| Title: | Comparative epigenomics in amniotes: development of epigenetic analysis and identification of epigenetic signatures in sex determination and the immune system |
| Investigator(s): | Ezaz, T., Rao, S., Deakin, J., Sarre, S. Georges, A and Hardy, C. |
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| Former category: | D: Universities and related |
| HERDC: | University Grant |
| Year(s): | 2012 – 2014 |
| Summary: | The emerging field of epigenetics promises to unravel many unexplained mechanisms associated with various phenotypes including sex and diseases. Almost nothing is known about the evolution of this system. This project will compare epigenetic signatures of sex determination and the immune system among divergent taxa discovering the novel mechanisms in evolution of epigenetic egulation. Our research program is conceptually innovative as we tackle challenging aims using cross-disciplinary and comparative epigenomic approaches. The data gleaned from these approaches will thus be wholly informative in addressing fundamental biological questions in relation to the role of epigenetics in sex determination and immune function. |
| Funding agency: | University of Canberra |
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| Grant amount: | $380,000 |
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| Title: | Mechanised extraction and Next Generation sequencing for the analysis of trace DNA in predator scats |
| Investigator(s): | Stephen Sarre |
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| Former category: | Not applicable |
| HERDC: | Category 4: Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) research income |
| Year(s): | 2012 – 2015 |
| Summary: | We propose two developments in scat DNA analysis that would provide important efficiency gains for the fox eradication program: (1) Mechanized extraction of trace DNA from predator scats; and (2) Next Generation DNA sequencing approaches to the analysis of predator scat DNA. These developments can be employed for the DNA analysis of scats planned as part of the monitoring already proposed under the Precautionary Baiting Approach adopted by the department. They will provide timely information about the changing nature of Tasmania’s fox population and of other key vertebrate pests (cats, dogs) and native fauna. |
| Funding agency: | CRC for Invasive Animals |
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| Grant amount: | $1,300,000 |
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| Title: | Murray Darling Basin Futures – Conserving Biodiversity |
| Investigator(s): | Arthur Georges, Stephen Sarre
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| Former category: | Not applicable |
| HERDC: | Category 1: Australian competitive grant |
| Year(s): | 2012 |
| Summary: | No summary provided. |
| Funding agency: | Collaborative Research Network |
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| Grant amount: | $1,138,757 |
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| Title: | Murray Darling Futures - Conserving Biodiversity |
| Investigator(s): | Arthur Georges, Stephen Sarre, Trefor Reynoldson, Max Finlayson (CSU), Mark Lintermans, Tariq Ezaz, Bernd Gruber, Duanne White, Jasmyn Lynch, Sue Nichols, Paul Humphries (CSU), Mark Adams (SAM), Peter Unmack, Eric Johnston (Oregon), Jason Alexandra (MDBA), Michael Wilson (MDBA), Greg Long (MDBA), Stephanie Palmer (ANU), Xiuwen Zhang. |
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| Former category: | Not applicable |
| HERDC: | Category 1: Australian competitive grant |
| Year(s): | 2012 – 2014 |
| Summary: | This proposal is for research to meet the challenges of biodiversity conservation in Australia’s largest river system, the Murray-Darling Basin (MDB). |
| Funding agency: | Collaborative Research Network Program, DIISRTE |
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| Grant amount: | $1,300,000 |
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| Title: | New eDNA surveillance for multiple high risk invasive fish |
| Investigator(s): | Arthur Georges, Stephen Sarre, Tariq Ezaz, Mark Lintermans, Chris Hardy (CSIRO) and John Taggart (Stirling) |
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| Former category: | Not applicable |
| HERDC: | Category 4: Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) research income |
| Year(s): | 2012 – 2017 |
| Summary: | Invasive fishes are a major threat to native species and ecological communities, nationally and internationally. Early detection of such fishes while they are still rare is the key to preventing their establishment but is problematic using conventional sampling. We will use advanced genomic approaches such as next generation sequencing to detect the DNA discharged into water by fish as a more effective approach to this problem. Our goal is to provide the platform for a comprehensive suite of tests for all fish species that threaten Australia’s biosecurity. |
| Funding agency: | CRC for Invasive Animals |
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| Grant amount: | $1,124,000 |
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| Title: | Conservation Genetics of the Pink-tailed worm lizard in the ACT |
| Investigator(s): | Stephen Sarre |
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| Former category: | Not applicable |
| HERDC: | Category 2: Other public sector research income |
| Year(s): | 2011 – 2012 |
| Summary: | No summary provided. |
| Funding agency: | The ACT Environment and Sustainable Development Directorate |
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| Grant amount: | $48,389 |
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| Title: | Forces of extinction in reptiles: The case of the rapidly declining Grassland Dragon |
| Investigator(s): | Stephen Sarre, Bernd Gruber, Tariq Ezaz, William Osborne, Arthur Georges |
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| Former category: | A1: National Competitive (ARC) |
| HERDC: | Category 1: Australian competitive grant |
| Year(s): | 2011 – 2015 |
| Summary: | The processes leading to extinction are of intrinsic and practical importance given increasing global pressures on biodiversity. While much is known of the broad-scale drivers of extinction, our knowledge of the finer scale processes leading to local extinctions is poor. Here, we address challenging theoretical and practical questions on local extinction of an ectotherm – the endangered grassland earless dragon. . |
| Funding agency: | ARC ($395,000) and The ACT Environment and Sustainable Development Directorate ($304,000) and ACT Government |
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| Grant amount: | $699,000 |
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| Title: | Was an ancient bird like sex chromosome system ancestral to reptiles and mammals? |
| Investigator(s): | Tariq Ezaz, Arthur Georges, Jenny Graves, Stephen Sarre, Yoichi Matsuda |
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| Former category: | A1: National Competitive (ARC) |
| HERDC: | Category 1: Australian competitive grant |
| Year(s): | 2011 – 2014 |
| Summary: | Recent discoveries reveal amazing similarity in the sex chromosomes of distantly related animals. This project will use advanced DNA technology to explore diverse sex chromosomes in reptiles to discover whether this signifies ancient and unsuspected common ancestry, or the convergent redeployment of genes and chromosomes predisposed to determine sex. . |
| Funding agency: | Australian Research Council (ARC) |
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| Grant amount: | $345,000 |
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| Title: | Developing a toolbox of early detection and rapid response options for new or spreading pest invasions |
| Investigator(s): | Sarre SD, Blackman and Saunders |
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| Former category: | B1: Public Sector (Commonwealth) |
| HERDC: | Category 4: Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) research income |
| Year(s): | 2010 – 2012 |
| Summary: | No summary provided. |
| Funding agency: | CRC |
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| Grant amount: | $152,000 |
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| Title: | What role does wildlife play in emergency disease? The case of the feral pig |
| Investigator(s): | Andrew Woolnough, Brendan Cowled, Ian Marsh, Michael Garner, Shawn Laffan, Michael Ward, Stephen Sarre |
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| Former category: | A1: National Competitive (ARC) |
| HERDC: | Category 1: Australian competitive grant |
| Year(s): | 2010 – 2013 |
| Summary: | No summary provided. |
| Funding agency: | ARC grant, administered by the University of Sydney |
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| Grant amount: | $59,000 |
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| Title: | Detecting foxes in Tasmania in support of eradication effort |
| Investigator(s): | Sarre SD and Johnston |
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| Former category: | B1: Public Sector (Commonwealth) |
| HERDC: | Category 4: Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) research income |
| Year(s): | 2009 |
| Summary: | No summary provided. |
| Funding agency: | CRC |
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| Grant amount: | $121,500 |
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| Title: | Development of a national genotyping facility |
| Investigator(s): | Sarre SD |
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| Former category: | B1: Public Sector (Commonwealth) |
| HERDC: | Category 4: Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) research income |
| Year(s): | 2009 – 2012 |
| Summary: | No summary provided. |
| Funding agency: | CRC |
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| Grant amount: | $300,000 |
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| Title: | Mapping endemic and threatened fauna in Tasmania using DNA-based survey |
| Investigator(s): | Stephen Sarre |
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| Former category: | Not applicable |
| HERDC: | Category 2: Other public sector research income |
| Year(s): | 2009 – 2012 |
| Summary: | No summary provided. |
| Funding agency: | Tasmanian Department of Primary Industry, Water and the Environment |
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| Grant amount: | $463,700 |
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| Title: | RHD-related Rabbit Viruses in Australia Scholarship |
| Investigator(s): | Stephen Sarre |
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| Former category: | Not applicable |
| HERDC: | Category 4: Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) research income |
| Year(s): | 2009 – 2010 |
| Summary: | Postgrad Scholarship, Marlene Jahnke. |
| Funding agency: | Invasive Animals CRC |
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| Grant amount: | $4,200 |
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| Title: | To implement DNA-based tests that detect foxes and prey species of particular management interest in scats collected by the Fox Eradication Program |
| Investigator(s): | Sarre SD |
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| Former category: | B3: Public Sector (States) |
| HERDC: | Category 2: Other public sector research income |
| Year(s): | 2009 – 2012 |
| Summary: | No summary provided. |
| Funding agency: | Tasmanian DPI |
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| Grant amount: | $455,000 |
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| Title: | Conservation biology of Aprasia parapulchella and the Golden Sun Moth |
| Investigator(s): | Osborne W, Sarre S.D |
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| Former category: | B2: Public Sector (ACT) |
| HERDC: | Category 2: Other public sector research income |
| Year(s): | 2008 |
| Summary: | No summary provided. |
| Funding agency: | Environment ACT |
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| Grant amount: | $75,000 |
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| Title: | Development of www.feral.org.au |
| Investigator(s): | Sarre SD |
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| Former category: | B1: Public Sector (Commonwealth) |
| HERDC: | Category 4: Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) research income |
| Year(s): | 2008 – 2009 |
| Summary: | No summary provided. |
| Funding agency: | CRC |
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| Grant amount: | $90,000 |
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| Title: | Educational material on carp and carp management for Australian schools |
| Investigator(s): | Sarre S.D, Braysher M |
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| Former category: | B1: Public Sector (Commonwealth) |
| HERDC: | Category 2: Other public sector research income |
| Year(s): | 2008 |
| Summary: | No summary provided. |
| Funding agency: | Murray Darling Basin Commisson |
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| Grant amount: | $8,000 |
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| Title: | Genotyping facility for invasive animals |
| Investigator(s): | Sarre SD |
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| Former category: | B1: Public Sector (Commonwealth) |
| HERDC: | Category 4: Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) research income |
| Year(s): | 2008 – 2012 |
| Summary: | No summary provided. |
| Funding agency: | CRC |
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| Grant amount: | $360,000 |
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| Title: | PESTPLAN delivery |
| Investigator(s): | Sarre SD. |
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| Former category: | B1: Public Sector (Commonwealth) |
| HERDC: | Category 4: Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) research income |
| Year(s): | 2008 – 2009 |
| Summary: | No summary provided. |
| Funding agency: | CRC |
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| Grant amount: | $320,000 |
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| Title: | Sex in Dragons: Evolution of sex determination in reptiles |
| Investigator(s): | Sarre, S.D., Georges, A. Edwards, S. |
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| Former category: | A1: National Competitive (ARC) |
| HERDC: | Category 1: Australian competitive grant |
| Year(s): | 2008 – 2010 |
| Summary: | How animals determine sex has been debated over decades. Particularly curious is that sex is determined by genes in some animals and temperature in others. We will use novel genetic, molecular and cytological approaches to discover the genes and chromosom. |
| Funding agency: | Australian Research Council |
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| Grant amount: | $383,000 |
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| Title: | Canid and Felid best practice management |
| Investigator(s): | Sarre S.D |
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| Former category: | B1: Public Sector (Commonwealth) |
| HERDC: | Category 4: Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) research income |
| Year(s): | 2007 |
| Summary: | No summary provided. |
| Funding agency: | Invasive Animals CRC |
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| Grant amount: | $20,000 |
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| Title: | Development of a DNA sexing method for the endangered Southern Corroboree frog |
| Investigator(s): | Quinn, A.E., Sarre, S.D. and Georges, A. |
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| Former category: | B3: Public Sector (States) |
| HERDC: | Category 2: Other public sector research income |
| Year(s): | 2007 – 2009 |
| Summary: | To identify sex linked markers in the corroboree frog and develop a simple sex test for this species. |
| Funding agency: | NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service. |
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| Grant amount: | $50,000 |
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| Title: | Metapopulation and habitat quality: Towards an integrated approach to the conservation of an endangered grassland lizard |
| Investigator(s): | Stephen Sarre, William Osborne |
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| Former category: | A1: National Competitive (ARC) |
| HERDC: | Category 1: Australian competitive grant |
| Year(s): | 2007 – 2010 |
| Summary: | No summary provided. |
| Funding agency: | Australian Research Council ($120,000) and Canberra International Airport ($141,501) |
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| Grant amount: | $261,501 |
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| Title: | Sex markers in the Corroboree Frog |
| Investigator(s): | Quinn A.E, Sarre S.D, Georges A |
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| Former category: | B3: Public Sector (States) |
| HERDC: | Category 2: Other public sector research income |
| Year(s): | 2007 – 2008 |
| Summary: | No summary provided. |
| Funding agency: | No agency nominated. |
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| Grant amount: | $25,000 |
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| Title: | Increase the comprehensiveness and functions of the pest animal website, www.feral.org.au |
| Investigator(s): | Stephen Sarre, Michael Braysher, Nina Ellen Jenkins |
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| Former category: | Not applicable |
| HERDC: | Category 2: Other public sector research income |
| Year(s): | 2006 – 2010 |
| Summary: | No summary provided. |
| Funding agency: | National Heritage Trust |
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| Grant amount: | $75,000 |
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| Title: | Increase the effectiveness and functions of the pest animal website, www.feral.org.au |
| Investigator(s): | Sarre, S.D., Braysher, M., Jenkins, N. |
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| Former category: | B1: Public Sector (Commonwealth) |
| HERDC: | Category 2: Other public sector research income |
| Year(s): | 2006 – 2008 |
| Summary: | No summary provided. |
| Funding agency: | Bureau of Rural Sciences |
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| Grant amount: | $115,000 |
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| Title: | Using new DNA approaches to survey foxes in Tasmania for targetting eradication and monitoring the changes in distribution and abundance of all large carnivores |
| Investigator(s): | Stephen Sarre |
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| Former category: | B1: Public Sector (Commonwealth) |
| HERDC: | Category 4: Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) research income |
| Year(s): | 2006 – 2008 |
| Summary: | No summary provided. |
| Funding agency: | Invasive Animals CRC ($43,900), Tasmanian Department of Primary Industry, Water and the Environment ($300,000) and The Unviersity of Western Australia ($120,000) |
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| Grant amount: | $463,900 |
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| Title: | Development of a national pest animal genotyping facility |
| Investigator(s): | Sarre S.D, Aitken N, Berry O.F, FitzSimmons N |
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| Former category: | B1: Public Sector (Commonwealth) |
| HERDC: | Category 4: Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) research income |
| Year(s): | 2005 – 2011 |
| Summary: | No summary provided. |
| Funding agency: | Invasive Animals CRC ($257,368) and The University of Western Australia ($120,000) |
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| Grant amount: | $377,368 |
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| Title: | Development of a National Pest Animal Genotyping Facility |
| Investigator(s): | Stephen Sarre, Anna MacDonald, Nancy FitzSimmons, Nicola Aitken |
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| Former category: | Not applicable |
| HERDC: | Category 4: Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) research income |
| Year(s): | 2005 – 2011 |
| Summary: | No summary provided. |
| Funding agency: | Invasive Animals CRC ($257,368) and The University of Western Australia ($120,000) |
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| Grant amount: | $377,368 |
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| Title: | Native Grassland and Grassland Fauna Conservation Research Program |
| Investigator(s): | Stephen Sarre, William Osborne, Anett Richter, Megan McCann, Wendy Dimond |
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| Former category: | Not applicable |
| HERDC: | Category 2: Other public sector research income |
| Year(s): | 2005 – 2010 |
| Summary: | No summary provided. |
| Funding agency: | Department of the Environment, Climate Change, Energy and Water |
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| Grant amount: | $275,000 |
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| Title: | Native Grasslands and Grassland Fauna Conservation and Research Program |
| Investigator(s): | Sarre, S.D., Osborne, W. |
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| Former category: | B2: Public Sector (ACT) |
| HERDC: | Category 2: Other public sector research income |
| Year(s): | 2005 – 2010 |
| Summary: | No summary provided. |
| Funding agency: | Department of the Environment, Climate Change, Energy and Water |
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| Grant amount: | $275,000 |
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| Title: | Determining the effectiveness of DNA markers at mapping possum dispersal across buffer zones |
| Investigator(s): | Sarre, S.D. (Cowan, P.) |
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| Former category: | B5: Public Sector (Overseas) |
| HERDC: | Category 2: Other public sector research income |
| Year(s): | 2004 – 2006 |
| Summary: | No summary provided. |
| Funding agency: | Animal Health Board (NZ) |
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| Grant amount: | $130,000 |
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| Title: | Sex in Dragons: The molecular basis of genetic and environmental sex determination |
| Investigator(s): | Graves, J., Sarre, S. and Georges, A. |
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| Former category: | A1: National Competitive (ARC) |
| HERDC: | Category 1: Australian competitive grant |
| Year(s): | 2004 – 2007 |
| Summary: | We aim to discover the molecular basis of sex determination in closely related Australian reptiles (dragon lizards) with genetic sex determination (GSD) and temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD). |
| Funding agency: | Australian Research Council (Discovery Program) |
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| Grant amount: | $600,000 |
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| Title: | The tiger, the fox, the cat or the devil: using DNA to hunt for predators |
| Investigator(s): | Sarre, S., Lapidge, S., Mooney, N., Berry, O. |
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| Former category: | D: Universities and related |
| HERDC: | University Grant |
| Year(s): | 2004 |
| Summary: | No summary provided. |
| Funding agency: | University of Canberra, Pestat, Tasmanian Fox Free Taskforce, Environment ACT |
|
| Grant amount: | $36,000 |
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| Title: | A new DNA-based approach to studying invasive mammalian predators |
| Investigator(s): | Sarre, S., Berry, O. |
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| Former category: | A2: National Competitive (Other) |
| HERDC: | Category 1: Australian competitive grant |
| Year(s): | 2003 |
| Summary: | No summary provided. |
| Funding agency: | [INVALID_DATA] |
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| Grant amount: | $30,823 |
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| Title: | Sex in Dragons: Probing the genotype-phenotype interaction in sex determination |
| Investigator(s): | Sarre, S. and Georges, A. |
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| Former category: | A1: National Competitive (ARC) |
| HERDC: | Category 1: Australian competitive grant |
| Year(s): | 2003 |
| Summary: | We aim to develop sex specific markers in a lizard with genotypic sex determination and apply them in a closely related species with temperature-dependent sex determination to identify concordant and discordant individuals. |
| Funding agency: | Australian Research Council (Discovery Program) |
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| Grant amount: | $60,000 |
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| Title: | Significantly improving access to information on feral animal management |
| Investigator(s): | Sarre, S., Braysher, M. (Lapidge, S., Carroll, C., Buller, C.) |
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| Former category: | B1: Public Sector (Commonwealth) |
| HERDC: | Category 2: Other public sector research income |
| Year(s): | 2003 |
| Summary: | No summary provided. |
| Funding agency: | Bureau of Rural Sciences |
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| Grant amount: | $63,000 |
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| Title: | How do Tuatara determine their sex? |
| Investigator(s): | Sarre, S |
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| Former category: | B5: Public Sector (Overseas) |
| HERDC: | Category 2: Other public sector research income |
| Year(s): | 2002 |
| Summary: | No summary provided. |
| Funding agency: | Massey University (IP: The Royal Society of NZ Marsden Fund) |
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| Grant amount: | $15,453 |
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| Title: | Isolating sex-specific DNA in dragons to test models of sex determination |
| Investigator(s): | Sarre, S. |
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| Former category: | D: Universities and related |
| HERDC: | University Grant |
| Year(s): | 2002 |
| Summary: | No summary provided. |
| Funding agency: | University of Canberra |
|
| Grant amount: | $22,794 |
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| Title: | Does dispersal affect extinction risk in fragmented populations? |
| Investigator(s): | Sarre, S., Henle, K. |
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| Former category: | B5: Public Sector (Overseas) |
| HERDC: | Category 2: Other public sector research income |
| Year(s): | 2001 |
| Summary: | No summary provided. |
| Funding agency: | Institute of Environmental Research/University of Canberra |
|
| Grant amount: | $29,655 |
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| Title: | Evolution and mechanisms of sex determination in reptiles |
| Investigator(s): | Sarre, S.D. and Georges, A. |
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| Former category: | D: Universities and related |
| HERDC: | University Grant |
| Year(s): | 2001 – 2002 |
| Summary: | This project is a pilot that aims to explore the mechanisms of sex determination using molecular approaches. |
| Funding agency: | Australian Research Council (Small Grants Scheme) |
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| Grant amount: | $29,870 |
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| Title: | Evolution in microsatellite DNA: testing models of mutation in an Australian marsupial |
| Investigator(s): | Sarre, S. and FitzSimmons, N. |
|
| Former category: | A1: National Competitive (ARC) |
| HERDC: | Category 1: Australian competitive grant |
| Year(s): | 2001 |
| Summary: | No summary provided. |
| Funding agency: | ARC |
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| Grant amount: | $141,000 |
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| Title: | Genetic Dissection of Tuatara: Conservation, Systematics and Biogeography |
| Investigator(s): | Hay, J.M., Sarre, S.D., Daugherty, C.H. |
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| Former category: | B5: Public Sector (Overseas) |
| HERDC: | Category 2: Other public sector research income |
| Year(s): | 2000 |
| Summary: | No summary provided. |
| Funding agency: | New Zealand Foundation for Research, Science and Technology |
|
| Grant amount: | $130,000 |
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| Title: | Mapping possum dispersal across Tb buffer zones |
| Investigator(s): | Sarre, S.D. (P.Cowan) |
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| Former category: | B5: Public Sector (Overseas) |
| HERDC: | Category 2: Other public sector research income |
| Year(s): | 2000 |
| Summary: | No summary provided. |
| Funding agency: | Landcare Research |
|
| Grant amount: | $69,000 |
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| Title: | How do tuatara determine their sex? |
| Investigator(s): | Sarre, S.D., Daugherty, C.H., Lambert, D.M., and Thompson, M. |
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| Former category: | B5: Public Sector (Overseas) |
| HERDC: | Category 2: Other public sector research income |
| Year(s): | 1998 |
| Summary: | No summary provided. |
| Funding agency: | Marsden Fund of New Zealand |
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| Grant amount: | $490,000 |
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| Title: | Mating system in possums |
| Investigator(s): | Sarre, S.D. |
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| Former category: | B5: Public Sector (Overseas) |
| HERDC: | Category 2: Other public sector research income |
| Year(s): | 1997 |
| Summary: | No summary provided. |
| Funding agency: | New Zealand Foundation for Research, Science and Technology |
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| Grant amount: | $15,000 |
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