Developing Bioinformatics Capability to Diagnose Infectious Diseases using Clinical Metagenomics (Old ID 27176)

National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Matt Field
Role

Principal Investigator

Description

Current pathogen identification techniques are limited in terms of their speed, accuracy and inability to detect exotic pathogens. Using an unbiased metagenomic sequencing approach offers an improvement over current practice however supporting bioinformatics workflows are needed to support clinical implementation. This work can have enormous global reach with half the world’s population living in the tropics by 2050, many with limited healthcare options.

Date

01 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2026

Project Type

FELLOWSHIP

Keywords

Clinical Metagenomics;Infectious Diseases

Funding Body

National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

Amount

1420530.96

Project Team

N/A