{"id":16476,"date":"2012-04-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/genomequebec.com\/actualites-et-publications\/record-funding-for-quebec\/"},"modified":"2012-04-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-04-24T04:00:00","slug":"record-funding-for-quebec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genomequebec.com\/en\/news-and-publications\/record-funding-for-quebec\/","title":{"rendered":"RECORD FUNDING FOR QUEBEC"},"content":{"rendered":"

The McGill University and G\u00e9nome Qu\u00e9bec Innovation Centre is pleased to announce that they have been awarded funding totalling $7.6\u00a0million<\/strong> over a two-year period from Genome Canada\u2019s 2010 Competition: Science and Technology Innovation Centre Operations Support<\/em>. This award, a record sum for Qu\u00e9bec, will be used to fund the operations of the Innovation Centre as well as the services offered to scientific communities in Qu\u00e9bec, the rest of Canada and around the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Government of Canada is supporting promising research in genomics, and improving the competitiveness of the life sciences sector in Qu\u00e9bec and Canada,” said the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Industry. \u201cOur government plays a key role in cutting-edge technology infrastructure development inCanada, and the operational support provided by the Innovation Centre will contribute to scientific discoveries that directly touch the lives of Canadians.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis funding of $7.6 million from Genome Canada, in addition to an award of $3.25 million from the MDEIE, will enable the Innovation Centre to continue providing excellent services and place Qu\u00e9bec in an enviable position in the new genome technology industry,\u201d stated Marc LePage, President and CEO of G\u00e9nome Qu\u00e9bec. \u201cI\u2019d like to stress the fact that the reputation of the Centre as well as the
quality-certification processes implemented in the last few years have led to a 15% annual increase in the numbers and satisfaction of users; the client pool now stands at an impressive 800 teams of researchers annually. In this regard, the Centre is carrying out remarkable work in the scientific community: it is advancing knowledge in genomics and promoting cooperation between researchers in the academic and private sectors.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Qu\u00e9bec research and innovation strategy, presented by our government, aims to promote the growth of a competitive economy and support research and innovation that will improve the health and living conditions of our community. The Innovation Centre is a driving force behind the integration of genomics into many of Qu\u00e9bec\u2019s economic sectors, such as health care, forestry and agriculture. Its research will pave the way to major scientific and technological breakthroughs that will help meet real needs. That\u2019s why we are proud to support the activities of the Innovation Centre, given the key role it plays in showcasing the expertise of our researchers here and abroad,\u201d added Mr. Sam Hamad, Minister of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade and Minister Responsible for the
Capitale-Nationale.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are proud to have been ranked so high in the competition,\u201d stated Professor Mark Lathrop, Scientific Director of the McGill University and G\u00e9nome Qu\u00e9bec Innovation Centre. \u201cThis award will enable us to be even more competitive across the country. Since 2006, in addition to carrying out its mandate for major Genome Canada and G\u00e9nome Qu\u00e9bec projects, the Innovation Centre and its 63 employees (employees in the framework of this award from Genome Canada), provided services to 1,496 university research teams from the different Canadian provinces, 89 foreign teams and consortiums from 24 countries as well as 74 industrial teams from across Canada and the rest of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe excellence of the McGill University and G\u00e9nome Qu\u00e9bec Innovation Centre<\/a> is recognized internationally, and its collaborations are growing exponentially,\u201d said Dr. David Eidelman,
Vice-Principal of Health Affairs and Dean of Medicine at McGill. \u201cWith the best of genomics yet to come, we are thrilled with Genome Canada and MDEIE\u2019s support, which will enable us to solidify Qu\u00e9bec\u2019s and Canada\u2019s positions as leaders. Most importantly, investments such as these enable the scientific community worldwide to combine its knowledge and strengths to better understand and improve human health and well-being.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Innovation Centre has been mandated to work on an important genotyping project involving more than 100,000 case-control samples for a major study on breast, ovarian, uterine and prostate cancers that is being conducted in Cambridge(United Kingdom). Professor Jacques Simard, a cancer genomics expert at Universit\u00e9 Laval and one of the researchers working on the study, told us that \u201cthanks to its capacity, expertise and flexibility, the Innovation Centre was the only centre that we could consider for the management of this large-scale project, which involves more than 200 research teams from 40 countries in five consortiums.\u00a0Five other European and American genotyping centres were involved, however, the Centre staff stood out by completing more than half the analyses for this international project, unassisted and in the allocated time. And the best is yet to come,\u201d he added<\/em><\/p>\n

About the McGill University and G\u00e9nome Qu\u00e9bec Innovation Centre<\/strong><\/p>\n

TheMcGillUniversityand G\u00e9nome Qu\u00e9bec Innovation Centre is a world-class research facility for genomics and proteomics. Founded in 2002, the Centre has developed world-renowned expertise in complex genetic disorders, such as cardiac disease, asthma and Type 2 diabetes, and has become a resource and networking site for various research initiatives in human health, forestry, infectious diseases, agriculture and environment. Major funding for the McGill University and G\u00e9nome Qu\u00e9bec Innovation Centre is provided by the Government of Canada through Genome Canada, and the Ministry of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade of Qu\u00e9bec.<\/p>\n

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\u00c9va Kammer
Conseill\u00e8re, Relations publiques
G\u00e9nome Qu\u00e9bec
514 398-0668, poste 206
ekammer@genomequebec.com<\/p>\n

Katherine Gombay
Relations avec les m\u00e9dias
Universit\u00e9 McGill
514 398-2189
katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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