Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP1095782
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
A shipload of consequences: studying the impact of Old World diseases on native South American populations via ancient DNA. This pioneering project will give the first real-time picture of the genetic changes induced by epidemics in human populations. This will reveal important new information about the likely impact of future epidemics on the genetic diversity of the immune system in modern human populations and will be of substantial use in building epidemiological models. By proposing to combine state-of-the-art science with global problems of humanity, we will address Australia's interests in expanding scientific expertise beyond its borders and place Australia at the leading edge of disease impact studies.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 04-2010
End Date: 12-2015
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $360,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Molecular Evolution | Immunogenetics | Population And Ecological Genetics | Genetics
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Immune system and allergy | Health related to specific ethnic groups | Biological sciences |
