Strategic Partnership in Skeletal Muscle Biology
Lead Research Organisation:
King's College London
Department Name: Randall Div of Cell and Molecular Biophy
Abstract
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Publications
Knappe S
(2015)
A population of Pax7-expressing muscle progenitor cells show differential responses to muscle injury dependent on developmental stage and injury extent.
in Frontiers in aging neuroscience
Roy SD
(2017)
Myotome adaptability confers developmental robustness to somitic myogenesis in response to fibre number alteration.
in Developmental biology
| Description | A collaborator of a partner for this grant has secured funding from the Wellcome Trust to research the onset of diabetes and how this linked to diet and metabolism in India. This arose as a consequence of her collaboration with the UK partner who used the funds to travel to India and establish this interaction. |
| Exploitation Route | no |
| Sectors | Healthcare |
| Description | A postdoc from a partner institute in India who was funded through this grant was able to perform research in a UK laboratory and then use this to secure a job at a biotech company in Cambridge. The impact in this case is that a skilled research scientist was recruited to the UK marketplace to the benefit of a UK company. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2013 |
| Sector | Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology |
| Impact Types | Economic |
| Description | Internation Partnership Award |
| Amount | £26,311 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/I025883/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2011 |
| End | 04/2015 |
| Description | International Exchanges Scheme - 2016/R3 (Standard Programme) |
| Amount | £11,432 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | IE161413 |
| Organisation | The Royal Society |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2017 |
| End | 03/2022 |
| Description | Modelling of DUX4-induced pathophysiology and screening for phamacological therapies in a novel model of Facioscapulohumeral dystrophy |
| Amount | £113,417 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 17GRO-PS48-0084 |
| Organisation | Muscular Dystrophy UK |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2017 |
| End | 09/2021 |
| Description | Research Grant |
| Amount | £290,894 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/K010115/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2013 |
| End | 06/2016 |
| Description | Research grant |
| Amount | € 22,203 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 19105 |
| Organisation | French Muscular Dystrophy Association (AFM) |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | France |
| Start | 04/2015 |
| End | 03/2016 |