Current Grants/Awards
VNI DP0023 Victorian Neurotrauma Initiative through the TAC, Victoria; $973,347 over 3 years: Start date 9th of October 2006; 2006 $251,000; 2007 $200,000; 2008 $283,326; 2009 $238,998.
Longitudinal in vivo study of hippocampal structure and function, and relationship to neurocognitive, neurobehavioral and epileptic outcomes, in a model of human traumatic brain injury
O'Brien TJ, Myers DE (CIB), Hicks RJ, Howells D, Williams J, Velakoulis D, Pantelis C, Egan G, Dedeurwaerdere S, Jones N, Hogan E, Batchelor P, Jupp B, Fang K.

CSIRO-University of Melbourne Research Support Scheme
2006 $25,000; 2007 $25,000. Anti-epileptic drug effects on bone health: Microimaging of bone changes using Microfocus X-ray Imaging.
Myers DE (CIA) and Stevenson AW.

Collaborative project with the Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute: Funds from the Centre for Molecular Imaging. 2006 $75,000; 2007 $225,000; 2008 $225,000. [18F]-Flumazenil as a radiotracer for longitudinal measurements of GABAA/cBZR in the brain during epileptogenesis.
A/Prof TJ O'Brien, Dr DE Myers (CIB), Dr M-C Gregoire, Dr S Dedeurwaerdere, Dr A Katsifis, Prof RJ Hicks.

[18-F]-FMZ-PET IMAGING IN MEDICALLY REFRACTORY FOCAL EPILEPSY PATIENTS: DOES IT PROVIDE SUPERIOR LOCALIZATION OF THE EPILEPTOGENIC ZONE THAN FDG-PET?
Principal Researcher: Prof Terence J. O'Brien
Associate Researcher(s): Prof Rodney Hicks, Dr Viviane Bouilleret, Dr WF Eddie Lau, Dr Peter Roselt, Dr David Binns, Dr Andrew Katsifis, Dr Marie Claude Gregoire, Dr Damian Myers and Ms Annie Roten
On-going clinical study.

Geoffrey Gardiner Dairy Foundation. 2007 $25,000; 2008 $25,000; 2009 $25,000. Optimizing the bone response to dietary calcium: a physiological approach.
Wark JD, Wlodek MJ, Myers DE.

Series of grants for funding of the Live-cell Imaging Facility' in the Department of Medicine at the Royal Melbourne Hospital: University of Melbourne NHMRC Equipment grants: $140,000; Ian Potter Foundation 2007: $100,000; Neuroscience Foundation: $48,000; Ian Potter Foundation 2008: $95,000; negotiated for Genetics to join our facility with their Rowden White funding of $150,000; Facility now established with 80 users Dr DE Myers prepared all the grants, organized the establishment of the facility and co-ordinates the running of the facility (administration and running facility).
The Live-cell Imaging Laboratory' has become a central facility for the department and several collaborators; the key benefit is to value-add to our current projects such as the VNI grant as well as advance novel areas of work. This facility has enabled the introduction of a range of students into the area of neurotrauma research (PhD, Honours Degree and AMS students) who have learned these advanced imaging techniques.

Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE): through the Australian Nuclear Technology Organisation (ANSTO) $17,000 (2008-2009); Partial volume correction in PET imaging of the rat brain: towards an accurate quantification; Dr Damian Myers (CIA), Dr Marie-Claude Gregoire , Dr Andrew Katsifis, Prof Terence O'Brien, Prof Rod Hicks, Dr Stefanie Dedeurwaerdere;

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