NHMRC: R Douglas Wright Biomedical Career Development Award (2006–2011)
Abstract:
Five year aims
- To establish a productive research group building on my expertise in structural and molecular cell
biology to understand the mechanisms controlling membrane trafficking.
- To continue international collaborations, and extend these to local and national groups to maintain a
competitive research edge.
- To obtain competitive external research funding from national and international funding agencies
beyond the new investigator start up funding provided by the IMB.
- To expand my international and national profile through high quality research publications and
presenting data at scientific conferences, and to become more involved in the process of peer review
through refereeing of grant proposals and journal articles.
- To attract postgraduate students to my research group and to train them in the methods of structural
biology, and to foster in undergraduate students an interest in understanding cellular processes at the
molecular level.