Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP230102109
Funding Status
Active
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Funded Activity Summary
Origin and evolution of animal-bacterial symbiosis. This project seeks to understand how interactions between animals and their microbial symbionts – the holobiont – evolved, and how they are influenced by the environment over an animal's life. Using a homegrown Australian model, a sea sponge from the Great Barrier Reef, and advanced multi-omic approaches (genomics plus cell biology), this project aims to uncover the mechanisms underlying the establishment and maintenance of the holobiont through development, and under changing ecological and environmental conditions. Because of the evolutionary position of sponges, outcomes of this project expect to reveal cardinal rules governing animal-microbe interactions that are fundamental to the health and conservation of most animals and ecosystems.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 07-2023
End Date: 06-2026
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $824,671.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Invertebrate biology | Evolution of developmental systems | Evolutionary biology | Molecular evolution |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
