Congratulations to the six successful applicants in the recent round of Brain Sciences and Translational Neuroscience seed funding.
| Project title | Project leader |
| A novel cellular approach for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease, modelling and developing diagnostics | Nady Braidy |
| Comparative effects of antenatal buprenorphine and methadone exposure on neurogenesis in developing brain | Kelly Clemens |
| Evaluating the Gut-Brain Axis in Autism | Margaret J Morris |
| Pathophysiology of obsessive-compulsive disorder in children: a decision-neuroscience and magnetic resonance imaging investigation | Iain Perkes |
| Effects of Deep Brain Stimulation of the Subthalamic Nucleus on Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration in Parkinson Disease Patients | Asheeta Prasad |
| Waiting to exhale: a pilot study on the efficacy of heart rate variability biofeedback training on subjective and objective measures of emotional distress following acquired brain impairment | Travis Wearne |
The successful applicants will receive $20,000 funding to support the development of research projects in alignment with the sub-theme’s key areas of focus:
- The interface of regulation and emotion
- Executive function and decision-making
- The mind – machine nexus
- Neural coding
- Neural therapeutics
- Neural prosthetics
- Neuromodulation and stimulation strategies
Brain Sciences and Translational Neuroscience is a sub-theme of the UNSW Medicine Neuroscience, Mental Health and Addiction Theme and SPHERE Clinical Academic Group (CAG).
For more information about the Brain Sciences and Translational Neuroscience sub-theme seed funding round, please contact:
Dr Lise Mellor
Executive Officer
UNSW Medicine Neuroscience, Mental Health and Addiction Theme and SPHERE Clinical Academic Group
l.mellor@unsw.edu.au
