research grant

Over the next four years, researchers will aim to pinpoint the impact of personal genomic information given to patients with autism and their families.

IQuity develops tests that use RNA expression data to predict, detect, and monitor disease, as well as stratify patients by severity of disease.

The grants include funding for five new clinical sites, a new metabolomics core, and increased model organism capabilities.

The firm will use the grant to accelerate the commercialization of synthetic DNA standards and algorithms licensed from the University of Minnesota.

Several companies will receive grants to develop hepatitis C molecular point-of-care and core antigen diagnostic assays.

The funding from the Mark Foundation for Cancer Research will support an initiative to investigate cancer genomics in ethnically diverse populations.

The multi-year cow genomics project aims to improve genetic selection and identify functional elements in the cow's genome.