Establishing the North Queensland Diabetic muscle stem cell library. (Old ID 27289)

Townsville Hospital and Health Service
Craig McFarlane
Role

Principal Investigator

Description

This project will develop a North Queensland Diabetic Muscle Library. Muscle tissue will be resected from patients and fixed and frozen. The tissues will also be dissociated and cultured to make primary myoblast cultures that will be used in future experiments in drug trials, sequencing and biochemical assays.

Date

01 Jul 2021 - 31 Oct 2025

Project Type

GRANT

Keywords

Diabetes;metabolism;myogenesis

Funding Body

Townsville Hospital and Health Service

Amount

50000

Project Team

Lionel Hebbard;Lisa Chilton