Research Funding

Alport Foundation Research Grants

The Alport Foundaion of Australia is proud to be a supporter of Austrailan Research Projects relevant to the improvement of Alport Syndrome Diagnosis, Management, Treatments and Patient Support.

Click here for more information and to download a research application form

or contact us by emailing info@alport.org.au

2010

$20,000
Melbourne University/Prof J Savige

Novel Chemical Treatments for Alport Syndrome

$20,000
Monash University/AProf Sharon Ricardo

Novel stem cell assays for Alports Syndrome

2011

$20,000
Melbourne University/Prof J Savige

Examining the effect of chemical chaperones in mice with X-linked and autosomal recessive Alport syndrome

$20,000
Melbourne University/Prof J Savige

Enlarging the LOVD COL4A3/COL4A4 Databases for autosomal Alport syndrome to improve diagnostic accuracy and predict renal failure

2012

$20,000
Monash University/AProf Sharon Ricardo

Kidney Stem Cell Lines for Alport syndrome

$5,000
Griffiths University/Dr Madeleine Peterson

Optimising genetic counseling support for individuals and families affected by Alport syndrome

$20,000
Melbourne University/Prof J Savige

Effect of COL4A5 mutations in induced pluripotent stem cells from X-linked Alport Syndrome – an in vitro model for evaluating new therapies

2013

$20,000
Monash University/Dr John Haynes & Prof Sharon Ricardo

Using induced pluripotent stem cell-derived podocytes to create an in vitro model of Alport Syndrome

2014

$20,000
Melbourne University/Prof J Savige

Correcting the mutation defect in Alport syndrome in human cell lines using the TALEN method: a potentially-curative treatment

$7,000
Royal Brisbane Womens Hospital/Dr Andrew Mallett

Next Generation Sequencing and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Applications in Genetic Renal Disease (Alport Syndrome Cohort)

$13,000
Childrens Hospital Westmead/AProf Steve Alexander
(associate of above)
University of Queensland/Prof Melissa Little
(associate of above)

$20,000
Melbourne University/Prof J Savige

Development of the Alport Foundation of Australia Patient Registry

2015

$20,000
Melbourne University/Prof J Savige

A clinical trial of a chemical chaperone, PBA, in X-linked Alport syndrome due to missense mutations

$20,000
Monash University/AProf Sharon Ricardo

Fate mapping kidney podocytes

2016

$17,360
Monash University/Dr John Haynes & Prof Sharon Ricardo

Dysregulation of focal adhesion kinase in Alport Syndrome patients

$20,000
Monash University/Profs Ricardo & Smyth

Generation of X-linked rodent models of Alport syndrome using CRISPR/Casmediated genome engineering

$15,000
Dr Hugh McCarthy

Utilising Whole Genome Sequencing to identify novel pathogenic mutations in patients with a clinical diagnosis of Alport Syndrome

David Blatt
Chairman
Alport Foundation of Australia