Skip to main content
European Commission logo print header

Immunogenetics of Severe Bacterial Disease Susceptibility and Vaccine Responses in Humans

Cel

Defining the genetic basis of differential susceptibility to infectious diseases is of importance for understanding the evolution of human genetic diversity, for identifying critical molecular pathways in disease resistance, and for the design of novel intervention strategies such as more effective vaccines.

I propose to sequence the entire coding regions of all human genes in large numbers of cases of severe tuberculosis and fatal bacterial sepsis to identify variants that have a large impact on risk of developing severe tuberculosis or dying from sepsis. I shall then apply this exome sequencing approach to define the genetic basis of variable immune responsiveness in West Africans to hepatitis B vaccine, and to a new promising T cell-inducing vaccine, developed in my group, that targets the liver-stage of malaria.

This programme will benefit from unique collections of 10,000 disease cases and in-house expertise in vaccine design, bioinformatics and statistical genetics, and will take genetic investigation of common infectious disease to near the ultimate level of analysis by using large-scale next generation sequencing.

Zaproszenie do składania wniosków

ERC-2011-ADG_20110310
Zobacz inne projekty w ramach tego zaproszenia

System finansowania

ERC-AG - ERC Advanced Grant

Instytucja przyjmująca

THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
Wkład UE
€ 1 808 762,46
Adres
WELLINGTON SQUARE UNIVERSITY OFFICES
OX1 2JD Oxford
Zjednoczone Królestwo

Zobacz na mapie

Region
South East (England) Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Oxfordshire
Rodzaj działalności
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Kierownik naukowy
Adrian Vivian Hill (Prof.)
Kontakt administracyjny
Gill Wells (Ms.)
Linki
Koszt całkowity
Brak danych

Beneficjenci (4)