Research Funding

Research Grant (2000-2003)
      Genetic Analyses of Chloroplast Protein Import in Arabidopsis thaliana

Research Grant (2000-2003)
      Biochemical and Genetic Analyses of the Arabidopsis Toc Complex

Research Grant (2000-2003) 
      Mutations Affecting Ac Transpositional Activity in Arabidopsis

Research Grant (2003-2006)
      Functional Studies of the Arabidopsis Tic Complex

Research Grant (2004-2007)
      Substrate-Specificity of Protein Import Pathways in Chloroplasts

Research Grant (2005-2008) 
      Elucidating the Function of the Chloroplast Protein Import Apparatus Component, Tic40

Research Grant (2006-2009)
      Genetic Suppressors of Arabidopsis Chloroplast Protein Import Mutations

Research Grant (2008-2011)
      Characterization of the TOC Complexes which Define Distinct, Client-Specific Chloroplast Protein Import Pathways in Arabidopsis

Research Grant (2010-2013)
      SP1 and a Novel Mechanism for the Control of Chloroplast Protein Import

Research Grant (2012-2015)
      Investigating the roles of Arabidopsis STIC1 and STIC2 in Chloroplast Protein Transport

Rosenheim Research Fellowship (2000-2005; 2005-2008) 
     Molecular-Genetic Analyses of Chloroplast Protein Import in Arabidopsis thaliana

Research Grant (2001-2002) 
     Toc33 and Chloroplast Protein Import

Research Grant (2004-2005) 
     In Vivo Studies of Putative Substrate-Specific Chloroplast Protein Import Pathways in Arabidopsis

International Incoming Postdoctoral Fellowship to Dr Weihua Huang (2007-2008)
     Use of Genetics to Identify New Loci Involved in Chloroplast Protein Import

Sino-British Fellowship Trust (SBFT) Postdoctoral Fellowship to Dr Feijie Wu (2009-2011)
     Characterization of STIC2, a Novel Gene that Affects the Efficiency of Chloroplast Protein Import in Arabidopsis thaliana

Carl Tryggers Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship to Dr Mats Töpel (2012-2014) 
     The Role of Gene Duplication and Positive Selection in the Evolution of the TOC/TIC Complexes

Sainsbury PhD Studentship to Mr Raphael Trösch (2009-2013) 
     The Protein Import Machinery of Chloroplasts: Using Genetics to Identify Novel Components of the Toc/Tic system

Award to Newly Appointed Lecturers in Science, Engineering and Mathematics (2000-2002) 
     Suppressor Analysis of an Arabidopsis Chloroplast Protein Import Mutant

Undergraduate Research Bursary (2001)
     Fine Genetic Mapping of the iae2 Mutation in Arabidopsis

Wenner-Gren Postdoctoral Fellowship to Dr Henrik Aronsson (2001-2003) 
     Galactolipids and Chloroplast Protein Targeting in Arabidopsis

NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship to Dr Sabina Kovacheva (2002-2003)
     Yeast Two-Hybrid Screens for Toc33 Interactors

Overseas Research Students (ORS) Award to Mr Jocelyn Bédard (2002-2005)

Department of Biology PhD Studentship (2000-2003)
     Suppressor Analysis of an Arabidopsis Chloroplast Protein Import Mutant

Department of Biology Start-Up Fund (1999)

Faculty of Medicine and Biological Sciences Start-Up Fund (1999)