Using portable long-read sequencing to diagnose Chronic Kidney Disease in regional North QLD Using portable long-read sequencing to diagnose Chronic Kidney Disease in regional North Using portable long-read sequencing to diagnose Chronic Kidney Disease (Old ID 27478)

Tropical Australian Academic Health Centre Limited
Matt Field
Role

Chief Investigator

Description

This project addresses the early diagnosis of genetic predispositions for Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), which poses an increasing burden on the North Queensland population and unequally affects the Indigenous Australian peoples. We will develop a mobile diagnostic pipeline that allows a rapid and cost-efficient screening for genetic CKD predispositions and circulating biomarkers using a targeted, DNA/RNA long-read sequencing approach.

Date

21 Jan 2022 - 19 Jan 2024

Project Type

GRANT

Keywords

long-read sequencing;Nanopore;Chronic Kidney Disease;Genetic Testing;targeted sequencing;transcriptomic complexity

Funding Body

Tropical Australian Academic Health Centre Limited

Amount

50000

Project Team

Ira Cooke;Paul Horwood;Helen Wright;Andrew Mallett;Matt Field