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DrAndrew Munkacsi

Senior Lecturer

School of Biological Sciences

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  • Senior Lecturer
    School of Biological Sciences
  • +6444635171 (Work)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Translational genomics to treat defective cholesterol and sphingolipid transport in human neurodegenerative diseases, HDAC inhibitors as a candidate therapy to treat a fatal pediatric disease, Functional biodiversity and -omics of wild fungi in New Zealand, Nutritional genomics of homeopathic dietary supplements

RANGAHAU | RESEARCH

  • PROJECT GRANT
    Bay of Plenty iwi engagement; marine sponges
    Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington1 Feb 2026 - 31 Oct 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington
  • PROJECT GRANT
    Investigating immune modulation by indigenous cannabinoids with Wairuakohu Charitable Trust
    Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington1 Jun 2025 - 28 Feb 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington
  • PROJECT GRANT
    Ngai Tahu engagement
    Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington22 Nov 2024 - 30 Sep 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    • Munkacsi A
    Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington
  • PROJECT GRANT
    Non-alcoholic beer: a commercial and health opportunity
    Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington1 Nov 2024 - 31 Oct 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington
  • EXTERNAL GRANT
    GNAO1 Drug Screening
    Perlara PBC1 May 2022 - 30 Nov 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Munkacsi A
  • PROJECT GRANT
    Improving polygenic risk score calculation to correct deficits in ethnicity, genetics and statistics
    Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington1 Mar 2022 - 29 Feb 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington
  • EXTERNAL GRANT
    Cure Sherpa Consulting
    Perlara PBC1 Sep 2021 - 31 Aug 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    • Munkacsi A
  • EXTERNAL GRANT
    NSC03a:The Chemical Biology of Kanuka
    HIKURANGI BIOACTIVES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP1 Jun 2021 - 31 May 2023
  • PROJECT GRANT
    The Chemical Biology of Kanuka (NSC03a)
    Hikurangi Bioactives Limited Partnership1 Jun 2021 - 31 Jan 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    • Munkacsi A
    Hikurangi Bioactives Limited Partnership
  • EXTERNAL GRANT
    Determining Population-level Genetic Regulators of Sphingolipid Metabolism that Contribute to the Diversity of Cancer Progression in Individuals
    WELLINGTON MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION1 May 2020 - 31 Dec 2021
  • EXTERNAL GRANT
    Resilience to Niemann-Pick type C Disease
    MELBOURNE HEALTH1 Feb 2019 - 6 Apr 2020
  • EXTERNAL GRANT
    He iti Kahikatoa Pakaru Rikiriki te Totara: Kaanuka Drug Discovery
    HIKURANGI BIOACTIVES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP1 Jan 2019 - 12 Apr 2020
  • EXTERNAL GRANT
    Optimising Kanuka Production
    HIKURANGI BIOACTIVES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP1 Jan 2019 - 31 Mar 2021
  • EXTERNAL GRANT
    Identifying Genetic Regulators of Ubiquitin-Dependent Sphingolipid Homeostasis in Yeast Models of Childhood Alzheimer's Disease and Healthy Persons
    WELLINGTON MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION1 Dec 2018 - 31 Mar 2020
  • EXTERNAL GRANT
    Development of an Intranasal Therapy to Treat Neurodegenerative Diseasesranasal Therapy to Treat Neurodegenerative Diseases
    NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATION OF NZ1 Sep 2017 - 31 Jul 2019
  • EXTERNAL GRANT
    Knowledge Exchange - Enhancing International Collaboration
    THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND1 Aug 2017 - 30 Jun 2019
  • EXTERNAL GRANT
    Phosphatidic Acid-Mediated Autophagy as a Mechanism of Disrupted Mammalian Development
    WELLINGTON MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION1 May 2016 - 31 Dec 2017
  • EXTERNAL GRANT
    Investigating the Autophagy and Lipid Biosynthesis as Mechanisms by which a Pimolar Inhibitor Treats Lung, Prostate, Colon, Cervical, Head and Neck, and Breast Cancer
    CANCER SOCIETY OF NZ-WGTN DIVISION1 Oct 2015 - 30 Jun 2016
  • EXTERNAL GRANT
    Characterization of the Therapeutic Efficacy of Vorinostat in Npc1nmf164 Mouse Model
    NATIONAL NIEMANN-PICK DISEASE FOUNDATION INC1 May 2015 - 3 Mar 2017
  • EXTERNAL GRANT
    Phosphatic Acid as a Target to Treat Cerebellar Neurodegeneration
    NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATION OF NZ1 Oct 2013 - 31 Dec 2014
  • EXTERNAL GRANT
    Niemann-Pick Type C Disease
    WELLINGTON MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION1 Jun 2013 - 31 Dec 2014
  • EXTERNAL GRANT
    Consumables for Jonathan Frericks
    MUSEUM OF NZ TE PAPA TONGAREWA1 Mar 2013 - 5 Aug 2014
  • EXTERNAL GRANT
    Defining the Molecular Basis of HDAC Inhibitors to Treat Murine, Feline, and Human Models of NPC
    NATIONAL NIEMANN-PICK DISEASE FOUNDATION INC1 Feb 2013 - 5 Aug 2014
  • EXTERNAL GRANT
    HDAC Inhibition: Treating Dementia Through Cholesterol Transport and CLU
    ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION1 Dec 2012 - 14 Sep 2014