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Protein purification and monoclonal antibody production facilities for molecular and ecological pest management research

Reference	JEI09195
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Janet Hemingway
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Professor William Symondson
Institution	Cardiff University
Department	School of Biosciences
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	33,064
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	14/01/1998
End date	14/07/1998
Duration	6 months

Abstract

Equipment for automated protein purification and monoclonal antibody production will be used in a range of BBSRC, MRC, Wellcome Trust, EU and industrially-funded projects. Initial projects benefiting directly are those characterising the enzymes involved in benzylphenyl urea resistance, and one using immunological techniques to identify key natural enemies in arable crops and quantify the role of predation in pest population dynamics. Future projects will benefit from tissue localisation of the enzymes involved in pesticide resistance using the monoclonals. This is linked to fundamental work on the expression and management of resistance in a range of insect vectors of agricultural and medical importance. Monoclonal antibodies will also be used increasingly to tackle complex trophic interactions within a range of tropical and temperature cropping systems.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	Joint Research Equipment Initiative 1997 (JE2) [1997]
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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