Code
3F034110
Duration
01 October 2010 → 30 September 2012
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Scientific computing
- Bioinformatics and computational biology
- Genetics
- Systems biology
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Medical and health sciences
- Bioinformatics and computational biology
- Molecular and cell biology
- Morphological sciences
- Oncology
- Bioinformatics and computational biology
- Morphological sciences
- Oncology
- Public health care
- Public health services
- Bioinformatics and computational biology
- Molecular and cell biology
- Morphological sciences
- Oncology
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Engineering and technology
- Scientific computing
Keywords
genetics
genome analysis
sequencing
cancer
Project description
In this project, the newest technologies in human genetics (massively parallel sequencing and ultra-high throughput qPCR) will be used to better understand the molecular mechanisms causing neuroblastoma, a highly lethal pediatric malignancy, with perspectives for development of targeted therapies.