Professor David I Cook
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Themes | Research interests | Grants | Research project opportunities | Keywords
Themes
Obesity, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease; Infection and Immunological Conditions
Research interests
Professor David I Cook is a leading epithelial transport physiologist who has extensive research track record in investigating cellular mechanisms that regulate of ion channels in the kidney, gut, lung and exocrine glands during normal and disease stages.
ion transport, cystic fibrosis, intracellular cellular signalling
Current national competitive grants*
2010
Dietary fats as drivers of obesity-related inflammation
Storlien L, Hunt N, Cook D, Caterson I
NHMRC Project Grant ($324,750 over 3 years)
Novel kinases - how do they regulate epithelial ion transport, and what is their role in epithelial function?
Cook D
ARC Discovery Project ($225,000 over 3 years)
2008
Physiological function of Nedd4-2 in regulating the epithelial sodium channel
Kumar S, Cook D
NHMRC Project Grant. Shared Research Support ($255,000 over 3 years)
2007
Determining the cellular mechanisms involved in the airway response to topical citrate
Middleton P, Cook D
NHMRC Project Grant ($427,000 over 3 years)
Relationship between cell-cell interactions and disease severity in patients with cerebral malaria
Grau G, Cook D, Hunt N
NHMRC Project Grant ($523,500 over 3 years)
Phospholipids and kinase as regulators of the epithelial sodium channels
Cook D
ARC Discovery Projects ($445,548 over 3 years)
* Grants administered through the University of Sydney
Research project opportunities
Regulation of ion transport in the respiratory epithelium in health and disease
Keywords
Influenza; Cardiovascular diseases; Kidney disease; Cells and cell physiology; Cystic fibrosis