Grant: Operating Grant: COVID-19 - Diagnostics
University of Calgary
$0.00
Development and implementation of rapid metagenomic sequencing coupled with isothermal amplification point of care testing for viral diagnostics
FY 2019-20
Summary
Infectious pandemics or plagues have altered human history since the beginning of time. Today we face the threat of viral pandemics spreading through human populations disseminated fueled by the ease of international travel which has become commonplace. SARS, influenza, and now the 2109 novel coronavirus are examples of just a few of these pandemics. We must create novel tools that enable us to rapidly identify the virus and then develop a test that can reliably test for the virus in patients. The test has to be portable and taken to the bedside where patients are quarantined so that these individuals do not further transmit viruses in our hospitals and public places.
Department
Program
Operating Grant: COVID-19 - Diagnostics
Recipient
Location
Alberta, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
CIHR Funding Decisions Database
As published
Id
422571
Name
Pillai Dylan R
Region
Alberta
Country
Canada
Orgtype
Institution Paid; Research Institution
Partnername
Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council (Ottawa, Ontario); Genome Canada (Ottawa, Ontario)
Instname2
Population and Public Health
Theme2
Biomedical
Prcname2
Canadian 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Rapid Research
Projecttitle
Development and implementation of rapid metagenomic sequencing coupled with isothermal amplification point of care testing for viral diagnostics
Programtype2
Operating Grants
Orgnameinp2
University of Calgary
Cihramount2
$0
Cihrequipment2
$0
Programname2
Operating Grant: COVID-19 - Diagnostics
Keyworddelim
Bioinformatics; Loop Mediated Amplification; Molecular Diagnostics; Point Of Care Testing; Whole Genome Sequencing
Abstract
Infectious pandemics or plagues have altered human history since the beginning of time. Today we face the threat of viral pandemics spreading through human populations disseminated fueled by the ease of international travel which has become commonplace. SARS, influenza, and now the 2109 novel coronavirus are examples of just a few of these pandemics. We must create novel tools that enable us to rapidly identify the virus and then develop a test that can reliably test for the virus in patients. The test has to be portable and taken to the bedside where patients are quarantined so that these individuals do not further transmit viruses in our hospitals and public places.
Competitiondate
202002
Approvedterm2
2 yrs 0 mth
Pinamesdelim
Pillai, Dylan R; Chiu, Charles Y
Approvedterm
2 ans 0 mois
