Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP170102626 [ 2017-01-01 - 2019-12-31 ]

Research Grant

Researchers: Dr Lachlan Coin (Chief Investigator) ,  Dr Lachlan Coin (Chief Investigator) ,  Minh Duc Cao (Chief Investigator) ,  Matthew Loose (Partner Investigator)

Brief description Sequencing and assembling microbial community metagenomes in real-time. This project aims to assemble metagenomes directly from environmental samples using nanopore sequencing. Short-read approaches to metagenomics cannot assemble mixed genomes from an environmental sample, so focus on describing which species and genes are present. Long-read nanopore sequencing enables the assembly of full genomes of multiple species in a sample. Assembling complete genomes in important resources such as water and soil should lead to deeper understanding of the dynamics, variation and transfer of genetic material within these resources’ microbial communities, strategies to manage microbial diversity, and improved productivity and long-term sustainability for these resources.

Funding Amount $419,500

Funding Scheme Discovery Projects

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