Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/M006794/1
Environmental Genomics: A short course to guide genomics research for environmental health management and protection of biodiversity
Training Grant Award
- Lead Supervisor:
- Dr J Colbourne, University of Birmingham, Sch of Biosciences
- Grant held at:
- University of Birmingham, Sch of Biosciences
- Science Area:
- Freshwater
- Overall Classification:
- Freshwater
- ENRIs:
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Natural Resource Management
- Pollution and Waste
- Science Topics:
- Animal welfare
- Stress in animals
- Evolution & populations
- Evolutionary genetics
- Gene action & regulation
- Environmental Genomics
- Functional genomics
- Abstract:
- Environmental Genomics is conceived with the knowledge that there are times in every field of science when technological advance sets the stage for progress at a pace that was previously inconceivable. This proposed UK training initiative in Environmental Genomics (EnGen) is bolstered by the success of a NERC-MDIBL Advanced Training pilot held 17-18 January 2014 at the University of Birmingham (UoB). Participants received course presentations and hands-on bioinformatics training from 15 instructors on applying modern technologies and biostatistical methods to understand how gene function is influenced by environmental conditions while accounting for variation that exists within and among natural populations. Two significant advances create opportunities to finally link gene-environment interactions to the fitness of individuals - promising to transform environmental health protection by obtaining comprehensive and timely mechanistic knowledge on how chemical pollutants affect biological systems. (1) Genome and transcriptome sequences are now available for a growing number of species whose ecology and physiology are well understood. (2) Sophisticated tools for high-throughput biology, statistical analysis and informatics are rapidly becoming more accessible to single investigators. This course is built on the paradigm that the research field will most effectively grow by training early career environmental scientists to properly design comprehensive, large-scale, experiments enabled by drastically increased sample-throughput and lower costs. Most importantly, the challenges of manipulating and analysing population-level genomics data must be addressed.
- NERC Reference:
- NE/M006794/1
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Doctoral Training
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Advanced Training
This training grant award has a total value of £45,100
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Other Costs |
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| £45,100 |
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