Race for the discovery of COVID-19 medications

Montreal, June 17, 2020 — Génome Québec, in partnership with IRIC, Université de Montréal, MILA and McMaster University, is proud to announce funding for a new research project intended to accelerate the discovery of antiviral COVID-19 medications. Spearheaded by professors Michael Tyers (IRIC/Université de Montréal), Yoshua Bengio (MILA/Université de Montréal) and Anne Marinier (IRIC/Université de Montréal), the $1 million project was launched in fast-track mode on June 1, 2020.