Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE200100977

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE200100977

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Active

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Funded Activity Summary

How ecology shapes the viromes of wild birds. This project will reveal the host factors associated with the diversity, evolution and dynamics of viruses using state-of-the-art metatranscriptomics in Australian wild birds. The structure of virus communities and their associated ecological drivers in wild animal hosts remain a black-box, even though they are the largest source of viral diversity in nature. This project expects to generate key insights into host-associated drivers of viral community dynamics and the subsequent effect of anthropogenic factors such as urbanisation and poultry production. Identifying host factors that affect viral ecology in wild birds will constitute a cornerstone in understanding the emergence of virulent viruses and/or their spread to poultry or humans

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-06-2020

End Date: 31-05-2023

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $419,016.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Microbial Ecology | Host-Parasite Interactions | Virology | Microbiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Poultry | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Disease Distribution and Transmission (incl. Surveillance and Response) |

Other Keywords

Disease Distribution and Transmission (incl. Surveillance and Response) | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Host-Parasite Interactions | Microbial Ecology | Microbiology | Poultry | Virology

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