Research Funding
News on research grants and government funding trends in genetics, genomics, and molecular diagnostics.
Quadram Institute Leads €1.1M Consortium Using Nanopore Sequencing for AMR Surveillance
The international consortium aims to develop technology based on metagenomic sequencing, rather than bacterial culture, to assess the level of AMR in a sample.
NIH Awards $9.7 Million to Groups Using All of Us Dataset in Research
Groups across the NIH awarded grants supporting 26 two-year projects on a broad range of disease areas and tool development.
Octave Bioscience Wins $10M Grant From Michael J. Fox Foundation
The firm will use the funds to develop a protein panel that can help assess disease activity and progression in individuals with Parkinson's.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Nabs $5M NCI Grant for New Cancer Target Research Center
The Cancer Target Discovery and Development Center aims to study and develop new targets for cancer therapy while advancing the understanding of tumor biology.
Gates Foundation Awards Multiple Omics, Dx Grants in October, Including $9M for Co-Diagnostics
Awardees include Co-Diagnostics, Quantigen, the African Society for Laboratory Medicine, Broad Institute, and Antibody Solutions.