Comparative and Evolutionary Genomics of Schistosomes –Identifying Genes Associated with Parasitism, and Novel Drug and Vaccine Targets

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1053637

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Schistosomiasis remains an important cause of human illness and death globally. My project proposes comparative genomics and evolutionary analysis of recently sequenced schistosome taxa and all publicly available flatworm genomes. The study will provide novel insights into identifying gene functions and pathways important for the parasite-host interaction, reveal novel candidate anti-schistosome drug or vaccine targets, and identify genes associated with bladder tumorogenesis in S. haematobium.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2013

End Date: 01-01-2017

Funding Scheme: Early Career Fellowships

Funding Amount: $352,229.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical Parasitology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

bioinformatics | genomics | molecular biology | molecular genetics | parasitology

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