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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP220103933
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Funded Activity Summary
System-level characterisation of the siphonophore, Indo-Pacific man o' war. The Indo-Pacific man o' war (bluebottle), is a cnidarian from the siphonophore order. These animals frequent Australian beaches in swarms and cause thousands of stings every year. The project proposes to profile the genome, transcriptome, epigenome, and proteome of the bluebottle to gain insight into its life cycle, its behaviour, and toxins. Expected outcomes include the generation of novel information related to bluebottle gene regulation and its toxin repertoire, which will be highly beneficial for the design of future sting treatment strategies. Given that the bluebottle is a colony made of functionally specialised polyps, this study will also provide significant novel insight into the origins and evolution of animal multicellularity.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2022
End Date: 12-2024
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $568,152.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Epigenetics (incl. Genome Methylation and Epigenomics) | Genomics | Genetics
