Dr Nicholas West

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Themes

Infection and Immunological Conditions; Healthy Ageing

Research interests

Dr. West is a Senior Research Officer at the Centenary Institute who studies the causative agent of tuberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, with the development of better vaccines and treatments, the goal of his research.

Current national competitive grants*

2011

Design, development and analysis of new tuberculosis drugs
West N, Britton W, Payne R
National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant ($702,165 over 3 years)

Determining the bacterial contributions to tuberculosis and identification of drug targets
West N
NHMRC Career Development Award ($424,920 over 4 years)

* Grants administered through the University of Sydney

International links

United Kingdom. (University of Oxford) Employed 2000 thru 2001.
United Kingdom. (Imperial College) Employed 2002 thru 2003.

Keywords

Molecular biology; Vaccines and vaccinology; Tuberculosis; Bacteriology; Infection and immunity

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