Professor Thomas Becker
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Chair of Developmental Neurobiology
M02 - Mallet Street Campus |
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Current national competitive grants*
2012
In vivo analysis of miRNAs associated with neurological diseases
Becker T, Rinkwitz S, Cairns M
NHMRC Project Grants ($573,660 over 3 years)
2011
Identification of genes for X-linked mental retardation
Gecz J, Ropers H, Becker T, Haan E
National Health and Medical Research Council/ Project Grants ($114,000 over 3 years)
Cis regulatory and functional analysis of genomic loci with implication in hypothalamic obesity using the zebrafish as a model system
Rinkwitz S, Becker T
National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant ($465,022 over 3 years)
2010
Zebrafish regulomics for human health - ZF-HEALTH
Geisler R, Becker T
European Commission (Belgium) Seventh Framework Network of Excellence Programme ($0 over 4 years)
Zebrafish Regulomics for Human Health
Becker T, Geisler R
National Health and Medical Research Council Strategic Award: Australian-European Union Health Research Grant ($621,250 over 5 years)
2009
Genomic Regulatory Systems of Human X-linked neurological diseases
Becker T
European Commission (Belgium) Shared Research Support ($1,106,346 over 3 years)
* Grants administered through the University of Sydney
Honours project opportunities
Establish the food intake control system in zebrafish to analyze human obesity candidate genes
Studying human obesity candidate genes in the vertebrate model zebrafish
Analysis of genes involved in X-linked neurological diseases using the genetic model system zebrafish
Creation of transgenic zebrafish models to analyze the mechanisms underlying X-chromosome linked neurological diseases