ProfLana McClements

Professor

Discipline of Molecular Biotechnology

FUNDED RESEARCH

Research funding:

 

UTS Centre for Social Justic and Inclusion (Amount: $10,000; CIA: A/Prof Lana mcClements, CIB: Dr Bernardo Mendonca Severino; CIC: Prof Shauna Murray). Project title: "Increasing productivity and well-being of staff and HDR students with disability and neurodiversity at the Faculty of Science. 12/2024 - 12/2025

 

UTS NHMRC Near-Miss funding “NHMRC Investigator Grant” (Amount: $40,000; CIA: A/Prof Lana Mcclements). 01/2025 - 12/2025

 

UTS/HUST KTP Seed Funding (Amount: $10,000; total leveraged $77,000; CIA: A/Prof Lana McClements; CIB: A/Prof Chunyan Liu; CIC: Prof Aihua Liao). 01/2024 - 12/2025

UTS Science Intrafaculty Research Fund Scheme (Amount: $17,000; CIA: Dr Matthew Padula, UTS; CIB: Dr Lana McClements, UTS; CIC: Mr Dale Goss, UTS; CID: Prof Majid E Warkiani, UTS). Project title: “Exosomes as biomarkers of idiopathic infertility in IVF biofluids: A new avenue for IVF diagnostics”. 16/06/2022 – 31/12/2022. 

UTS Faculty of Science Seed Funding (Amount: $10,000; CIA: Dr Lana McClements; CIB: Prof Majid E Warkiani). Project title: "New Microengineered Placenta-On-A-Chip Platform". 31.07.2021 – 31.07.2022

UTS Faculty of Science Research Development Fund, University of Technology Sydney (Amount: $50,000; Role: CIA: Dr Lana McClements). Project title: “Identifying key biomarkers and pathways in patients with poorly managed heart failure with preserved ejection fraction”. 09/2018 – 09/2020

SPARK Oceania Innovation Program (Amount: $30,000; CIA: Dr Lana McClements). Project title: “Developing new predictive risk stratification biomarkers for pre-eclampsia”. 09/2018 – 09/2020

UTS Faculty of Science Seed Funding (Amount: $10,000; CIA: Dr Lana McClements; CIB: Dr Carmine Gentile; CIC: Dr Kristine McGrath; CID: A/Prof Amanda Henry). Project title: "Novel patient-specific in vitro 3D heart models for biomarker and target discovery in women at high-risk of heart disease". 31.01.2020 - 31/12/2020

ARC Research Hub – IDEAL (Amount: $3,700,000; CIA: Valenzuela S, CIB: Jin D, CIC: Hilder E, CID: Lancaster D, CIE: Aharonovich I, CIF: Prieto-Simon B, CIG: Fu S, CIH: Priest C, CII: Cranfield C, CIJ: Shimoni O, CIK: Cornell B, CIL: Kleinig M, CIM: Hunt R, CIN: Care, A. AIs: Dr Lana McClements, Dr David Gallego-Ortega). Projects title: ‘Transforming Diagnostics Technologies’. March 2017 – December 2023. Total cash $6,700,000 including industry partners’ cash contribution.

FUNDED RESEARCH

  • GRANT
    Personalised Therapy for Peripheral Artery Disease Targeting Vascular Stability
    New South Wales Department of Health1 Jul 2026 - 30 Jun 2029
    People funded by this grant:
    • McClements L,
    • Kavurma MM,
    • Stanley C,
    • Loa J,
    • McGrath K
    NSW Department of Health Project Grants
  • GRANT
    Too much of a good thing? Examining the Impacts of Folic Acid Supplementation After the First Trimester on Placental Endocrine Function and Insulin Resistance During Pregnancy
    National Health & Medical Research Council13 Apr 2026 - 31 Dec 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    • McClements L
    NHMRC - Ideas Grants
  • GRANT
    A new fit-for-purpose highly sensitive diagnostic test for preeclampsia
    Worldwide Universities Network5 Jan 2026 - 31 Dec 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    • McClements L,
    • Forbes DK,
    • Tsakane Hlongwane,
    • Bakrania B,
    • Joanna James
    WUN Research Development Fund
  • GRANT
    Revolutionary FKBPL-targeting therapy strengthens vasculature: paving the way for breakthrough peripheral artery disease treatment
    National Heart Foundation of Australia1 Jan 2026 - 31 Dec 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    • McClements L,
    • Loa J,
    • Chapman R,
    • Kavurma M
    National Heart Foundation Vanguard Grants - (110601-2025_VG)
  • GRANT
    Next-generation quantum spectroscopy diagnostic platforms for heart disease
    Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources11 Nov 2024 - 9 May 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources - (CTCF000102)
  • GRANT
    Impact of excess folic acid on the pathogenesis of Gestational Diabetes
    National Health & Medical Research Council25 Jun 2024 - 15 Mar 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    • Claire,
    • Tanja,
    • Gustaaf,
    • Jose,
    • Murthy
    Medical Research Future Fund
  • GRANT
    Women and heart disease following high-risk pregnancies
    NSW Cardiovascular Research Network1 May 2024 - 4 Aug 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • McClements L
    NSW Cardiovascular Research Network Travel Scholarship
  • GRANT
    New FKBPL-targeting treatments for preeclampsia
    NATIONAL HEART FOUNDATION OF AUSTRALIA1 Jan 2023 - 30 Dec 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    • McClements L
    Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellowships - (106628)
  • GRANT
    Organoid Innovation Centre
    NSW State Government1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    Emerging Industry Infrastructure Fund
  • GRANT
    A paradigm shift in the management of future cardiovascular risk following hypertensive disorders in pregnancy using mini-hearts and patient-derived stem cells
    Maridulu Budyari Gumal - The Sydney Partnership for Health, Education, Research and Enterprise (SPHERE)30 Jun 2022 - 30 Dec 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    Maridulu Budyari Gumal - The Sydney Partnership for Health, Education, Research and Enterprise
  • GRANT
    Extracellular vesicles from mesenchymal stromal cells as new treatment for preeclampsia
    NSW Cardiovascular Research Network1 Jun 2022 - 31 May 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    • McClements L,
    • Chrzanowski W
    NSW CVRN Near Miss Grants
  • GRANT
    NSW CVRN Professional Development Award
    NSW Cardiovascular Research Network30 May 2022 - 28 Oct 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • McClements L
    NSW Cardiovascular Research Network Travel Scholarship
  • GRANT
    Luminescent Nanoparticles for Controlled Localized Release of Immunomodulatory Agents
    Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International12 Aug 2020 - 12 Aug 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    • Xu X,
    • Tuch B,
    • Dargaville T,
    • McClements L
    JDRF Innovation Grant - (JDRF International: 1-INO-2020-914-A-N)
  • GRANT
    ACSRF Joint Research Centre for Point-of-Care Testing
    Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (Previously known as DEST)25 Jun 2019 - 30 Nov 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Jin D,
    • Su Q,
    • Ebrahimi Warkiani M,
    • Tran N,
    • Shimoni O
    Australia-China Science and Research Fund - (VNSDSHWJ)