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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP230100270
Funding Status
Active
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Funded Activity Summary
Cracking the code of snails to elucidate parasite disease transmission. In Australia, a disease caused by liver flukes causes major economic losses to livestock production. The role of Australian pond snails as intermediate hosts for this parasite is poorly understood. This project aims to explore the phylogeography, biology and genomics of these snails. It expects to create novel molecular resources for important snail species and verify their roles as key vectors of flatworm parasites. The curation of genomic and transcriptomic data sets, and elucidation of snail–parasite interactions will underpin the development of environmental diagnostic tests and deliver a new generation of intervention strategies to reduce the burden of liver fluke disease through the control of their snail intermediate hosts.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2023
End Date: 12-2025
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $499,338.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Host-parasite interactions | Veterinary parasitology | Evolutionary biology | Animal systematics and taxonomy
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
