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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.
Plants, fungi and bacteria work together to clean polluted land

Mar. 28, 2018
A novel study by bioinformatics and plant-biology experts from McGill University and Université de Montréal was published in the journal Microbiome.
New funding opportunity for research on rare diseases

Mar. 26, 2018
Genome Canada has partnered with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to launch a funding opportunity to support a national Research Catalyst Network.
Genome Canada’s Genomics Technology Platforms Competition - Two other Québec researchers receive funding

Mar. 15, 2018
Génome Québec congratulates Silvia Vidal from McGill University and Christopher Borchers from the Jewish General Hospital who are respectively co-project leaders of the Centre for Phenogenomics and the Proteomics Centre, both recipients of the Genome Canada’s Genomics Technology Platforms Competition.
Québec and France join forces in genomics research

Mar. 7, 2018
Génome Québec is pleased to announce that it concluded two partnerships agreements in genomics with the Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives and with Genopole.