/newsroom/taxonomy/term/1499/all en /newsroom/simon-gravel Thu, 25 May 2023 17:15:25 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 301086 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/forging-healthier-future-through-research-mcgill-university-launches-new-institute-genomic-medicine-342889 <p>A landmark donation to support �㽶��Ƶ’s renowned genomics research and education programs from UK-based alumnus and long-time donor Victor Dahdaleh is a catalyst for advancements in genomics research. Thanks to gifts from Victor Dahdaleh totalling more than $30 million, McGill will launch the <b>Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Institute of Genomic Medicine</b>.</p> Wed, 19 Oct 2022 14:11:11 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 288439 at /newsroom /newsroom/rowan-barrett Fri, 19 Aug 2022 21:08:19 +0000 lawrence.chiang@mail.mcgill.ca 288318 at /newsroom /newsroom/jesse-shapiro Tue, 21 Dec 2021 21:59:44 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 283747 at /newsroom /newsroom/jaswinder-singh Tue, 22 Dec 2020 21:41:22 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 254261 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-teams-win-big-new-omics-cancer-competition-325933 <p>Earlier today, a Quebec based consortium of research institutes (Génome Québec, Oncopole and IVADO) announced the winners of their first-ever “Omics Data Against Cancer” competition, and McGill research teams were dominant. In fact, of the five selected teams no less than four of them included professors from McGill.</p> Thu, 05 Nov 2020 18:41:24 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 246572 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/frq-create-province-wide-covid-19-biobank-321346 <p>The Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ) and Genome Québec today announced the launch of the Québec COVID-19 Biobank, a Province-wide initiative to enable the collection, storage and sharing of samples and data related to the COVID-19 crisis. The task force that has been mobilized to take on this role is led by �㽶��Ƶ’s <b>Dr. Vincent Mooser</b>, with additional medical and scientific expertise from McGill and several other Quebec institutions. The Biobank will begin operations on April 1, 2020.</p> Fri, 27 Mar 2020 18:33:10 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 204982 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/most-comprehensive-map-cancer-genome-date-319734 <p>An international team, that includes researchers from McGill, has completed the most comprehensive study of whole cancer genomes to date, significantly improving our fundamental understanding of cancer and signposting new directions for its diagnosis and treatment.</p> Wed, 05 Feb 2020 13:19:51 +0000 amelia.souffrant@mail.mcgill.ca 198414 at /newsroom /newsroom/guillaume-bourque Mon, 13 Jan 2020 20:29:46 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 196242 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/bartha-knoppers-awarded-2019-friesen-prize-295541 <p>�㽶��Ƶ Professor Bartha Knoppers, a global leader in the study of legal, social and ethical issues related to biomedical research in human genetics and genomics, has been awarded the 2019 Henry G. Friesen International Prize in Health Research by the Friends of Canadian Institutes of Health Research (FCIHR).</p> Tue, 19 Mar 2019 18:22:43 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 152864 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-led-epishare-project-named-2019-ga4gh-driver-project-293950 <p>EpiShare will join the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) as a 2019 Driver Project. GA4GH, an international group of 22 leading genomic data initiatives, works collaboratively to develop and pilot standards for sharing genomic and health-related data.</p> <blockquote> <p>“EpiShare represents a unique opportunity to contribute to the field of epigenomics by extending global standards and tools, which have so far been developed only for genetic and genomic information.” --Guillaume Bourque, Project Champion and Associate Professor of Human Genetics at �㽶��Ƶ.</p></blockquote> Sat, 02 Feb 2019 15:25:59 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 138594 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/canada-eu-and-africa-combine-allow-researchers-analyze-health-data-largest-most-diverse-scale-293692 <p>A patient develops a rare condition and needs answers, so their clinician searches frantically to find patients with similar, rare, symptoms and similar possible causes. To understand the mechanisms of one debilitating disease, a medical researcher tries to separate the “signal” of causes of that disease, in particular, from the “noise” of natural biological variation of human lives and conditions.</p> Thu, 24 Jan 2019 02:17:53 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 135088 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-genomics-research-projects-receive-10m-federal-provincial-funding-294394 <p><em>Major federal and provincial investments in genomics research were announced this week following three recent Genome Canada competitions. The announcement, made at University of Guelph, includes over $10 million in funding to seven projects led by McGill researchers. Here's a quick look at one of those projects. (A complete list follows.)</em></p> Tue, 05 Feb 2019 17:02:42 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 139750 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/commentary-crispr-babies-what-does-mean-science-and-canada-293688 <p>In the wake of the announcement in China last November of the first ‘CRISPR babies’, Prof. Bartha Knoppers and researcher Erika Kleiderman from McGill’s Centre of Genomics and Policy (CGP) have published a commentary article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal on the use of CRISPR gene-editing techniques.</p> Wed, 23 Jan 2019 19:14:50 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 134997 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-led-genomics-centres-win-98-m-three-year-funding-support-genome-canada-285274 <p><span>The �㽶��Ƶ and Génome Québec Innovation Centre and the Canadian Centre for Computational Genomics will receive a total of $9.8 million in funding over three years through Genome Canada awards announced Feb. 21.</span></p> Wed, 21 Feb 2018 20:23:59 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 32998 at /newsroom