Dr Christopher ( Chris ) Dayas

Work Phone	(02) 4921 5618
Fax	(02) 4921 7904
Email	Christopher.Dayas@newcastle.edu.au
Office	MS306C/D, Medical Sciences

Funding

Summary

Number of grants	19
Total funding	$812,877

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)

Ultra-Low Temperature Cryogenic Freezer$24,596
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Doctor Jude Weidenhofer, Doctor Rick Thorne, Doctor Kathryn Skelding, Doctor Nikki Verrills, Doctor Pradeep Tanwar, Associate Professor Phillip Dickson, Doctor Murray Cairns, Professor Hubert Hondermarck, Professor Xu Zhang, Associate Professor Estelle Sontag, Doctor Chen Chen Jiang, Doctor Liz Milward, Doctor Jean-Marie Sontag, Associate Professor Paul Tooney, Doctor Severine Roselli, Doctor Matt Dun, Doctor Chris Dayas, Doctor Lin Kooi Ong, Associate Professor Dirk Van Helden, Mr Ben Copeland, Ms Gabrielle Briggs, Conjoint Professor Leonie Ashman, Professor John Rostas
Scheme		Role
Equipment Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$24,596	2013	2013
GNo:G1201189

Identifying novel pharmacological targets for drug relapse$20,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Project Team
Doctor Chris Dayas
Scheme	Role
Near Miss	Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$20,000	2013	2013
GNo:G1300827

Identifying novel pharmacological targets for drug relapse$20,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Doctor Chris Dayas
Scheme	Role
Near Miss Grant	Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$20,000	2013	2013
GNo:G1300473

Addictive drugs rewire the hypothalamus to drive relapse through brain 'reward' circuits$10,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Project Team
Doctor Chris Dayas
Scheme	Role
Near Miss	Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$10,000	2013	2013
GNo:G1300828

Addictive drugs rewire the hypothalamus to drive relapse through brain 'reward' circuits$10,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Doctor Chris Dayas
Scheme	Role
Near Miss Grant	Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$10,000	2013	2013
GNo:G1300474

PhD Student Pulse Travel Award 'Dopamine 2013'$6,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Project Team
Doctor Chris Dayas, Mr Morgan James
Scheme	Role
Research Grant	Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$6,000	2013	2013
GNo:G1300521

2012 (3 grants)

Characterizing psychostimulant-induced synaptic plasticity in the hypothalamus$20,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Doctor Chris Dayas, Doctor Brett Graham
Scheme	Role
Near Miss Grant	Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$20,000	2012	2012
GNo:G1200677

Roles of post-transcriptional gene silencing in the functional regulation of neuronal gene expression and plasticity in schizophrenia$19,500
Funding Body: Schizophrenia Research Institute

Project Team
Doctor Murray Cairns, Ms Belinda Goldie, Doctor Chris Dayas
Scheme		Role
Postgraduate Research Scholarship		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$19,500	2012	2014
GNo:G1200761

Addiction Research and Therapy, Embassy Suites Las Vegas, 20 - 22 August 2012$1,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Health

Project Team
Doctor Chris Dayas
Scheme	Role
Travel Grant	Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$1,500	2012	2013
GNo:G1200602

2011 (2 grants)

Brain Mechanisms Conferring Psychostimulant Addiction$25,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Doctor Chris Dayas, Emeritus Professor Peter Dunkley, Doctor Doug Smith
Scheme		Role
Near Miss Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$25,000	2011	2011
GNo:G1001052

IMPLEN NanoPhotometer pearl$10,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Doctor Murray Cairns, Associate Professor Paul Tooney, Associate Professor Alan Brichta, Professor John Rostas, Emeritus Professor Patricia Michie, Conjoint Professor Keith Jones, Professor Ulli Schall, Associate Professor Phillip Dickson, Doctor Frederick Walker, Doctor Rick Thorne, Doctor Chris Dayas, Doctor Nikki Verrills, Doctor Janet Holt, Doctor Severine Roselli, Doctor Kathryn Skelding, Doctor Jude Weidenhofer, Doctor Liz Milward, Doctor Charles De Bock, Doctor Julie Merriman-Jones, Doctor Jing Qin Wu, Doctor Bing Liu, Mr Dan Johnstone, Ms Belinda Goldie, Ms Natalie Beveridge
Scheme		Role
Equipment Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$10,000	2011	2011
GNo:G1100030

2010 (2 grants)

ABI 7500 Real Time PCR System $34,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Doctor Rick Thorne, Doctor Nikki Verrills, Doctor Murray Cairns, Associate Professor Paul Tooney, Doctor Doug Smith, Professor Gordon Burns, Conjoint Professor Leonie Ashman, Conjoint Professor Keith Jones, Doctor Charles De Bock, Doctor Chris Dayas, Doctor Brett Graham, Doctor Martin Horan, Doctor Rebecca Lim, Doctor Severine Roselli, Doctor Larisa Bobrovskaya, Doctor Kathryn Skelding, Doctor Frederick Walker, Doctor Jude Weidenhofer, Associate Professor Philip Bolton, Associate Professor Alan Brichta, Professor Robert Callister, Professor Trevor Day, Associate Professor Phillip Dickson, Professor Manohar Garg, Doctor Phil Jobling, Associate Professor Derek Laver, Associate Professor Eugene Nalivaiko, Professor John Rostas
Scheme		Role
Equipment Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$34,000	2010	2010
GNo:G1000055

Characterising the synaptic physiology of orexin neurons in response to cocaine: Implications for drug relapse$21,303
Funding Body: Hunter Children`s Research Foundation

Project Team
Doctor Chris Dayas, Doctor Brett Graham
Scheme	Role
Research Grant	Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$21,303	2010	2010
GNo:G0900151

2008 (1 grants)

Brain pathways underlying vulnerability to drug relapse$398,978
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Doctor Chris Dayas
Scheme	Role
Project Grant	Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$398,978	2008	2010
GNo:G0187592

2007 (4 grants)

3D Imaging Software/Work station$20,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Project Team
Professor David Pow, Doctor Chris Dayas, Doctor Phil Jobling, Associate Professor Derek Laver
Scheme		Role
Equipment Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$20,000	2007	2007
GNo:G0188026

Characterisation of the brain mechanisms linking vulnerability to stress and vulnerability to drug addiction$20,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Project Team
Professor Trevor Day, Doctor Chris Dayas, Doctor Doug Smith
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$20,000	2007	2007
GNo:G0187255

Characterisation of the Brain Mechanisms linking vulnerability to stress and vulnerability to drug addiction$10,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Doctor Chris Dayas
Scheme	Role
Early Career Researcher Grant	Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$10,000	2007	2007
GNo:G0187312

Molecular and cellular mechanisms underpinning drug relapse$7,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Doctor Chris Dayas
Scheme	Role
New Staff Grant	Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$7,500	2007	2007
GNo:G0187726

2006 (1 grants)

Neural links between drug addiction and stress$134,500
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Doctor Chris Dayas, Professor Trevor Day
Scheme		Role
Training (Postdoctoral) Fellowships - C.J. Martin Biomedical Fellowships (Overseas)		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$134,500	2006	2008
GNo:G0187071

The University of Newcastle, Australia

Dr Christopher ( Chris ) Dayas

Funding

Summary

2013 (6 grants)

Ultra-Low Temperature Cryogenic Freezer$24,596 Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Identifying novel pharmacological targets for drug relapse$20,000 Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Identifying novel pharmacological targets for drug relapse$20,000 Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Addictive drugs rewire the hypothalamus to drive relapse through brain 'reward' circuits$10,000 Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Addictive drugs rewire the hypothalamus to drive relapse through brain 'reward' circuits$10,000 Funding Body: University of Newcastle

PhD Student Pulse Travel Award 'Dopamine 2013'$6,000 Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

2012 (3 grants)

Characterizing psychostimulant-induced synaptic plasticity in the hypothalamus$20,000 Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Roles of post-transcriptional gene silencing in the functional regulation of neuronal gene expression and plasticity in schizophrenia$19,500 Funding Body: Schizophrenia Research Institute

Addiction Research and Therapy, Embassy Suites Las Vegas, 20 - 22 August 2012$1,500 Funding Body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Health