Objective The use of classical, germ-line genetics to define gene function in vertebrates is severely limited by embryonic lethality, developmental compensation and adaptive functional degeneracy, all of which obscure the roles played by genes in adult tissues that would normally have developed in the presence of that gene. Consequently, classical germ line knock-out technologies provide only limited information as to the roles of genes in adult tissues and their pathologies. Nowhere is this limitation more profound than in our understanding of cancers, diseases that arise in the main through genetic accidents in established adult tissues and in which defining the ongoing roles of specific genes in maintenance of established tumours is crucial for identifying targets for therapeutic intervention. We will develop a suite of novel technologies for “kinetic genetics” – the rapid and reversible inhibition of specific genes in adult mice, either systemically or in specific tissues. These technologies will not only provide invaluable and novel information concerning gene function in adult tissues but we will use them specifically to define which components of oncogenic networks make the best targets for future cancer therapy. Fields of science natural sciencesbiological sciencesgeneticsmedical and health sciencesclinical medicineoncologymedical and health sciencesbasic medicinepathology Programme(s) FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Topic(s) ERC-AG-LS4 - ERC Advanced Grant - Physiology, Pathophysiology and Endocrinology Call for proposal ERC-2011-ADG_20110310 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme ERC-AG - ERC Advanced Grant Host institution THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE EU contribution € 2 483 235,60 Address TRINITY LANE THE OLD SCHOOLS CB2 1TN Cambridge United Kingdom See on map Region East of England East Anglia Cambridgeshire CC Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Principal investigator Gerard Ian Evan (Prof.) Administrative Contact Renata Schaeffer (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Beneficiaries (1) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE United Kingdom EU contribution € 2 483 235,60 Address TRINITY LANE THE OLD SCHOOLS CB2 1TN Cambridge See on map Region East of England East Anglia Cambridgeshire CC Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Principal investigator Gerard Ian Evan (Prof.) Administrative Contact Renata Schaeffer (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
