, Associate Professor Melinda Fitzgerald, School of Animal Biology, Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders (00015):  'Neuroprotective Efficacy of Poly-Arginine Peptides in Cerebral Ischaemia Models and Mechanism of action'-$96,375 (2014)

Dr Troy Visser, Associate Professor Shayne Loft, Professor Romola Bucks, Professor Doctor James Enns, School of Psychology, University of British Columbia:  'Proactive Programmes to Reduce Distraction and Increase Alertness in Younger and Older Drivers'-$69,138 (2014)

Miss Nicole Smith, Winthrop Professor Sarah Dunlop, Professor Killugudi Swaminatha Iyer, Assistant Professor Michael House, School of Physics, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Animal Biology:  'Crossing the Blood Brain Barrier:  Towards intravenous delivery of theranostic nanoparticles for targeted therapy following neurotrauma'-$39,795 (2014)

NORTHERN STAR RESOURCES LTD

Dr Steven Micklethwaite, Centre for Exploration Targeting CET:  'The Structural Architecture Targeting and Mineral Systems Analysis of the Ashburton Basin Northern Star Tenements'- $65,000 (2014)

ORIGIN FOUNDATION

Winthrop Professor Paul Flatau, Mr Ramon Wenzel, UWA Business School:  'The Social Return on Education and Training SRET ‑ Researching the Development of Leadership Governance and Management Competence in the Australian Non For Profit NFP Sector'-$180,000 (2014-15)

POULTRY CRC LTD

Associate Professor Dominique Blache, Professor Shane Maloney, Associate Professor Ireneusz Malecki, School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology, School of Animal Biology:  'Floor laying as welfare and economic issues in duck farming'-$344,550 (2013-16)

PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOUNDATION

Dr Louisa Owens, School of Paediatrics and Child Health:  'The Perth Infant Asthma Follow Up Study ‑ 24 years'-$14,235 (2013)

Dr Elysia Manley, Associate Professor Christopher Blyth, Associate Professor Peter Richmond, Dr Anthony Kiel, Dr Barbara King, School of Paediatrics and Child Health, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Student Body:  'Pneumococcal meningitis in Western Australian Children 1990 ‑ 2013'-$8,622 (2014)

ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS

Dr Tobias Strunk, School of Paediatrics and Child Health:  'AstraZeneca Research Establishment Fellowship in Medical Research-Understanding the Development of the Immune System from Birth into early childhood and its role for susceptibility to Childhood Infection and Allergic disease in Children born very preterm'-$20,000 (2014)

Associate Professor Aron Chakera, School of Medicine and Pharmacology:  'The influence of multistrain cytomegalovirus infections on the immune repertoire: implications for organ transplantation'-$75,000 (2014)

ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Dr Theodore Ng, School of Medicine and Pharmacology:  'A randomized controlled trial on the effects of yoghurt and its probiotics on lipid metabolism by gut microbiota in obesity'- $15,500 (2014-14)

Professor Kevin Croft, School of Medicine and Pharmacology:  'Formation of novel bioactive metabolites from the reaction of dietary flavonoids with myeloperoxidase-derived oxidants'-$12,000 (2014)

Ms Jing Pang, Winthrop Professor Gerald Watts, Associate Professor Brendan McQuillan, Dr Dick Chan, Winthrop Professor Peter Barrett, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Pharmacology:  'Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin Kexin Type 9 PCSK9 as a New Biomarker for Coronary Artery Disease in an Australian Population'-$15,500 (2014)

RURAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Dr Liz Barbour, Adjunct Associate Professor Margaret Byrne, Mr Kim Courtenay, Dr Isabela Konczak, Mr Julian Gorman, Mr Cameron McConchie, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, School of Plant Biology, CSIRO, Charles Darwin University, Kimberley TAFE, Faculty of Science, WA Department of Parks and Wildlife, NT Department of Resources:  'Domestication of Kakadu Plum ‑ Terminalia Ferdinandiana'-$330,000 (2014-16)

SALAZAR GOLD PTY LTD

Associate Professor Andrew Rate, School of Earth and Environment:  'Geochemistry and mineralogy of regolith-hosted rare-earth elements'-$10,327 (2014)

SANOFI AVENTIS

Winthrop Professor Gerald Watts, Professor Francesco Van Bockxmeer, Dr Timothy Bates, Associate Professor Damon Bell, School of Surgery, School of Medicine and Pharmacology:  'Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH):  Retrospective Audit of Pre-Existing Data'-$279,366 (2014-15)

SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY ENDOWMENT FUND JOHN STOCKER FELLOWSHIP

Winthrop Professor Bruce Robinson, Mr Willem Lesterhuis, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, National Centre for Asbestos Related Diseases:  'A systems biology approach for discovering improved immunotherapy drug combinations to alleviate cancer'-(2014-16)

SEA WORLD RESEARCH AND RESCUE FOUNDATION

Associate Professor Nathan Hart, Dr Jan Hemmi, Professor Shaun Collin, Miss Laura Ryan, School of Animal Biology, UWA Oceans Institute:  'A case of mistaken identity?  Why do sharks attack humans?'-$11,000 (2014)

SWAN RIVER TRUST

Assistant Professor Paul Close, Centre of Excellence in Natural Resource Management:  'Evaluation of Environmental Water Releases on the Aquatic Fauna of the Helena River'-$29,362 (2013)

TERNES AGRICULTURAL CONSULTING EX DAFF CARBON FARMING FUTURES ACTION ON THE GROUND

Associate Professor Philip Vercoe, School of Animal Biology:  'Transitioning to Resilient Perennial Pasture Systems to Abate Greenhouse Gases and Sequester Carbon'-$140,000 (2013-16)

THE ROYAL AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Dr Sharon Biermann, School of Earth and Environment:  'Use of Developer Contribution Mechanisms to Fund Transport'-$14,000 (2014)

UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE EX GRDC

Professor Edward Barrett‑Lennard, Winthrop Professor Timothy Colmer, Dr Roy Stuart, School of Plant Biology, University of Adelaide, 'Development of Salinty Tolerant Wheat and Barley' - $164,919  (2013‑15)

UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA

Professor Jeannette Taylor, School of Social Sciences:  'A Contingency Approach to Performance Information Utilisation:  The Impact of Organisational Culture'-$4,000 (2014)

UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE

Dr Sharon Biermann, School of Earth and Environment:  'Western Australia Data Hub ‑ Spatial Planning ‑ GIS'-$198,448 (2014-15)

UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE EX CANCER AUSTRALIA

Winthrop Professor Jonathan Emery, School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care:  'Primary Care Collaborative Cancer Clinical Trials Group ‑ PC4TG ‑ 2013/2014'-$356,346 (2013-13)

UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE EX NHMRC

Dr Peter Batchelor, Winthrop Professor Sarah Dunlop, Prof Jeffrey Rosenfeld, Professor Brian Freeman, Professor Stephen Bernard, Dr Andrew Nunn, Dr Ian Mosley, Associate Professor James Middleton, School of Animal Biology, University of Sydney, University of Adelaide, Monash University, University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Alfred Health:  'Immediate Cooling and Emergency Decompression (ICED) for the Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury:  Pilot, Safety and Feasibility Studies'-$85,380 (2014-16)

UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE EX NHMRC CENTRES OF RESEARCH EXCELLENCE

Professor Wilma Giles‑Corti, Professor Gavin Turrell, Professor Fiona Bull, Associate Professor Carolyn Whitzman, Professor Simon Washington, Dr Takemi Sugiyama, Dr Alan Shiell, Dr Jacob Veerman, Winthrop Professor Matthew Knuiman, Professor Anne Kavanagh, School of Population Health, School of Earth and Environment, Queensland University of Technology, University of Queensland, University of Melbourne, University of South Australia, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Centre of Excellence in Intervention and Prevention Science:  'What Cost Effective Built Environment Interventions Would Create Healthy Liveable and Equitable Communities in Australia and What Would Facilitate These Being Translated into Policy and Practice'-$662,079 (2013-18)

UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY EX NHMRC PROJECT GRANTS

Associate Professor Robert Tuckey, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Sydney:  'Is CYP11A1 Critical for the Vitamin D Photoprotective System in Skin'-$13,000 (2014-16)

UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA EX AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL ARC LINKAGE PROJECTS

Dr Leon Barmuta, Associate Professor Matthew Hipsey, Dr Carolyn Maxwell, School of Earth and Environment, University of Tasmania, Hydro Tasmania:  'Resilience of Lake Ecosystems to Water Level Manipulation'-$86,538 (2014-16)

UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG EX GRAINS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION GRDC

Ms Aanandini Ganesalingam, UWA Institute of Agriculture (IOA):  'National Variety Trials Project (NVT)'-$250,138 (2013-14)

VICTOR CHANG CARDIAC RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Professor Livia Hool, School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology-$162,500 (2013-14)

WA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD EX GRDC

Associate Professor Michael Renton, Dr Arthur Diggle, School of Plant Biology:  'Putting the Focus on Profitable Break Crop and Pasture Sequences in WA'-$141,000 (2013)

WA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Dr Christopher Peacock, Associate Professor Christopher Blyth, Dr Sarra Jamieson, Dr Timothy Perkins, School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, School of Paediatrics and Child Health:  'Telethon New Childrens Hospital Research Fund ‑ Defining a Protective Microbiome in Otitis Media and Identification of Potential Probiotics'-$180,000 (2014-15)

Dr Tobias Strunk, Doctor Andrew Currie, Dr Donald Davidson, Assistant Professor Ofer Levy, Associate Professor David Burgner, Winthrop Professor Karen Simmer, School of Paediatrics and Child Health, School of Women's and Infants' Health, Murdoch University, Harvard University, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, University of Edinburgh:  'Telethon New Childrens Hospital Research Fund ‑ Antimicrobial Proteins and Peptides to Prevent Late Onset Sepsis in Preterm Infants'-$186,000 (2013-14)

Winthrop Professor Gary Hulse, Doctor Robert Tait, Professor Elizabeth Geelhoed, Associate Professor David Mountain, School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, School of Population Health, Curtin University of Technology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital:  'Targeted Research Fund 2013 (Round 3) - 10-year outcomes of an emergency department delivered brief intervention with adolescent alcohol and other substance users'-$67,000 (2014-15)

Ms Sarah Foster, Dr Georgina Trapp, Associate Professor Lisa Wood, Associate Professor Wendy Oddy, Dr Karina Allen, Winthrop Professor Matthew Knuiman, Dr Stephen Zubrick, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, School of Population Health, School of Earth and Environment:  'Targeted Research Fund 2013 (Round 3) ‑ Alcohol outlet proximity and density: Implications for alcohol consumption patterns and mental health in adolescents and young adults'-$156,000 (2014-15)

Associate Professor David Whyatt, Professor Alistair Vickery, School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care:  'Healthcare Analysis and Statistical Modelling Research, Analysis and Evaluation Services to WA Country Health Service ‑ Health Navigator'-$317,153 (2014-16)

Dr Melanie Jackson, Dr Foteini Hassiotou, Professor Anna Nowak, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry:  'Expression and Significance of Embryonic Stem Cell Associated Genes in Glioblastoma and Gliosarcoma'-$197,665 (2014)

Dr Toni Musiello, Assistant Professor Claire Johnson, Dr Moira O'Connor, Winthrop Professor Christobel Saunders, Dr David Joske, Associate Professor Kellie Bennett, Doctor Suzie Brans, Assistant Professor Weijie Li, Dr Lisa Miller, Dr Anna Petterson, School of Surgery, School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, Curtin University of Technology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, SolarisCare Foundation:  'Study Examining Impact of Distress Screening in Cancer'-$20,054 (2014)

WA DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND WILDLIFE

Associate Professor Matthew Hipsey, Dr Ryan Vogwill, School of Earth and Environment:  'Decision tools for managing hydrological threats to biodiversity assets ‑ 14804'-$86,095 (2013-14)

WA ENERGY RESEARCH ALLIANCE WAERA EX CHEVRON

Winthrop Professor Eric May, Assistant Professor Brendan Graham, School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering:  'Nitrogen Capture from Natural Gas with Transition Metal Complex Solutions'-$740,000 (2013-15)

Winthrop Professor David Lumley, Associate Professor Jeffrey Shragge, Dr Ugeun Jang, Assistant Professor Rie Kamei, School of Earth and Environment:  'Advanced Imaging with Broadband Seismic Data'-$35,000 (2013-13)

WA ENERGY RESEARCH ALLIANCE WAERA EX WOODSIDE ENERGY LTD

Winthrop Professor Yinong Liu, Professor Hong Yang, School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering:  'Pipeline Wet Parking Project ‑ Bench Testing Program'-$97,800 (2013-14)

WA HEALTH PROMOTION FOUNDATION HEALTHWAY

Dr Tamika Heiden, Associate Professor Lisa Wood, UWA Centre for Child Health Research, School of Population Health:  'Visiting Fellow ‑ Melanie Barwick ‑ Knowledge Translation and Implementation Science in Child and Youth Mental Health'-$34,138 (2014)

Associate Professor Juli Coffin, Dr Rosalyn Walker, Professor Fiona Stanley, Dr Lydia Hearn, School of Dentistry, UWA Centre for Child Health Research:  'Solid Kids Solid Schools Bullying Prevention Project Extension: Formative Social Marketing Campaign (SKSSII)'-$221,456 (2013-14)

WA LOT FEEDERS ASSOCIATION WALFA EX DAFF CARBON FUTURE FARMERS ACTION ON THE GROUND

Dr Zakaria Solaiman, Emeritus Professor Lynette Abbott, Mr Steve Jones, School of Earth and Environment, WA Lot Feeders Association:  'Building Soil Carbon in Cropping Systems and Impact on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Using Cattle Feedlot Compost'-$287,359 (2014-17)

WA MAIN ROADS DEPARTMENT

Dr Sharon Biermann, School of Earth and Environment:  'Transport Modelling Review'-$71,900 (2013)

WA OFFICE OF SCIENCE APPLIED RESEARCH PROGRAM ARP SHARK HAZARD MITIGATION

Associate Professor Nathan Hart, Professor Shaun Collin, Mr Ryan Kempster, School of Animal Biology, UWA Oceans Institute:  'Round 2 (2013):  A case of mistaken identity?  Discovering the sensory cues that trigger shark attacks'-$284,620 (2014-16)

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN ENERGY RESEARCH ALLIANCE WAERA EX WOODSIDE R2D3

Mr Scott Draper, Professor David White, Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems, Curtin University of Technology, CSIRO:  'Investigation of Sediment Transport, Geotechnics and Pipeline Structural Response'-$10,725 (2013-15)

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN PLANNING COMMISSION

Dr Harriet Paterson, Centre of Excellence in Natural Resource Management:  'Emu Point to Middleton Beach Coastal Strategy Monitoring Program'-$21,051 (2014)

WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION

Professor George Milne, Dr Joel Kelso, Mr Nilimesh Halder, Dr Ian Barr, School of Computer Science and Software Engineering:  'Determining the Cost-effectiveness and Budget Impact of the use of Quadrivalent versus Trivalent Influenza Vaccines in South Africa and Vietnam'-$170,932 (2014)

WORLDWIDE UNIVERSITIES NETWORK WUN

Associate Professor Meng Ji, School of Social Sciences:  'UWA Led WUN RDF 2013 ‑ Climate change in the Media-$14,337 (2013)

Dr Matthias Leopold, Assistant Professor Deirdre Gleeson, Dr Gavan McGrath, Associate Professor Andrew Rate, School of Earth and Environment:  'UWA Led ‑ Ancient Soils and Modern Land Use ‑ A Challenge for Critical Zone Science ‑ International Workshop and Summer School-$18,281 (2013)