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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP230100162
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Active
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Funded Activity Summary
Contact Networks, Immunity, and Evolution in Competing Cancer Epidemics. The project aims to evaluate evolutionary interactions between two transmissible cancer epidemics affecting Tasmanian devils and quantify their feedback on infection risk and epidemic behaviour. Using contact tracing and a phylogenetic framework we aim to quantify how tumour lineages evolve with each generation of infection and their effects on susceptibility to infection and disease progression. We expect to reveal the host immuno-genetic basis underpinning cancer suppression and the adaptive capacity of populations in response to infectious diseases. This should significantly improve our ability to understand and manage this and other epidemic outbreaks in wildlife, as well as advancing our knowledge in cancer ecology and evolution.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2023
End Date: 12-2025
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $387,788.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Host-parasite interactions | Evolutionary biology | Biological adaptation | Wildlife and habitat management |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
