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A partnership between the CFIA and Génome Québec has been created to develop genomics-based analytical methods for pathogen detection and epidemiological support. This partnership is expected to lead to the development of more precise, molecular-based methods for identifying specific strains of foodborne viruses. This ultimately could help the CFIA trace outbreaks of viral foodborne illness…

Génome Québec is pleased to announce that two major international research projects have been selected for funding under Genome Canada’s new funding competition, Genomics and Feeding the Future.  Ensuring food safety and reducing the economic burden of salmonellosis Lawrence Goodridge of McGill University and Roger C. Levesque from Institute for Integrative Systems Biology of Université Laval are…

An international research team, led by Dr. Geneviève Bernard from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) and Dr. Benoit Coulombe from the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM), has identified a new gene associated with 4H leukodystrophy, one of the common forms of the disease. Their findings have been published in the journal Nature Communications this…

June 26, 2015, Ottawa, ON – Genome Canada (GC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)have signed a joint initiative agreement to jointly support social sciences and humanities research and related activities pertaining to genomics, with one of the first initiatives focusing on societal implications of disruptive innovation in genomics. Next generation genomics,…

Genome Canada is pleased to launch the 2015 Disruptive Innovation in Genomics (DIG) Competition. This funding opportunity is aimed at supporting projects focused on the development of disruptive innovation in the field of genomics. To learn more, visit our Ongoing Competitions section: https://www.genomequebec.wp.vortexdev.com/0-en/contests.html Génome Québec also invites you to attend one of the two public information sessions on…

Genome Canada Request for Applications: 2015 Large-Scale Applied Research Projects: Natural resources and the environment: “Sector Challenges –Genomic solutions”     We are pleased to announce that Genome Canada has launched a new competition for funding research projects in genomics applied to Natural resources and the environment. Génome Québec invites you to attend one of the…

The Minister of State (Science and Technology), announced Friday investment for new research infrastructure through the Canadian Foundation for Innovation, that Canadian researchers across the country will use to advance knowledge. An amount of $6.5-million was allocated to CHU Sainte-Justine and Université de Montréal, partners on the Research Program for Rare Pediatric Diseases RaPiD, a…

According to new studies by researchers from Concordia University in Montreal and theUniversity of California, Berkeley, yeast can be engineered to convert sugar to alkaloids — plant-derived compounds such as codeine and morphine, naturally produced in the opium poppy.  Thanks to research by teams led by Vincent Martin at Concordia and John Dueber at UC Berkeley, the key…

Genome Canada is pleased to advise the research community of an upcoming funding opportunity – the 2015 Disruptive Innovation in Genomics (DIG) Competition. This Competition is anticipated to be formally launched in June 2015 with detailed guidelines and application forms available at that time. To learn more, click here.

A Québec research team played a key role in an international study led by the University of Toronto and Pomeranian Medical University in Poland that identified a new breast cancer gene.  The study, which was published online today in Nature Genetics, describes how mutations in a gene called RECQL are strongly linked to the onset of breast cancer…