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Project leader: David Langlais Michel L. Tremblay
Contest: Genome Canada competition - Genomic Applications Partnership Program (GAPP)
Sector: Health
Budget: 5 845 337,00 $

Start date: 01 July 2024 End date: 30 June 2027

Academic team: Michel L. Tremblay, PhD. & David Langlais, PhD. (McGill University)  Receptor organization team: Pierre Laneuville, MD. and Linda Peltier, PhD. (McGill University Health Centre) and Kanyr Pharma Inc. Partners organizations: The Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute and the Richard and Edith Strauss Foundation Cancer immunotherapies, such as modified T-cells with Chimeric Antigen Receptors (CAR-T), can elicit strong responses and even cure some blood cancers such as acute myeloid leukemia (AML). However, CAR-T(...)
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Project leader: Sophie Petropoulos
Contest: Genome Canada competition - Genomic Applications Partnership Program (GAPP)
Sector: Health
Budget: 5 596 192,00 $

Start date: 01 July 2024 End date: 30 June 2027

Academic team: Sophie Petropoulos, PhD. (Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal), Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Functional Genomics of Reproduction and Development; Associate Professor Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm Sweden; Co-Director of The Research Center in Reproduction and Fertility in Québec Receptor organization team: Dr. Jeremy Grushcow(Juniper Genomics) Around four million people use in vitro fertilization (IVF) every year, but(...)
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Project leader: Jérôme Waldispühl
Contest: Genome Canada competition - Genomic Applications Partnership Program (GAPP)
Sector: Health
Budget: 4 440 406,00 $

Start date: 01 July 2024 End date: 30 June 2027

Academic team: Jérôme Waldisphül, PhD. (McGill University)   Receptor organization team: Sébastien Caisse (Gearbox Studio) The accuracy and reproducibility of genomic studies rely on the quality of available data. When possible, manual curation is the gold standard for preparing these resources. However, the large volume of metagenomic data, especially in environmental and public health, outpaces human processing capacities. In a previous GAPP project, Gearbox showed that commercial video games can provide access to massive human processing(...)
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Project leader: Nabeel Alnahhas
Contest: Genomics integration program – Agriculture and biofood, forestry and environment
Sector: Agrifood
Budget: 194 205,00 $

Start date: 01 July 2024 End date: 30 June 2025

User: Jean-Michel Allard Prus (Couvoir Scott) The production of chicken meat relies on having enough fertile eggs, which are then incubated to produce day-old chicks that will later grow into broilers. It’s well-established that the fertility of male breeders declines significantly after they reach 50 weeks of age. Having tools available for on-Farm use to assess the reproductive capacity of male breeders can assist hatching egg producers in Québec in identifying and selecting males with(...)
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Project leader: Allison Bain
Contest: Genomics integration program – Agriculture and biofood, forestry and environment
Sector: Agrifood
Budget: 255 000,00 $

Start date: 01 July 2024 End date: 30 June 2026

The arrival of domestic animals from Eurasia to the Americas is little explored in the history of European colonization. Cattle played a central role in this process, with their products being essential in the daily life of early settlers. The introduction of cattle to New France is documented through writings and archaeological discoveries. The first herds were imported as early as 1541, but these transfers from France abruptly ceased by the late 17th century. The(...)
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Project leader: Stéphanie Beauseigle
Contest: Genomics integration program – Agriculture and biofood, forestry and environment
Sector: Forestry
Budget: 200 000,00 $

Start date: 01 July 2024 End date: 30 June 2026

User: Nicole Lavoie (Filières PFNL et cultures innovantes du Bas-Saint-Laurent) The Comité Filières PFNL et cultures innovantes du Bas-Saint-Laurent (BSL) has established a regional bioeconomy centered on hazelnuts. Since 2018, approximately twenty hazelnut orchards have been established across various regional county municipalities (MRCs) in the region. These orchards comprise hazelnut seedlings of unknown genetic backgrounds, undergoing assessment for their productivity in the Nordic climate of the BSL. However, a significant threat hangs over the industry:(...)
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Project leader: Bérenger Bourgeois
Contest: Genomics integration program – Agriculture and biofood, forestry and environment
Sector: Agrifood
Budget: 158 671,00 $

Start date: 01 July 2024 End date: 30 June 2026

User: Laboratoire d’expertise et de diagnostic en phytoprotection, ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation du Québec The majority of pesticides used in Québec are herbicides, primarily employed to control weeds in agriculture (62%). These weeds compete with crops, reducing yields and profits for farms. Some, such as invasive or herbicide-resistant species, pose additional biosafety issues. They can spread from one field to another, and their seeds may remain dormant in the soil until(...)
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Project leader: Philippe Constant
Contest: Genomics integration program – Agriculture and biofood, forestry and environment
Sector: Agrifood
Budget: 300 000,00 $

Start date: 01 July 2024 End date: 30 June 2026

User: Claire Letanneur (Ulysse Biotech) Biosolutions offer new possibilities for sustainable, competitive, and climate-resilient agriculture. Unlike broad-spectrum conventional pesticides, these biotechnologies are more targeted, taking into account environmental conditions, present microorganisms, and the plants themselves. A major challenge is understanding how to optimize the effectiveness of these solutions for different crops. This project aims to use genomic tools to determine whether a bacterium is compatible, incompatible, or neutral towards a set of active microorganisms. This(...)
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Project leader: Irene Gregory-Eaves
Contest: Genomics integration program – Agriculture and biofood, forestry and environment
Sector: Environment
Budget: 298 208,00 $

Start date: 01 July 2024 End date: 30 July 2026

User: Vani Mohit and Marie-Ève Tousignant (ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs) Biologists from the ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs (MELCCFP) are collaborating with researchers from McGill University to develop a new tool, both in the field and in the laboratory, aimed at early detection of invasive exotic aquatic plants upon their introduction and(...)
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Project leader: Jessica Head
Contest: Genomics integration program – Agriculture and biofood, forestry and environment
Sector: Environment
Budget: 168 432,00 $

Start date: 01 July 2024 End date: 30 July 2026

User: Florence Pagé-Larivière (Environnement et Changement climatique Canada) et Kristin Mueller (ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs) Canadian lakes and rivers may contain chemicals that could be harmful to wildlife and humans. Government scientists are working to establish guidelines on the concentrations of chemicals to prevent any harmful effects on the environment. However, the lack of data on the toxicity of individual chemicals in fish and(...)