Development and application of a novel technology, CaptureSeq, to focus sequencing to discover genes in ‘empty’ genomic regions associated with disease.

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1062470

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Dr. Mercer will develop a new technology, CaptureSeq that is able to focus RNA sequencing on targeted regions of interest. This focus gives CaptureSeq an unprecedented sensitivity to discover new genes and regulatory elements in regions of the genome that have been associated with disease but are otherwise barren and empty. This project will thereby uncover both new genes candidates for further disease research and develop a technology with unique and widespread research and clinical potential.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 01-01-2017

Funding Scheme: Career Development Fellowships

Funding Amount: $421,747.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical Biotechnology not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

bioinformatics | biotechnology | disease gene | epigenetics | gene expression | genomics | medical genetics | sequence analysis | sequencing | splicing

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