Marc LePage, President and CEO of G\u00e9nome Qu\u00e9bec, is pleased to announce the results of the Qu\u00e9bec Vert Competition, launched last spring, and made possible thanks to a grant from the Minist\u00e8re du D\u00e9veloppement \u00e9conomique, de l\u2019Innovation et de l\u2019Exportation. The aim of this competition is to fund pilot projects that will use genomics to solve issues related to ecosystem health.<\/p>\n
“We all have a role to play in protecting ecosystems. Our very future\u2014our ecology, our economy and our culture\u2014depends on it,” explained Marc LePage. “In that sense, sustainable development has become a core value for Quebecers and for G\u00e9nome Qu\u00e9bec, which is proud to support researchers who are working to solve problems related to ecosystems health. I also want to emphasize the quality of the projects submitted, which confirms the importance of genomics to the cutting-edge sectors that contribute to sustainable development. We are happy to promote the talents of these internationally renowned researchers in a sector where various strengths were identified and which accounts for about 25% of genomics researchers in the province.”<\/p>\n
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Three projects were selected, and will each receive $100,000 in funding. The researchers are: Prof. Vincent Martin, from Concordia University, Prof. Connie Lovejoy, from Universit\u00e9 Laval, and Prof. Fran\u00e7ois Belzile, also from Universit\u00e9 Laval. These pilot projects will use genomics to study issues relating to fossil-fuel dependency, the Arctic environment, and sustainable development, and will allow to initiate large-scale genomics projects on these topics. To find out more about these projects, visit our Website<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n About G\u00e9nome Qu\u00e9bec<\/strong><\/p>\n Since May 2000, G\u00e9nome Qu\u00e9bec has been the driving force behind the development of genomics in Qu\u00e9bec. By supporting over 60 projects and 750 researchers and managing the operations of the McGill University and G\u00e9nome Qu\u00e9bec Innovation Centre, G\u00e9nome Qu\u00e9bec is helping to accelerate the discovery of new applications for genomics in strategic areas, such as human health, forestry and the environment.<\/p>\n The funds invested by G\u00e9nome Qu\u00e9bec are provided by the Ministry of Economic Development,\u00a0Innovation and Export Trade of Qu\u00e9bec (MDEIE), the Government of Canada through Genome\u00a0Canada and private partners.<\/p>\n -30-<\/p>\n For more information:<\/strong> Marc LePage, President and CEO of G\u00e9nome Qu\u00e9bec, is pleased to announce the results of the Qu\u00e9bec Vert Competition, launched last spring, and made possible thanks to a grant from…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[294],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nouvelles"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/genomequebec.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/genomequebec.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/genomequebec.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genomequebec.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genomequebec.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/genomequebec.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genomequebec.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/genomequebec.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genomequebec.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genomequebec.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u00c9va Kammer
Public Relations Advisor
G\u00e9nome Qu\u00e9bec
514 398-0668, ext. 206<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"