Origin and Prediction of Pathogenicity
Novel Analytical and Empirical Approaches to the Origin and Prediction of Pathogenicity
- funding agency: American Museum of Natural History
- date: 09/2005 - 06/2009
- grant amount: $6,020,000.00
Emerging infectious diseases have a negative impact on public health, travel, economies, and national security, affecting both civilian populations and troops in the field. As demonstrated by the coordinated international response to SARS, novel diseases are addressed via rapid genomic sequencing. However, our ability to make sense of these data lags behind acquisition.
- Project Investigators:
- Rob Guralnick, Ph.D. (co-PI)
- Susan Perkins, Ph.D. (co-PI)
- Daniel Janies, Ph.D. (PI)
- Ward Wheeler, Ph.D. (PI)
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