Successful grant applications!

The Ion Channels and Diseases Laboratory have been very successful in this year’s funding outcomes.

ARC Discovery Projects for funding commencing in 2012:

Approved Project Title: Genetic dissection of functional-structural connectivity using optogenetic fMRI and dMRI

Tractography

Petrou, A/Prof Steven; Calamante, A/Prof Fernando; Reid, Dr Christopher A

Project Summary

The project will map the connectivity pattern of genetically defined neurons in mouse brain by combining state of the art

molecular and neuroscience imaging technology. The outcome will be a significant step toward building a complete

functional and structural mapping resource, with application for examining dysfunction in neurological disease models.

Approved Project Title: Brain sodium channel: functional role of developmentally regulated alternative splicing

Petrou, A/Prof Steven; Reid, Dr Christopher A

Project Summary

This project will identify the roles of neonatal and adult forms of a sodium channel in the function of neurons in the

developing brain. Sodium channels are vital for brain function and this study will improve our understanding of the

function of healthy brain as well as of underlying mechanisms of some neurological disorders.

NHMRC Project Grant for funding commencing in 2012.

Approved Project Title: Neuroanatomical correlates of susceptibility in a model of genetic epilepsy.

Dr Verena Wimmer