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Genomics plays a vital role in driving Québec's economic future. That is why Génome Québec aims at advancing knowledge in genomics by funding major research projects. In this section, you will discover all the latest achievements in the field of genomics.
Congratulations to the Québec teams for their performance in the 2012 Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Competition
Apr. 25, 2013
Genome Canada, in partnership with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, announced the results of the 2012 Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Competition.
Did you know that today is DNA Day?
Apr. 18, 2013
April 18 is DNA Day in several countries, including the United States and Europe. This is an important date in the world of scientific research since 60 years ago, Watson and Crick discovered the DNA structure. In addition, this year marks the 10th anniversary of the first human genome sequencing (completion was announced April 14, 2003).
European funding opportunity for Québec's researchers
Apr. 18, 2013
PEOPLE (Marie Curie) Calls for Proposals
Calls for proposals in the PEOPLE program, which includes the International Outgoing Fellowship (IOF), International Incoming Fellowship (IIF), International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES) and Initial Training Networks (ITN), were published in March.
For more information on each of these programmes, please click here.
Génome Québec would like to commend the excellence of Québec researchers!
Apr. 18, 2013
Génome Québec would like to commend the excellence of Québec researchers and congratulate them for their exceptional performance in the Genomics and Personalized Health competition launched by Genome Canada and the Canadian Institutes for Health Research.
Québec boasts strong track record in research
Apr. 17, 2013
Genome Canada competition: Québec research fares extremely well
The support provided by Génome Québec and the hard work of Québec researchers have paid off. They fared extremely well, since over 60 percent of the federal co-funding available used to carry out the 12 projects (out of 17) selected as part of the Genome Canada competition will involve researchers from Québec universities.