A/Prof. Brett Nixon
| Work Phone | (02) 4921 6977 |
|---|---|
| Fax | (02) 4921 6923 |
| Brett.Nixon@newcastle.edu.au | |
| Office | LS4-40, Life Sciences |
Funding
Summary
| Number of grants | 34 |
|---|---|
| Total funding | $4,460,995 |
For project grants received where the lead institution is other than the University of Newcastle, details are shown in italics.
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2013 (6 grants)
Novel function of heat shock protein 2A in the regulation of human sperm-egg interactions$292,182
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Laureate Professor John Aitken, Professor Eileen McLaughlin | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Project Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $292,182 | 2013 | 2015 |
| GNo:G1200193 | ||
Leica TP 1020 Automatic Tissue Processor for histology applications$35,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Pradeep Tanwar, Professor Eileen McLaughlin, Professor Xu Zhang, Professor Robert Callister, Associate Professor Phillip Dickson, Professor Hubert Hondermarck, Doctor Jean-Marie Sontag, Associate Professor Dirk Van Helden, Doctor Doug Smith, Doctor Phil Jobling, Associate Professor Estelle Sontag, Associate Professor Paul Tooney, Doctor Susan Hua, Doctor Janet Holt, Doctor Jay Horvat, Doctor Liz Milward, Professor Adam McCluskey, Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Doctor Rebecca Lim, Associate Professor Alan Brichta | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Equipment Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $35,000 | 2013 | 2013 |
| GNo:G1201185 | ||
Dynamin - role in sperm oocyte interaction$20,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Eileen McLaughlin, Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Professor Adam McCluskey | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Near Miss Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $20,000 | 2013 | 2013 |
| GNo:G1300483 | ||
Novel mechanisms for the regulation of sperm-oocyte interactions$20,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Brett Nixon | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Near Miss Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $20,000 | 2013 | 2013 |
| GNo:G1300458 | ||
NucleoCounter SP100$14,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Laureate Professor John Aitken, Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Doctor Shaun Roman, Doctor Mark Baker, Doctor Geoffry De Iuliis, Doctor Lisa Mitchell, Doctor Matthew Jobling, Ms Zamira Gibb, Mr Nenad Naumovski | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Equipment Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $14,000 | 2013 | 2013 |
| GNo:G1201175 | ||
Dynamin - role in sperm oocyte interaction$10,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Eileen McLaughlin, Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Professor Adam McCluskey | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Near Miss | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $10,000 | 2013 | 2013 |
| GNo:G1300700 | ||
2011 (2 grants)
SLX4 - a key regulator of male germ cell development and DNA repair$25,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Eileen McLaughlin, Associate Professor Brett Nixon | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Project Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $25,000 | 2011 | 2011 |
| GNo:G1001000 | ||
Eppendorf mastercycler pro with thermomixer comfort and 5430R centrifuge$15,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Eileen McLaughlin, Associate Professor Peter Lewis, Professor Adam McCluskey, Conjoint Professor Keith Jones, Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Doctor Shaun Roman, Doctor Jennette Sakoff, Doctor Ian Grainge, Doctor Janet Holt, Doctor Xiao Yang | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Equipment Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $15,000 | 2011 | 2011 |
| GNo:G1100028 | ||
2010 (6 grants)
An Integrated LC-MS-NMR facility for Applications in Proteomics and Organic Chemistry$500,000
Funding Body: Australian Research Council
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Adam McCluskey, Laureate Professor John Aitken, Professor Paul Dastoor, Professor Phillip Robinson, Professor Eileen McLaughlin, Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Lawrance, Professor Marcel Maeder, Professor Hugh Dunstan, Doctor Shaun Roman, Associate Professor Rob Atkin, Doctor Clovia Holdsworth, Doctor Mark Baker, Doctor Nikki Verrills, Professor Gottfried Otting, Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Doctor Xiaojing Zhou, Ms Megan Chircop, Doctor Warwick Belcher | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $500,000 | 2010 | 2010 |
| GNo:G0190402 | ||
Laser microdissection microscopy system for cell and development biology$350,000
Funding Body: Australian Research Council
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Eileen McLaughlin, Conjoint Professor Keith Jones, Laureate Professor John Aitken, Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Doctor Shaun Roman, Associate Professor Alan Brichta, Doctor Rick Thorne, Doctor Doug Smith, Associate Professor David McCurdy, Conjoint Professor Ray Rose, Professor Christopher Grof, Conjoint Professor Leonie Ashman, Professor Gordon Burns, Doctor Brett Graham, Associate Professor Paul Tooney, Professor Roger Smith, Professor Paul Foster, Professor Trevor Day, Professor Robert Callister | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $350,000 | 2010 | 2010 |
| GNo:G0190369 | ||
An Integrated LC-MS-NMR facility for Applications in Proteomics and Organic Chemistry$280,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Adam McCluskey, Laureate Professor John Aitken, Professor Paul Dastoor, Professor Phillip Robinson, Professor Eileen McLaughlin, Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Lawrance, Professor Marcel Maeder, Professor Hugh Dunstan, Doctor Shaun Roman, Associate Professor Rob Atkin, Doctor Clovia Holdsworth, Doctor Mark Baker, Doctor Nikki Verrills, Professor Gottfried Otting, Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Doctor Xiaojing Zhou, Ms Megan Chircop, Doctor Warwick Belcher | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Equipment Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $280,000 | 2010 | 2010 |
| GNo:G1000873 | ||
Monotremes provide a key to understanding the molecular biology of mammalian gamete evolution$270,000
Funding Body: Australian Research Council
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Dr Heath Ecroyd, Conjoint Associate Professor Russell Jones | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Discovery Projects | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $270,000 | 2010 | 2012 |
| GNo:G0190056 | ||
Laser microdissection microscopy system for cell and development biology$215,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Eileen McLaughlin, Conjoint Professor Keith Jones, Laureate Professor John Aitken, Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Doctor Shaun Roman, Associate Professor Alan Brichta, Doctor Rick Thorne, Doctor Doug Smith, Associate Professor David McCurdy, Conjoint Professor Ray Rose, Professor Christopher Grof, Conjoint Professor Leonie Ashman, Professor Gordon Burns, Doctor Brett Graham, Associate Professor Paul Tooney, Professor Roger Smith, Professor Paul Foster, Professor Trevor Day, Professor Robert Callister | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Equipment Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $215,000 | 2010 | 2010 |
| GNo:G1000874 | ||
Waters, Ultra high performance liquid chromatography system (nano-Aquity)
$30,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Mark Baker, Laureate Professor John Aitken, Professor Adam McCluskey, Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Professor John Rostas, Professor Eileen McLaughlin | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Equipment Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $30,000 | 2010 | 2010 |
| GNo:G1000051 | ||
2009 (5 grants)
An Advanced Mass Spectrometry Facility for Applications in Proteomics and Organic Chemistry$495,000
Funding Body: Australian Research Council
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Laureate Professor John Aitken, Professor Adam McCluskey, Doctor Mark Baker, Doctor Nikki Verrills, Professor Marcel Maeder, Doctor Xiaojing Zhou, Professor Eileen McLaughlin, Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Doctor Shaun Roman, Conjoint Professor Ray Rose, Professor Hugh Dunstan, Professor Christopher Grof, Professor Roger Smith, Conjoint Professor Peter Gibson, Conjoint Professor Alison Jones, Professor Mike Calford, Conjoint Professor Keith Jones, Doctor Rick Thorne, Emeritus Professor Peter Dunkley, Professor Paul Foster, Conjoint Professor Leonie Ashman, Professor Gordon Burns, Associate Professor Phillip Dickson, Professor John Rostas, Professor Rodney Scott, Associate Professor Paul Tooney, Professor Phil Hansbro, Professor Pablo Moscato, Professor Paul Dastoor, Associate Professor Peter Lewis | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $495,000 | 2009 | 2009 |
| GNo:G0189122 | ||
Characterization of the molecular basis of human sperm-oocyte interaction$474,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Professor Eileen McLaughlin, Dr M O'Bryan | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Project Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $474,000 | 2009 | 2011 |
| GNo:G0188867 | ||
Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy for Live Cell Imaging$275,000
Funding Body: Australian Research Council
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Conjoint Professor Keith Jones, Professor Eileen McLaughlin, Laureate Professor John Aitken, Conjoint Professor Ray Rose, Emeritus Professor John Patrick, Conjoint Professor Christina Offler, Associate Professor David McCurdy, Conjoint Professor Leonie Ashman, Professor Gordon Burns, Associate Professor Dirk Van Helden, Doctor Nikki Verrills, Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Doctor Shaun Roman, Associate Professor Yong-Ling Ruan, Doctor Rick Thorne, Professor Mike Calford | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $275,000 | 2009 | 2009 |
| GNo:G0189038 | ||
An Advanced Mass Spectrometry Facility for Applications in Proteomics and Organic Chemistry$50,000
Funding Body: Australian Research Council
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Laureate Professor John Aitken, Professor Adam McCluskey, Doctor Mark Baker, Doctor Nikki Verrills, Professor Marcel Maeder, Doctor Xiaojing Zhou, Professor Eileen McLaughlin, Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Doctor Shaun Roman, Conjoint Professor Ray Rose, Professor Hugh Dunstan, Professor Christopher Grof, Professor Roger Smith, Conjoint Professor Peter Gibson, Conjoint Professor Alison Jones, Professor Mike Calford, Conjoint Professor Keith Jones, Doctor Rick Thorne, Emeritus Professor Peter Dunkley, Professor Paul Foster, Conjoint Professor Leonie Ashman, Professor Gordon Burns, Associate Professor Phillip Dickson, Professor John Rostas, Professor Rodney Scott, Associate Professor Paul Tooney, Professor Phil Hansbro, Professor Pablo Moscato, Professor Paul Dastoor, Associate Professor Peter Lewis | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) Partner funding | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $50,000 | 2009 | 2009 |
| GNo:G0189948 | ||
LAS-4000 Chemiluminescence imaging system$25,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Eileen McLaughlin, Laureate Professor John Aitken, Associate Professor Peter Lewis, Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Doctor Shaun Roman | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Equipment Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $25,000 | 2009 | 2009 |
| GNo:G0189852 | ||
2008 (4 grants)
Xenobiotics - ocidative stress in the mammalian ovary$362,625
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Eileen McLaughlin, Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Doctor Shaun Roman | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Project Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $362,625 | 2008 | 2010 |
| GNo:G0187620 | ||
Understanding the aetiology of human male infertility: Elucidation of the mechanisms underpinning sperm-egg interaction$21,650
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Professor Eileen McLaughlin | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Project Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $21,650 | 2008 | 2008 |
| GNo:G0188465 | ||
Characterization of the molecular basis of mouse sperm-oocyte interaction$18,285
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Professor Eileen McLaughlin | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Near Miss Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $18,285 | 2008 | 2008 |
| GNo:G0188405 | ||
41st Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Reproduction $2,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Brett Nixon | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $2,500 | 2008 | 2008 |
| GNo:G0188643 | ||
2007 (4 grants)
Chemokines and spermatogenesis: roles of SDF-1 and CXCR-4 in the establishment of spermatogenesis$20,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Eileen McLaughlin, Doctor Shaun Roman, Associate Professor Brett Nixon | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Near Miss Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $20,000 | 2007 | 2007 |
| GNo:G0187197 | ||
Determination of the molecular processes involved in post-testicular development of sperm in the platypus and their relationship with sperm competition$16,471
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Conjoint Associate Professor Russell Jones | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Near Miss Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $16,471 | 2007 | 2007 |
| GNo:G0187188 | ||
Validation of novel model to explain the functional activation of mouse spermatozoa$7,998
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Brett Nixon | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Pilot Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $7,998 | 2007 | 2007 |
| GNo:G0187878 | ||
Validation of novel model to explain the functional activation of mouse spermatozoa$7,002
Funding Body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Science & IT
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Brett Nixon | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Pilot Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $7,002 | 2007 | 2007 |
| GNo:G0188360 | ||
2006 (1 grants)
PRC - Priority Research Centre for Reproductive Science$544,282
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Laureate Professor John Aitken, Professor Roger Smith, Professor Eileen McLaughlin, Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Doctor Shaun Roman, Conjoint Associate Professor Vicki Clifton, Conjoint Professor Warwick Giles, Associate Professor Jon Hirst, Conjoint Associate Professor Rick Nicholson, Conjoint Professor Ian Symonds | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Priority Research Centre | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $544,282 | 2006 | 2013 |
| GNo:G0186945 | ||
2005 (1 grants)
The initiation of fertilisation: Characterisation of the sperm receptor complex for the oocyte$9,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Laureate Professor John Aitken | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Project Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $9,000 | 2005 | 2005 |
| GNo:G0184742 | ||
2004 (3 grants)
Characterisation of a novel recepto-mediated signal transduction pathway in human spermatozoa.$14,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Conjoint Professor Leonie Ashman | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Project Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $14,000 | 2004 | 2004 |
| GNo:G0183444 | ||
Molecular basis of sperm-egg interaction: Identification of the receptor complex for ZP3$8,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Doctor Benjamin Curry | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Project Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $8,000 | 2004 | 2004 |
| GNo:G0183415 | ||
The role of the father in recurrent early pregnancy loss$7,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Brett Nixon | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Adamstown Lions Club | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $7,000 | 2004 | 2004 |
| GNo:G0183756 | ||
2002 (1 grants)
The role of protein tyrosine phosphorylation in mouse sperm-oocyte interaction$12,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Brett Nixon | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Early Career Researcher Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $12,000 | 2002 | 2002 |
| GNo:G0182255 | ||
2001 (1 grants)
The role of protein tyrosine phosphorylation in mouse sperm-oocyte interaction$15,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Brett Nixon | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Early Career Researcher Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $15,000 | 2001 | 2001 |
| GNo:G0180831 | ||