/newsroom/taxonomy/term/1602/all en /newsroom/channels/news/moving-towards-more-inclusive-approach-medicine-348571 <p>The first human genome, which has served as the reference until now, was released approximately 20 years ago. It was a landmark accomplishment that had a huge impact on biomedical research and changed the way scientists study human biology. But it was based on just a few individuals and did not capture the full genetic diversity of the human population.</p> Fri, 02 Jun 2023 14:39:21 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 302383 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/genome-canada-and-mcgill-track-covid-19-variants-concern-330688 <p>Genome Canada launched the Canadian VirusSeq Data Portal today to track the evolving COVID-19 pandemic across Canada. Ď㽶ĘÓƵ researcher Guillaume <a href="https://www.computationalgenomics.ca/BourqueLab/">Bourque</a>, a professor in the Department of Human Genetics, along with his research team, led the development of the portal. They worked in collaboration with <a href="https://www.genomecanada.ca/en/cancogen/cancogen-virusseq">CanCOGeN VirusSeq</a> and world-leading genomics scientists, including Drs.</p> Tue, 27 Apr 2021 14:34:54 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 261655 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/new-partnership-unravel-genetic-sequence-sars-cov-2-virus-quebec-321890 <p>The <a href="http://www.inspq.qc.ca">Institut national de santĂ© publique du QuĂ©bec</a> (INSPQ) and the McGill Genome Centre today announced they will partner to sequence the viral genomes of Quebec patients with COVID-19 disease. The collaboration, termed “Coronavirus Sequencing in Quebec,” (CoVSeQ) is led by Profs Sandrine Moreira, Hugues Charest and Michel Roger at the Laboratoire de santĂ© publique du QuĂ©bec (LSPQ) of the INSPQ. The viral samples are taken from a Quebec viral biobank, termed the CoVBanQ, which is hosted in LSPQ.</p> Tue, 28 Apr 2020 13:53:45 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 209574 at /newsroom /newsroom/guillaume-bourque Mon, 13 Jan 2020 20:29:46 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 196242 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 Ď㽶ĘÓƵ.</p></blockquote> Sat, 02 Feb 2019 15:25:59 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 138594 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-led-genomics-centres-win-98-m-three-year-funding-support-genome-canada-285274 <p><span>The Ď㽶ĘÓƵ and GĂ©nome QuĂ©bec 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 /newsroom/channels/news/international-human-epigenome-consortium-studies-mark-major-step-forward-epigenetics-research-264204 <p><span>One of the great mysteries in biology is how the many different cell types that make up our bodies are derived from a single cell and from one DNA sequence, or genome. We have learned a lot from studying the human genome, but have only partially unveiled the processes underlying cell determination. The identity of each cell type is largely defined by an instructive layer of molecular annotations on top of the genome – the epigenome – which acts as a blueprint unique to each cell type and developmental stage.</span></p> Thu, 17 Nov 2016 17:00:28 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 26399 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/key-funding-ground-breaking-epigenetics-research-218673 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:50:04 +0000 joy.wang@mail.mcgill.ca 12025 at /newsroom