Professor Francis Lai
Projects as PI
- Control of intracellular calcium in arrhythmias (CONTICA) (01/01/2006 - 31/07/2009)
- Development of a PLC-zeta therapeutic for male infertility (01/11/2011 - 29/02/2016)
- Development of a sperm PLC-zeta diagnostic for male infertility (02/04/2013 - 10/09/2015)
- Development of high affinity, specific antibodies to human PLC-zeta (hPLC) to use as potential research and medical diagnostic for the assessment of male fertility status (01/03/2016 - 31/10/2017)
- Human cardiac ryanodine receptor in arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death: Role of inter-subunit interactions (01/10/2008 - 01/10/2009)
Projects as Co-Investigator
- Application of the sperm factor phospholipase C zeta (PLCz)mediated calcium oscillations at fertilization to improve the efficacy of assisted reproductive technology (ART) (01/01/2015 - 31/12/2019)
- Deciphering the serum-borne triggers of ryanodine receptor dysfunction in juvenile sudden cardiac death (01/01/2007 - 31/12/2009)
- Drug induced stabilisation of RyR2 to improve calcium handling and cardiac function in inherited and acquired cardiac disease (15/09/2015 - 30/09/2020)
- Human cardiac ryanodine receptor in arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death: Role of inter-subunit interactions 2 (01/07/2009 - 30/06/2014)
- Signal transduction of Ca2+ oscillations in eggs at fertilization (01/12/2009 - 30/09/2013)