Novel Bioinformatics Methods For Prioritizing Disease-causing INDELs
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$351,664.00
Summary
This project will build a bioinformatics diagnostic tool for the detection of small insertions and deletions (INDELs) in the human genome, which are the second most abundant class of human genetic variations. INDELs are implicated in many human diseases. Thus, the assessment of INDELs is critical for understanding disease etiology, disease susceptibility, and for interpreting personal genome sequencing data. The goal is to improve disease diagnosis and prevention.
Novel Bioinformatic Methods To Determine The Link Between Genomic Complexity Of Hepatitis Viruses And Liver Disease Phenotypes
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$605,859.00
Summary
Bioinformatics is a discipline concerned with the study of how information is stored and used in biological systems. Here we develop bioinformatic tools to study how hepatitis viruses evolve during an infection and how these infections cause severe liver diseases.