Genome-wide analysis of gene regulatory networks in heart development and congenital heart disease [ 2017 - 2021 ]

Research Grant

Researchers: Prof Richard Harvey (Principal investigator) ,  Dr Mirana Ramialison

Brief description Despite advances in surgical methods and hospital critical care, congenital heart disease (CHD) remains the leading cause of non-infectious death in children in the first year of life. Severe CHD requires multiple surgeries and a lifetime of emotional and financial burden. In this proposal we will use new molecular and genetic approaches to ask how the network of genes that normally participates in heart development is controlled by regulatory factors, and how the network is disturbed in CHD.

Funding Amount $AUD 1,296,144.04

Funding Scheme Project Grants

Notes Standard Project Grant