Dr Rick Thorne

Work Phone	(02) 4921 7860
Fax	(02) 4921 7867
Email	Rick.Thorne@newcastle.edu.au
Office	LS3-33, Life Sciences

Funding

Summary

Number of grants	37
Total funding	$5,522,868

For project grants received where the lead institution is other than the University of Newcastle, details are shown in italics.

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2013 (3 grants)

Functional consequences of epigenetic repression of PIB5PA in melanoma$359,250
Funding Body: Cancer Council NSW

Project Team
Professor Xu Zhang, Dr Helen Rizos, Doctor Rick Thorne, Doctor Chen Chen Jiang
Scheme		Role
Research Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$359,250	2013	2015
GNo:G1200386

Ultra-Low Temperature Cryogenic Freezer$24,596
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Doctor Jude Weidenhofer, Doctor Rick Thorne, Doctor Kathryn Skelding, Doctor Nikki Verrills, Doctor Pradeep Tanwar, Associate Professor Phillip Dickson, Doctor Murray Cairns, Professor Hubert Hondermarck, Professor Xu Zhang, Associate Professor Estelle Sontag, Doctor Chen Chen Jiang, Doctor Liz Milward, Doctor Jean-Marie Sontag, Associate Professor Paul Tooney, Doctor Severine Roselli, Doctor Matt Dun, Doctor Chris Dayas, Doctor Lin Kooi Ong, Associate Professor Dirk Van Helden, Mr Ben Copeland, Ms Gabrielle Briggs, Conjoint Professor Leonie Ashman, Professor John Rostas
Scheme		Role
Equipment Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$24,596	2013	2013
GNo:G1201189

Keystone Meeting: The Hippo Tumor Suppressor Network, Monterey USA, 19-23 May 2013$2,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Health

Project Team
Doctor Rick Thorne
Scheme	Role
Travel Grant	Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$2,000	2013	2013
GNo:G1300652

2012 (5 grants)

Targeting Histone Deacetylases to Overcome Resistance of BRAFV600E Melanoma Cells to Apoptosis$346,974
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Professor Xu Zhang, Conjoint Professor Peter Hersey, Dr Tao Liu, Doctor Chen Chen Jiang, Doctor Rick Thorne
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$346,974	2012	2014
GNo:G1100133

High-Resolution Isoelectric Phosphoprotein Signalling System for Signalling Research, Biomarker Validation and Drug Development – Equipment Grant$143,394
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Project Team
Doctor Rick Thorne, Professor Xu Zhang, Professor Hubert Hondermarck, Conjoint Professor Stephen Ackland, Doctor Lisa Lincz, Doctor Jennette Sakoff, Conjoint Professor Leonie Ashman
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$143,394	2012	2012
GNo:G1200555

Microscopic illumination system for advanced fluorescent protein technology$34,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Doctor Rick Thorne, Professor Xu Zhang, Doctor Murray Cairns, Doctor Nikki Verrills, Doctor Charles De Bock, Doctor Jude Weidenhofer, Doctor Severine Roselli, Doctor Kathryn Skelding, Conjoint Professor Leonie Ashman, Professor Hubert Hondermarck
Scheme		Role
Equipment Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$34,000	2012	2012
GNo:G1100983

A p53-Mediated Pro-Survival Signaling Pathway in Human Melanoma Progression and Resistance to Treatment$20,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Xu Zhang, Doctor Rick Thorne, Doctor Chen Chen Jiang
Scheme		Role
Near Miss Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$20,000	2012	2012
GNo:G1200672

Establishment of Fat1 cadherin as biomarker and unique target for anti-cancer therapy in paediatric acute lymphoblastic leukaemia$20,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Project Team
Doctor Rick Thorne, Doctor Charles De Bock, Doctor Lisa Lincz
Scheme		Role
Research Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$20,000	2012	2013
GNo:G1200222

2011 (1 grants)

IMPLEN NanoPhotometer pearl$10,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Doctor Murray Cairns, Associate Professor Paul Tooney, Associate Professor Alan Brichta, Professor John Rostas, Emeritus Professor Patricia Michie, Conjoint Professor Keith Jones, Professor Ulli Schall, Associate Professor Phillip Dickson, Doctor Frederick Walker, Doctor Rick Thorne, Doctor Chris Dayas, Doctor Nikki Verrills, Doctor Janet Holt, Doctor Severine Roselli, Doctor Kathryn Skelding, Doctor Jude Weidenhofer, Doctor Liz Milward, Doctor Charles De Bock, Doctor Julie Merriman-Jones, Doctor Jing Qin Wu, Doctor Bing Liu, Mr Dan Johnstone, Ms Belinda Goldie, Ms Natalie Beveridge
Scheme		Role
Equipment Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$10,000	2011	2011
GNo:G1100030

2010 (6 grants)

Laser microdissection microscopy system for cell and development biology$350,000
Funding Body: Australian Research Council

Project Team
Professor Eileen McLaughlin, Conjoint Professor Keith Jones, Laureate Professor John Aitken, Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Doctor Shaun Roman, Associate Professor Alan Brichta, Doctor Rick Thorne, Doctor Doug Smith, Associate Professor David McCurdy, Conjoint Professor Ray Rose, Professor Christopher Grof, Conjoint Professor Leonie Ashman, Professor Gordon Burns, Doctor Brett Graham, Associate Professor Paul Tooney, Professor Roger Smith, Professor Paul Foster, Professor Trevor Day, Professor Robert Callister
Scheme		Role
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$350,000	2010	2010
GNo:G0190369

Laser microdissection microscopy system for cell and development biology$215,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Eileen McLaughlin, Conjoint Professor Keith Jones, Laureate Professor John Aitken, Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Doctor Shaun Roman, Associate Professor Alan Brichta, Doctor Rick Thorne, Doctor Doug Smith, Associate Professor David McCurdy, Conjoint Professor Ray Rose, Professor Christopher Grof, Conjoint Professor Leonie Ashman, Professor Gordon Burns, Doctor Brett Graham, Associate Professor Paul Tooney, Professor Roger Smith, Professor Paul Foster, Professor Trevor Day, Professor Robert Callister
Scheme		Role
Equipment Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$215,000	2010	2010
GNo:G1000874

Pathogenic Function of Plasma CD36 Mircroparticles in Mediating Complications of Type 2 Diabetes$98,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Project Team
Doctor Rick Thorne, Doctor Lisa Lincz
Scheme	Role
Project Grant	Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$98,000	2010	2011
GNo:G0900121

ABI 7500 Real Time PCR System $34,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Doctor Rick Thorne, Doctor Nikki Verrills, Doctor Murray Cairns, Associate Professor Paul Tooney, Doctor Doug Smith, Professor Gordon Burns, Conjoint Professor Leonie Ashman, Conjoint Professor Keith Jones, Doctor Charles De Bock, Doctor Chris Dayas, Doctor Brett Graham, Doctor Martin Horan, Doctor Rebecca Lim, Doctor Severine Roselli, Doctor Larisa Bobrovskaya, Doctor Kathryn Skelding, Doctor Frederick Walker, Doctor Jude Weidenhofer, Associate Professor Philip Bolton, Associate Professor Alan Brichta, Professor Robert Callister, Professor Trevor Day, Associate Professor Phillip Dickson, Professor Manohar Garg, Doctor Phil Jobling, Associate Professor Derek Laver, Associate Professor Eugene Nalivaiko, Professor John Rostas
Scheme		Role
Equipment Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$34,000	2010	2010
GNo:G1000055

Electron Multiplier Charge-Coupled Device Camera. Hamamatsu EM-CCD Camera C9100-13$29,079
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Conjoint Professor Keith Jones, Professor Eileen McLaughlin, Associate Professor Dirk Van Helden, Doctor Rick Thorne
Scheme		Role
Equipment Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$29,079	2010	2010
GNo:G1000052

AACR 101st Annual Meeting, Washington DC, 17 - 21st April 2010$2,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Health

Project Team
Doctor Rick Thorne
Scheme	Role
Travel Grant	Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$2,000	2010	2011
GNo:G1000133

2009 (7 grants)

An Advanced Mass Spectrometry Facility for Applications in Proteomics and Organic Chemistry$495,000
Funding Body: Australian Research Council

Project Team
Laureate Professor John Aitken, Professor Adam McCluskey, Doctor Mark Baker, Doctor Nikki Verrills, Professor Marcel Maeder, Doctor Xiaojing Zhou, Professor Eileen McLaughlin, Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Doctor Shaun Roman, Conjoint Professor Ray Rose, Professor Hugh Dunstan, Professor Christopher Grof, Professor Roger Smith, Conjoint Professor Peter Gibson, Conjoint Professor Alison Jones, Professor Mike Calford, Conjoint Professor Keith Jones, Doctor Rick Thorne, Emeritus Professor Peter Dunkley, Professor Paul Foster, Conjoint Professor Leonie Ashman, Professor Gordon Burns, Associate Professor Phillip Dickson, Professor John Rostas, Professor Rodney Scott, Associate Professor Paul Tooney, Professor Phil Hansbro, Professor Pablo Moscato, Professor Paul Dastoor, Associate Professor Peter Lewis
Scheme		Role
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$495,000	2009	2009
GNo:G0189122

Targeting adaptive mechanisms to endoplasmic reticulum stress in melanoma$491,250
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Professor Xu Zhang, Conjoint Professor Peter Hersey, Doctor Rick Thorne
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$491,250	2009	2011
GNo:G0188902

Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy for Live Cell Imaging$275,000
Funding Body: Australian Research Council

Project Team
Conjoint Professor Keith Jones, Professor Eileen McLaughlin, Laureate Professor John Aitken, Conjoint Professor Ray Rose, Emeritus Professor John Patrick, Conjoint Professor Christina Offler, Associate Professor David McCurdy, Conjoint Professor Leonie Ashman, Professor Gordon Burns, Associate Professor Dirk Van Helden, Doctor Nikki Verrills, Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Doctor Shaun Roman, Associate Professor Yong-Ling Ruan, Doctor Rick Thorne, Professor Mike Calford
Scheme		Role
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$275,000	2009	2009
GNo:G0189038

An Advanced Mass Spectrometry Facility for Applications in Proteomics and Organic Chemistry$50,000
Funding Body: Australian Research Council

Project Team
Laureate Professor John Aitken, Professor Adam McCluskey, Doctor Mark Baker, Doctor Nikki Verrills, Professor Marcel Maeder, Doctor Xiaojing Zhou, Professor Eileen McLaughlin, Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Doctor Shaun Roman, Conjoint Professor Ray Rose, Professor Hugh Dunstan, Professor Christopher Grof, Professor Roger Smith, Conjoint Professor Peter Gibson, Conjoint Professor Alison Jones, Professor Mike Calford, Conjoint Professor Keith Jones, Doctor Rick Thorne, Emeritus Professor Peter Dunkley, Professor Paul Foster, Conjoint Professor Leonie Ashman, Professor Gordon Burns, Associate Professor Phillip Dickson, Professor John Rostas, Professor Rodney Scott, Associate Professor Paul Tooney, Professor Phil Hansbro, Professor Pablo Moscato, Professor Paul Dastoor, Associate Professor Peter Lewis
Scheme		Role
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) Partner funding		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$50,000	2009	2009
GNo:G0189948

FACSAria$30,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Doctor Rick Thorne, Doctor Severine Roselli, Professor Xu Zhang, Dr Charles De Bock, Conjoint Professor Peter Hersey, Professor Gordon Burns
Scheme		Role
Equipment Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$30,000	2009	2009
GNo:G0189846

Identification of leukaemic stem cells based upon their expression of a novel surface marker, Fat1$25,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Project Team
Doctor Rick Thorne, Doctor Lisa Lincz
Scheme	Role
Project Grant	Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$25,000	2009	2009
GNo:G0189791

Hunter Cell Biology Meeting, Pokolbin, 24-27 March 2009$600
Funding Body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Health

Project Team
Doctor Rick Thorne
Scheme	Role
Travel Grant	Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$600	2009	2009
GNo:G0190131

2008 (4 grants)

Involvement of the MIF-CD74-CD44 signalling complex in melanoma progression$600,000
Funding Body: Cancer Institute NSW

Project Team
Doctor Rick Thorne
Scheme	Role
Career Development Fellowship	Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$600,000	2008	2010
GNo:G0188173

Colibri high-performance LED illumination system for fluorescence live cell microscopy$23,225
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Doctor Rick Thorne, Dr Charles De Bock, Professor Xu Zhang, Doctor Lisa Lincz, Professor Gordon Burns, Conjoint Professor Peter Hersey, Associate Professor Dirk Van Helden, Conjoint Professor Keith Jones, Professor Roger Smith
Scheme		Role
Equipment Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$23,225	2008	2008
GNo:G0188545

Biogenesis of circulating plasma microparticles in the metabolic syndrome$8,450
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Doctor Rick Thorne, Doctor Lisa Lincz
Scheme	Role
Pilot Grant	Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$8,450	2008	2008
GNo:G0189072

Biogenesis of circulating plasma microparticles in the metabolic syndrome$8,450
Funding Body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Health

Project Team
Doctor Rick Thorne, Doctor Lisa Lincz
Scheme	Role
Pilot Grant	Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$8,450	2008	2008
GNo:G0189385

2007 (5 grants)

Characterisation and antibody - mediated targeting of a novel specific marker for T cell all/lymphoblastic lymphoma$564,500
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Professor Gordon Burns, Professor Andrew Boyd, Doctor Rick Thorne, Assoc. Prof Alpha Yap
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$564,500	2007	2009
GNo:G0186374

FACSAria - Fluorescence activated cell sorter$300,000
Funding Body: Cancer Institute NSW

Project Team
Doctor Nikki Verrills, Conjoint Professor Leonie Ashman, Laureate Professor John Aitken, Professor Eileen McLaughlin, Professor Alistair Sim, Doctor Rick Thorne, Doctor Jennette Sakoff
Scheme		Role
Infrastructure Grants		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$300,000	2007	2007
GNo:G0187666

HMRI Contribution toward FACSAria - Fluorescence activated cell sorter$52,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Project Team
Doctor Nikki Verrills, Conjoint Professor Leonie Ashman, Laureate Professor John Aitken, Professor Eileen McLaughlin, Professor Alistair Sim, Doctor Rick Thorne, Doctor Jennette Sakoff
Scheme		Role
Equipment Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$52,000	2007	2007
GNo:G0188207

High speed/sensitivity CCD camera$30,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Associate Professor Dirk Van Helden, Professor Eileen McLaughlin, Professor Gordon Burns, Doctor Rick Thorne, Dr Marcus Howlett, Doctor Mohammad Imtiaz, Associate Professor Alan Brichta, Professor Robert Callister, Doctor Brett Graham, Associate Professor Derek Laver, Doctor Liz Milward, Doctor John Holdsworth
Scheme		Role
Equipment Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$30,000	2007	2007
GNo:G0188196

A novel adhesive target involved in the survival of leukaemia cells$20,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Project Team
Doctor Rick Thorne, Doctor Lisa Lincz
Scheme	Role
Project Grant	Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$20,000	2007	2007
GNo:G0187243

2006 (2 grants)

Live cell imaging facility$149,100
Funding Body: Cancer Institute NSW

Project Team
Doctor Rick Thorne, Doctor Nikki Verrills, Professor Alistair Sim, Professor Gordon Burns
Scheme		Role
Infrastructure Grants		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$149,100	2006	2006
GNo:G0186146

High speed computer for a live cell imaging system$3,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Project Team
Doctor Rick Thorne, Professor Gordon Burns, Doctor Nikki Verrills, Professor Alistair Sim
Scheme		Role
Equipment Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$3,000	2006	2006
GNo:G0187279

2005 (2 grants)

2005 RIBG allocation$32,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Doctor Rick Thorne
Scheme	Role
Research Infrastructure Block Grant (RIBG)	Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$32,000	2005	2005
GNo:G0185802

Understanding how some cancer cells survive low oxygen tension$8,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Doctor Rick Thorne
Scheme	Role
Project Grant	Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$8,000	2005	2005
GNo:G0184753

2004 (1 grants)

Investigation of a phagocytic-synapse in the uptake of apoptotic cells$660,000
Funding Body: Australian Research Council

Project Team
Professor Gordon Burns, Professor M Berndt, Professor Andrew Boyd, Professor P Hogg, Doctor Rick Thorne
Scheme		Role
Discovery Projects		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$660,000	2004	2006
GNo:G0182803

The University of Newcastle, Australia

Dr Rick Thorne

Funding

Summary

2013 (3 grants)

Functional consequences of epigenetic repression of PIB5PA in melanoma$359,250 Funding Body: Cancer Council NSW

Ultra-Low Temperature Cryogenic Freezer$24,596 Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Keystone Meeting: The Hippo Tumor Suppressor Network, Monterey USA, 19-23 May 2013$2,000 Funding Body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Health

2012 (5 grants)

Targeting Histone Deacetylases to Overcome Resistance of BRAFV600E Melanoma Cells to Apoptosis$346,974 Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

High-Resolution Isoelectric Phosphoprotein Signalling System for Signalling Research, Biomarker Validation and Drug Development – Equipment Grant$143,394 Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Microscopic illumination system for advanced fluorescent protein technology$34,000 Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

A p53-Mediated Pro-Survival Signaling Pathway in Human Melanoma Progression and Resistance to Treatment$20,000 Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Establishment of Fat1 cadherin as biomarker and unique target for anti-cancer therapy in paediatric acute lymphoblastic leukaemia$20,000 Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

2011 (1 grants)

IMPLEN NanoPhotometer pearl$10,000 Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

2010 (6 grants)

Laser microdissection microscopy system for cell and development biology$350,000 Funding Body: Australian Research Council

Laser microdissection microscopy system for cell and development biology$215,000 Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Pathogenic Function of Plasma CD36 Mircroparticles in Mediating Complications of Type 2 Diabetes$98,000 Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

ABI 7500 Real Time PCR System $34,000 Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Electron Multiplier Charge-Coupled Device Camera. Hamamatsu EM-CCD Camera C9100-13$29,079 Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

AACR 101st Annual Meeting, Washington DC, 17 - 21st April 2010$2,000 Funding Body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Health

2009 (7 grants)

An Advanced Mass Spectrometry Facility for Applications in Proteomics and Organic Chemistry$495,000 Funding Body: Australian Research Council

Targeting adaptive mechanisms to endoplasmic reticulum stress in melanoma$491,250 Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy for Live Cell Imaging$275,000 Funding Body: Australian Research Council

An Advanced Mass Spectrometry Facility for Applications in Proteomics and Organic Chemistry$50,000 Funding Body: Australian Research Council

FACSAria$30,000 Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Identification of leukaemic stem cells based upon their expression of a novel surface marker, Fat1$25,000 Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Hunter Cell Biology Meeting, Pokolbin, 24-27 March 2009$600 Funding Body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Health