Recent Research Grants

Wellcome Trust Professor J Schwabe & Dr N Barlev
Understanding the molecular mechanisms and biological roles of transcriptional repression by the SMRT/NCoR complex 60 months £1,351,297

BBSRC Dr K Tanaka
Study of Hrs1, a meiosis specific component of microtubule organising centre in fission yeast S. pombe 36 months £497,780

BBSRC Professor A Fry
Investigating Pix protein function in microtubule-related processes 36 months £372,495

AICR Dr N Barlev
Role of DNA-Damage-Induced phophorylation of Set7/9 in p53 dependant cell cycle arrest 36 months £197,747

Wellcome Trust Dr M Carr & Professor J Schwabe & Professor K-H Klempnauer
Determination of the molecular basis of the cellular functions of Pdcd4, a novel type of tumour suppressor protein with key roles in the regulation of transcription and translation 36 months £309,173

BBSRC Professor C Bagshaw Dr M Krajevsak (Cancer Studies & Molecular Medicine) & Dr I Barsukov (Univ of Liverpool)
Myosin II dynamics and the influence of S100A4 36 months £399,648

Wellcome Trust
Value in People Awards 2007
Dr D Cherny 17 months £52,922
Dr J Ellis 17 months £18,955
Dr K Clark 12 months £51,064

The Royal Society Dr S Cowley
Do effectors of PPAR-gamma activity regulate the balance between bone and fat formation: A ptoential therapy for Osteoeporosis? 12 months £14,999

The Royal Society Dr P Nielsen
The structural biology of splice site selection: structural investigations of splice factor SF2/ASF with RNA target sequences and protein partners 12 months £15,000

Wellcome Trust
Dr A Gutierrez
Value in People Award 2006 10 months £ 37,642

BBSRC
Professor E Raven, Dr J R Woodward & Professor P M Cullis Chemistry,Professor G C K Roberts
A new EPR facility for the Centre for Chemical Biology 12 months £220,284

MRC
Dr R Wallis, & Professor W Schwaeble III's
Molecular recognition and regulation of the lectin pathway of complement activation 36 months £447,341

Kidney Research UK
Dr M. Pfuhl, & Dr F Fraternali, Kings College, London
Refining the domain structure of the membrane proximal region of polycystin 1 - a prerequisite to understanding the causes of polycystic kidney disease 24 months £ 96,994

Wellcome Trust
Dr M.D. Carr , Dr B Burke III's, Dr Stephen Gordon, Veterinary Labarotories Agency & Dr R Williamson, University of Kent
Structures, functions and mechanisms of action of major. M tuberculosis and M. bovis protein virulence factors: towards a detailed understanding of the molecular basis of tuberculosis pathogenesis and importance o pathogen to host cell signalling 36 months £494,192

MRC
Dr S. Cowley
Analysis of Class-1 Histone Deacetylase Function in embryonic development, tissue formation and homeostasis - Research Fellowship 60 months £990,696

RCUK
Dr S. Shackleton & Dr R. Wallis
Academic Fellowships £125,000 (x 2)

MRC
Dr G.C.K Roberts & Dr P C E Moody
Advanced course Masters competition 2006 Studentships x 3 (2007/2008/2009) £15462 per year

CR-UK
Dr A Fry
Identification and validation of Nek2 kinase inhibitors: hit to lead development (In collaboration with Univeristy Of Newcastle Institute of Cancer Research) £102,482

BBSRC
Professor I C Eperon
Vacation Bursary £1,700

Nuffield Foundation
Dr M Dickens
Role of myocyte stress protein 1 during simulated cardiac ischaemia and repurfusion (Research Studentship) £1,440

CEC FW7
Professor P Farmer
Development and application of biomarkers of dietary exposure £50,896

CEC
Professor I Eperon
European Alternative Splicing Network of Excellence £37,225.

Wellcome Trust
Professor I Eperon
Supplement - Correcting splicing: development of therapies based on targeted oligonucleotide enhancers of splicing £13,280.

Celltech Therapeutics Ltd
Dr M. Carr
Celltech Studentship £18,000.

MRC
Professor P Farmer
Supplement - Molecular Biomarkers of dose and effect of genotoxins £151,286.

BHF "Funded by the BHF from a generous donation from "The Dr E G J Olsen Charitable Fund"
Dr M. ElMezgueldi and Professor S Marston
Effect of dilated and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy mutations in cardiac muscle troponin and tropomyosin on the dynamics of the Ca2+ - regulatory mechanism. 36 months £123,116.

CR-UK
Dr C. Pritchard
Investigation of Raf-mediated oncogenesis. 60 months £1.2M.

BBSRC
Dr M. Pfuhl and Dr J Ladbury (UCL),
Co-operativity of SH3 domains in Clin85: a NMR and thermodynamics study. 24 months £237,154.

Novartis
Dr P.C.E. Moody,
MSc Studentship £10,950.

BBSRC.
Dr C. Harrington,
New Bio-Inorganic Mass Spectrometer. £71,500.

AICR
Dr A.M. Fry,
Regulation of protein destruction in mitosis. £155,210.

Wellcome Trust
Dr A.M. Fry, Professor D.R. Critchley, Professor I.C. Eperon, Dr M. Dickens, and Dr S. Shackleton
Confocal imaging of intracellular protein dynamics. Equipment grant, £233,102.

University Hospitals of Leicester
Christopher Neal ,Professor M. Manson, and David Berry
Cadherin switching in the metastatic progression of colorectal cancer. PhD supplement, £8,500.

HEFCE
Dr C.J.R. Willmott
National Teaching Fellowship, £50,000.

EU
K. Rydzynski, Professor P. B. Farmer, with 22 co-investigators
Environmental cancer risk, nutrition and individual susceptibility (ECNIS). 18 month initial period (of a 60 month grant), E223,170.

UCB-Celltech Ltd.
Dr M.D. Carr
High field NMR studies of protein-drug interactions. 36 months, £331,183

Wellcome Trust
Professor D.R. Critchley , Dr C.A. Pritchard , Dr S.J. Monkley, Dr I.L. Barsukov and Professor G.C.K. Roberts
Genetic, cellular and structural studies on the integrin-associated cytoskeletal protein talin. 60 months, £1,329,337
Supplement £67,000

Leverhulme Trust
Professor C.R. Bagshaw
Green fluorescent proteins: exploiting their photophysical complexities. 36 months, £107,554.

Wellcome Trust
Dr Peter Bradding, III and Dr M.L. Leyland
Regulation of human mast cell function in asthma by the intermediate conductance calcium-activated K+ channel iKCA1. 36 months, £192,252.

Last updated: 29 March 2007
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