Genomic approaches to understanding Tasmanian devil facial tumor disease

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/471503

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Devil facial tumor disease (DFTD) is an emerging infectious disease affecting Tasmanian devils. DFTD is a transmissible cancer, and results in the growth of large tumors usually on the face and mouth of affected animals. DFTD has led to the collapse of the Tasmanian devil population, and there is concern that the disease will drive devils to extinction in the wild within the next 20 years. I propose to use new genome sequencing technologies to discover genes responsible for DFTD.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 01-01-2013

Funding Scheme: Early Career Fellowships

Funding Amount: $210,855.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Genome Structure

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

cancer | gene mapping | gene regulation | infectious diseases

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