Investigating the clinical and research applications of whole-genome sequencing in Parkinson disease and other movement disorders

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1091551

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

There are many ‘movement disorders’ including Parkinson disease, dystonia, and hereditary spastic paraplegia. These disorders can be caused by mutations (errors in the genetic code) in different genes. The discovery of these genes has improved our understanding of the underlying disease mechanisms. We will use ‘whole genome sequencing’ to read a person’s entire genetic material in a single experiment, allowing us to identify a genetic diagnosis and to discover entirely new disease-causing genes.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2015

End Date: 01-01-2018

Funding Scheme: Early Career Fellowships

Funding Amount: $266,623.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Central Nervous System

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Parkinson disease | dystonia | genetics | neurogenetics | neurology

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