Professor Greg Cook, Professor Clive Ronson and Dr Yoshio Nakatani have all been successful in their grant applications, making 2016 a very successful year for the Department in securing Marsden funding. A total of $1,875,000 has been awarded to fund the three research programmes. Dr Ros Kemp and Dr Jo Kirman were also successful in receiving funding for their joint project with Associate Professor Thomas Proft of the University of Auckland.
Professor Greg Cook, $825,000
Unraveling the key role of cytochrome bd oxidase in antimicrobial lethality in tuberculosis
Professor Clive Ronson, $750,000
Silencing unwanted expression in molecular circuits using naturally evolved solutions
Dr Yoshio Nakatani, $300,000
Uncovering the physiological roles of the multiple NDH2 in bacterial genomes
Associate Professor Thomas Proft, University of Auckland (Principal Investigator), Dr Roslyn Kemp (Associate Investigator), Dr Joanna Kirman (Associate Investigator), $825,000
PilVax: a novel peptide delivery strategy for the development of vaccines
