A genome wide screen for human genes that support the replication of intracellular bacterial pathogens [ 2009 - 2015 ]

Research Grant

Researchers: Dr Hayley Newton (Principal investigator)

Brief description Coxiella burnetii is a bacterium that causes a life threatening infection of humans, termed Q fever.Coxiella survives and replicates inside human cells within a unique protected niche and little is known about how the bacterium does this. This study will identify and investigate the individual human proteins that are used by the bacterium to manipulate the human cells it inhabits and the mechanisms through which the bacterium achieves this.

Funding Amount $AUD 321,090.58

Funding Scheme Early Career Fellowships

Notes CJ Martin Biomedical ECF