Autism Research Database - Principal Investigator Project Details | IACC

Project Element	Element Description
Project Title Project Title	System genomics
Principal Investigator Principal Investigator	Gratten, Jacob
Description Description	Project objectives: (a) To establish protocols and ethics for high throughput genomics research; (b) To establish a laboratory for receipt and processing of biological samples; ( c) To receive and process biological samples (blood, faeces, urine, hair) from up to 1,200 parent-offspring trios referred to autism clinics - irrespective of the child's final diagnosis - and up to 1,000 age-matched controls; (d) To extract buffy coat DNA for up to 500 autism trios and up to 500 controls, and faecal DNA for up to 100 autism cases and up to 100 controls. This project is using biological samples from more than 1,000 autistic children and their parents, collected through the Australian Autism Biobank, from four Australian sites, together with samples from age-matched controls.
Funder Funder	Cooperative Research Centre for Living with Autism
Funding Country Funding Country	Australia
Fiscal Year Funding Fiscal Year Funding	1228452
Current Award Period Current Award Period	2016-2020
Strategic Plan Question Strategic Plan Question	Question 7: How Do We Continue to Build, Expand, and Enhance the Infrastructure System to Meet the Needs of the ASD Community?
Funder’s Project Link Funder’s Project Link	External Project Page
Institution Institution	University of Queensland
Institute Location Institute Location	Australia
Project Number Project Number	1.042RS
Government or Private Government or Private	Private
History/Related Projects History/Related Projects	N/A

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