B3182 - From Human GWAS to Muscle Biology - 25/09/2018

B number: 
B3182
Principal applicant name: 
David Karasik | Hebrew SeniorLife/Harvard MS (USA)
Co-applicants: 
Nicholas Timpson
Title of project: 
From Human GWAS to Muscle Biology
Proposal summary: 
Impact of research: 
We hypothesize that individual common and aggregated rare genomic variants associate with differences in muscle phenotypes: hand grip strength and appendicular mass. The current proposal is significant because the results of the proposed study could help identify at-risk individuals who should be targeted for sarcopenia prevention.
Date proposal received: 
Saturday, 22 September, 2018
Date proposal approved: 
Tuesday, 25 September, 2018
Keywords: 
Genetic epidemiology (including association studies and mendelian randomisation), muscle health , DNA sequencing, Ageing, Genetic epidemiology, Whole genome sequencing