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Prof. Roger Smith

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Funding

Summary

Number of grants 118
Total funding $18,017,021

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2013 (3 grants)

Understanding the regulation of hERG potassium channel in the myometrium at the time of labour$577,956
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Epigenetic Regulation of Progesterone Receptors and the Onset of Labour$25,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Epigenetic Regulation of Progesterone Receptors and the Onset of Labour$25,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

2012 (7 grants)

Understanding the Origins of Diabetes and Kidney Disease in Aboriginal Children and Their Mothers$1,723,519
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Pregnancy and Reproduction MRSP 2011-12 $369,134
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

BD FACSAria III Cell Sorter: 3 laser 10-colour Flow Cytometer$180,000
Funding Body: Australian Research Council

BD FACSAria III Cell Sorter: 3 laser 10-colour Flow Cytometer$150,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

BD FACSAria III Cell Sorter: 3 laser 10-colour Flow Cytometer$122,927
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

MBRC RAG Special Grant$70,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Precellys Tissue Homogeniser$10,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

2011 (8 grants)

Role of Placental Retroviral Protein Syncytin Carried on Exosomes in Mediating Vulnerability of Pregnant Women to Influenza$622,968
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

An Advanced Mass Spectrometer for Applications in Phospho-Proteomics, Glycomics and Top-Down Sequencing of Proteins$250,000
Funding Body: Australian Research Council

Research microscope, confocal ready nikon eclipse 90i microscope$69,157
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

SCIREQ FlexiVentFX system + FlexiVentFX extension$45,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Reorganisation of myometrial contracteome at the time of labour$30,000
Funding Body: BellBerry Limited

MicroRNA and the onset of human labour$25,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

An Advanced Mass Spectrometer for Applications in Phospho-Proteomics, Glycomics and Top-Down Sequencing of Proteins$15,000
Funding Body: Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research

DNA methylation in a cohort study of nutrition during pregnancy and childhood$10,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

2010 (5 grants)

HMRI MRSP Infrastructure Grant (10-11) - PREGNANCY & REPRODUCTION$362,277
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

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

Estrogen receptors and the onset of labour$324,900
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

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

Epigenetic regulation of the CRH gene in gestational tissues$30,000
Funding Body: BellBerry Limited

2009 (6 grants)

Stress during pregnancy and the developmental origins of renal disease in aboriginal Australians$832,535
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

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

HMRI MRSP Infrastructure Grant (09-10) Pregnancy and Reproduction$296,789
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

The contribution of nutrition to achieving healthy pregnancy outcomes for mothers and babies $68,181
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

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

Stress during pregnancy and the developmental origins of renal disease in Aboriginal Australians$27,040
Funding Body: Kidney Health Australia

2008 (6 grants)

Reduction of teenage pregnancy in aboriginal communities$344,500
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Lessons for transplantation from pregnancy$210,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Linking Cigarette Smoking to Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Aboriginal Women$24,184
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

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

LED fluorescence illuminators and filter set (525nm + 575DF20) for LAS3000 image analysis system$9,600
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Preventing prematurity: establishing a network for innovation and discovery, Dallas Texas, USA$2,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

2007 (9 grants)

HMRI - Pregnancy and Reproductive Research program$762,155
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

CRH Receptors in Myometrium$442,750
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Heat Shock Proteins in Myometrium$437,750
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Equipment Grant - Centrifuge$68,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

(28) PRC - Priority Research Centre for Reproductive Science$38,999
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Beta Radiation Counter Instrument facility$25,670
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Identification of regulatory protein interactions on the CRH promoter$20,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Inflammatory Pathway to Myometrial Activation$20,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

HMRI Equipment Grant - Elisa Plate Washer$6,085
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

2006 (5 grants)

PRC - Priority Research Centre for Reproductive Science$544,282
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

The effect of maternal asthma and its treatment on placental and fetal glucocorticoid receptor expression$50,000
Funding Body: Asthma Foundation of New South Wales

Corticotropin Releasing Hormone Induced Homologous and Hetereologous Desensitisation and Labour$20,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Endocrine and molecular regulation of placental CRH expression$20,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Effect of Maternal Asthma during Pregnancy on the Fetal Immune System$18,837
Funding Body: Asthma Foundation of New South Wales

2005 (9 grants)

Computer program to predict premature birth$388,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Proteomics and Genomis Project$300,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

High throughput proteomics - Thermo Finnigan ProteomeX LCQ Integrated Proteomicis Workstation$207,189
Funding Body: Australian Research Council

Lessons from pregnancy that may help transplantation in Diabetes$140,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

2005 RIBG allocation$137,715
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

NanoDrop ND-1000 Spectrophotometer (with PC)$18,030
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Mechanisms of human parturition: The role of CRH and progesterone withdrawal$12,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Molecular endocrinology of CRH gene regulation$12,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

SGI 1st International Summit - 'Preterm Birth', 9-12 November 2005$2,363
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

2004 (3 grants)

Biacore3000-Expansion of Proteomics Facility$187,341
Funding Body: Australian Research Council

To determine the biochemical mechanism which regulates activation of the human utreus at term & preterm labour$89,547
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Identification of Predictors of Infection in pregnant women/IgA responses to infection in pregnancy$60,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

2003 (7 grants)

Effect of fat metabolism on placental CRH production (Identification and isolation of a Transciption silencer)$32,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

The origin and control of oxidative stress in the placenta$29,666
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Multicentre trial of calcium channe, blocker versus calcium channel blocker plus Cox2 inhibitor in preterm labour - BORN trial.$23,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Use of SELDI-TOF-MS to identify proteins relevant to human labour$17,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Ultra low tempertaure freezer including racking systems and boxes$15,868
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Neonatal Neuroendocrine Programming of Adult Susceptibility to Cancer$10,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Mother and Infant: Perinatal Influences on Health Montreal 16-19 June 2003$2,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

2002 (6 grants)

Multicentre Trial of Calcium Channel Blocker versus Calcium Channel Blocker Plus Cox2 Inhibitor in Preterm Labour$635,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Endocrine and molecular regulation of placental CRH expression$465,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Antagonist of Corticotrophin Releasing Hormone as Therapeutic Agents for the Prevention of Premature Birth in Humans$375,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Expression of the homeobox gene HOXA10 in human parturition$13,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Oxidative Stress in the placenta: analysis of the source of free radicals$10,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Human Pregnancy: Implantation to delivery, from 3 October to 5 October 2002$3,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

2001 (9 grants)

Mothers and Babies$600,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Molecular regulation of CRH gene expression in the human placenta.$70,285
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

A Quantitative Model for the Timing of Parturition$62,127
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Beckman Coulter HPLC Detector and software. Extech circulation heating bath with accessories and software$19,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

A mathematical model of human pregnancy.$14,500
Funding Body: John Hunter Hospital Charitable Trust Fund

Characterisation of a novel transcription factor from placenta.$12,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Beckman Coulter HPLC Detector and software. Extech circulation heating bath with accessories and software$10,836
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Equipment grant for the Mothers and Babies Research Centre.$8,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Mapping the processes of human birth.$4
Funding Body: Andrew Thyne Reid Charitable Trust

2000 (6 grants)

Endocrine Research$150,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Identification and functional analysis of a mammalian transcriptional regulatory protein related to an insect steroid hormone receptor.$52,131
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Award for Research Excellence.$10,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Synthesis of Drugs for Prevention of Pre-Term Delivery.$10,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Human Parturition on the Beach (Beach Babes), 27/28 October 2000$3,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Annual Meeting of the Society for Gynecologial Investigation, 2000, Chicago, USA.$1,974
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

1999 (9 grants)

Clinical effectiveness of transdermal nitrates for the treatment of preterm labour$202,710
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Mothers and Babies Centre for research into Premature Delivery.$15,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Mechanism by which estrogens regulate labour and delivery.$13,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Rapid Microscale Synthesis of Drugs for the Prevention of Pre-Term Delivery$13,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Identification and isolation of a transcription silencer.$11,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Corticotropin-releasing hormone effects on connexin expression and gap junction formation in human myometrium$10,193
Funding Body: Ramaciotti Foundations

Commercial in confidence: Mathematical Model for the analysis of pathophysiology of pregnancy (mMAPp)$9,000
Funding Body: Australian Research Council

Visitor Grant - Dr Ni Xin 1 March 2000 to 1 September 2000.$6,018
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Dexamethasone Induction of Human Corticotropin-releasing Hormone Gene Expression Requires a cAMP-Awarded to Dr Y H Cheng$1,000
Funding Body: Society for Gynecologic Investigation

1998 (6 grants)

Corticotrophin - releasing hormone and human parturition$501,759
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Effect of severe asthma during pregnancy on placental function and fetal outcome$90,000
Funding Body: Asthma Foundation of New South Wales

Low molecular weight ligands for corticotrophin releasing hormone receptors: Drugs for intervention during human pregnancy$47,664
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Molecular Dynamics Storm 860 Tri-mode Analysis System$35,000
Funding Body: Ramaciotti Foundations

The regulation and the signalling pathway of placental corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor/s in human pregnancy$14,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Visitor: Jeffrey Schwartz, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC., USA, 1/7/98 - 31/8/98.$3,984
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

1997 (5 grants)

Maternal Health Research Centre$386,000
Funding Body: NSW Ministry of Health

Urocortin and placental vascular resistance$195,766
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Characterisation of a Pituitary Target Autoantigen$79,290
Funding Body: John Hunter Children`s Hospital Research Foundation

Computer Asisted Design and Chemical Synthesis of Novel Therapeutic Agents Affecting Pregnancy the Duration of Human Pregnancy$16,000
Funding Body: Australian Research Council

Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Receptors (CRH-R) in the Human Myometrium$12,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

1996 (2 grants)

South-East Asian Australian Preterm Labour Study Group.$244,500
Funding Body: Department of Education, Training & Youth Affairs

Visit by Professor P Lowry, Unviersity of Reading, United Kingdom. From 10/11/96 to 10/11/97.$3,770
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

1995 (3 grants)

Regulation and effect of placental corticotropin releasing hormone.$479,680
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Dr Xin Ni, Lecturer, Department of Neurobiology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China. From 1/2/95 to 1/2/96. Regulation of CRH secretion from th$5,552
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Factors regulating the Proopiomelanocortin gene in the human placenta.$5,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

1993 (2 grants)

Maternal Health research grant$275,136
Funding Body: NSW Ministry of Health

Mechanism of Inhibition of ACTH Release By cGMP - Mediated Pathways.$225,907
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

1992 (1 grants)

92,93,94 GRANT. Placental Corticotrophin-releasing Hormone$297,064
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

1991 (1 grants)

Placental Effects On The Maternal Hypothamami C-pituitary-adrenal Exis$147,032
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)