Four-Dimensional Modeling Of Genetic Disease Patterns
Funded with $4.6M, this project is led by Dr. Christoph Sensen at the University of Calgary. It includes researchers in Edmonton and Halifax and corporate partnership with a Red Deer company. The primary goal is to develop immersive computer-based visual representations of human and animal model systems, upon which can be superimposed gene expression profiles that can then be linked to biological functions and disease states. The geographic variation in gene activity is increasingly recognized as crucial to function, and this will be the first instance in which such large-scale visualization is attempted.
The provision of enabling tools for proteomic research will have scientific, social, and commercial impact in the Prairie region and across Canada. Canadian scientists will have access to these state-of-the-art technologies to support their research. The tools' capabilities will advance scientific research, and hopefully lead to more effective therapeutics and diagnostics in a reduced time frame. The creation of new business opportunities based on these technologies will foster job creation, and the project research will itself lead to the training of highly qualified personnel. The success of this project will help establish Canada, and Canadian research institutions, as world leaders in bio-analytical research.
Christoph Sensen, Project Leader view bio
Megan Smith Program Manager
msmith@genomealberta.ca