Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP240100714 [ 2024-10-01 - 2027-09-30 ]

Research Grant

Researchers: Andrew Flies (Chief Investigator) ,  Prof Gregory Woods (Chief Investigator) ,  Professor Chiara Palmieri (Chief Investigator) ,  Professor Chiara Palmieri (Chief Investigator) ,  Ruth Pye (Chief Investigator)
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Brief description Development of an immunology toolbox to combat emerging marsupial diseases. Disease is increasingly a driver of wildlife population declines in Australia. However, basic immunology tools for >99% of vertebrate species are scarce, limiting our ability to prevent and respond to emerging and endemic diseases, such as devil facial tumour disease and wobbly possum disease. The overarching goal of this project is to improve wildlife health and fill the marsupial immunology gap by developing a long-overdue multispecies marsupial immunology toolbox. The toolbox is needed to accelerate devil facial tumour disease vaccine progress and conservation immunology research. It will expand our knowledge of wobbly possum disease virus that is increasingly reported in Tasmania and the risk posed by the virus to other possum species.

Funding Amount $500,495

Funding Scheme Discovery Projects

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