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This funding, given over three years, will allow Adrian Tsang to create a library of lysozymes.  Pr. Tsang’s team is developing a novel approach to combat the overuse of antibiotics on farms around the country. The funding obtained by the director of Concordia’s Centre for Structural and Functional Genomics will allow him to characterize and…

Génome Québec is proud to present a new video highlighting the impact of genomics in our lives.  Discover the power of this promising technology in strategic sectors such as health, agrifood, forestry and the environment. Good viewing!     Visit our Website to learn more on the many impacts of genomics.

The 5th edition of the Bioeconomy International competition, aimed at German researchers, encourages international collaboration, especially with Canada. This call for proposals, managed by Forschungszentrum Jülich, is part of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research’s (BMBF – Germany) National Research Strategy Bioeconomy 2030. It seeks projects focusing on one of these priorities:      – Securing global…

Last December 29, Ms. Sophie D’Amours and Professor Sylvain Moineau were named Officers of the Order of Canada by Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada. Ms. D’Amours received this honour for her academic and scientific leadership at the helm of numerous transdisciplinary research projects, including several related to the forestry industry.…

We are pleased to announce this new competition seeking proposals aimed at supporting projects focusing on the development and/or creation of new bioinformatics and computational biology tools and/or methodologies that will be required to deal with the complexity of data generated by “omics” technologies.     Main objectives of the competition: Analyze and integrate complex…

Génome Québec congratulates Pr. Adrian Tsang’s team, whose research will be funded as part of the Genomic Applications Partnership Program (GAPP).  Thanks to this funding, Pr. Tsang, in collaboration with Elanco, will be able to continue his research, which aims at scaling back the use of antibiotics in farm animals in order to reduce the…

Congratulations to professors David M. Secko of Concordia University and Michel Dorval of Université Laval, who will be supported by a joint initiative of Genome Canada and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) in social sciences and humanities research and related activities pertaining to research in the field of genomics. This allotment has been revealed this morning by the…

The renowned researcher received yesterday the prestigious Léo-Pariseau Award, during the 73rd Acfas Gala, an event dedicated to the recognition of excellence in francophone research.  The Léo-Pariseau Award celebrates a researcher’s excellence and the outreach of his work and actions in the fields of biological science or health science.  Most cancers are not hereditary, but there…

Génome Québec and the QNPHC are pleased to announce a new collaboration with Health Education England (HEE) of the United Kingdom, to develop a specialized training in genomics for healthcare professionals.  Daniel Coderre, President and CEO of Génome Québec, and Daniel Bouthillier, Chief Executive Officer of the Quebec Network for Personalized Health Care (QNPHC), are pleased to announce…

Génome Québec congratulates Dr. Jacques Michaud from the CHU Sainte-Justine who led the study with other researchers including Dr. Patrick Cossette from Université de Montréal. The study led to the identification of eight new epilepsy genes, thanks to the use of whole-genome sequencing, which had never been done before in an epileptic study of this scope.…