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Montréal, December 8, 2016 – The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science, and Dominique Anglade, Minister of Economy, Science and Innovation, announced today funding in the amount of $10.8 and $10.4 million respectively for genomics in Québec. This welcome news demonstrates the resolve of the federal and provincial governments to making research and innovation one…

On this World AIDS day, Génome Québec salutes the hard work and perseverance of Québec researchers and clinicians working in this sector. For the occasion, we invite you to read our special HIV page on Dr. Michel Roger, microbiologist and infectiologist at the Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal. A text that provides a better…

Congratulations to the teams of researchers Guillaume Bourque, Yann Joly and Tomi Pastinen, whose research results were published in the prestigious journal Cell and other renowned scientific magazines. These scientific articles are the results of their research projects funded through the Canadian Epigenetics, Environment and Health Research Consortium initiative.   Génome Québec is proud to…

Thursday December 8, don’t miss the next Rendez-Vous Génome Québec on the theme: The future of “omics” applications.   The Rendez-vous Génome Québec 2016 will focus on researchers leading initiatives using next-generation “omics” technologies in very diverse areas of research. Keynote speakers are Sally Aitken (University of British Columbia, Vancouver) and Tim Reddy (Duke University, North Carolina). Topics…

Adding non-invasive prenatal genetic screening (NIPS) for fetal chromosomal abnormalities to the current prenatal testing strategy in Quebec would be more cost-effective than current approaches based on blood tests and amniocentesis, according to research presented at the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) 2016 Annual Meeting in Vancouver, B.C. To learn more about PEGASUS research findings…

Montréal, October 11, 2016 – Daniel Coderre, President and CEO of Génome Québec, is proud to announce the results of the 6th funding round of the Genomic Application Partnership Program (GAPP), a pan-Canadian Genome Canada competition.  The first winning research team is spearheaded by Pierre Thibault of Université de Montréal with Jean-Jacques Dunyach of Thermo Fisher Scientific. The second…

Friday September 30, don’t miss the 2016 edition of the Rendez-Vous Génome Québec on the theme: “Improving Genomics through Collaboration and Innovation”.   This year, the Rendez-Vous Génome Québec will feature ten researchers leading initiatives using next-generation “omics” technologies in very diverse areas of research. Keynote speakers are Stacey Gabriel (Genomics Platform – Broad Institute…

Montréal, September 16, 2016 – The Chair of the Génome Québec Board of Directors, Martin Godbout, is pleased to announce the appointment of two new members to its Board. Sophie D’Amours and Anie Perrault are both seasoned professionals in the fields of public administration, forestry, innovation and biotechnology. The team at Génome Québec is proud to…

Montréal, September 13, 2016 – Génome Québec would like to commend the Québec research teams for their performance in the 2015 Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Competition (B/CB) launched by Genome Canada in partnership with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). In all, four projects were awarded $1 million in funding, representing one-quarter of the…

The Génome Québec Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Daniel Coderre as the organization’s new President and CEO. Recognized for his extensive knowledge of the issues facing science and technology and for his reputation as an outstanding leader, Mr. Coderre will be bringing to Génome Québec his wealth of experience acquired…