Moving towards a more inclusive approach to medicine

Published: 5 June 2023

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...

Genome Canada and McGill to track COVID-19 variants of concern

Published: 27 April 2021

Genome Canada launched the Canadian VirusSeq Data Portal today to track the evolving COVID-19 pandemic across Canada. McGill University researcher Guillaume Bourque, a professor in the Department...

New partnership to unravel genetic sequence of SARS-CoV-2 virus in Quebec

Published: 28 April 2020

The Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ) and the McGill Genome Centre today announced they will partner to sequence the viral genomes of Quebec patients with COVID-19 disease. The...

McGill-led EpiShare project named a 2019 GA4GH Driver Project

Published: 4 February 2019

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...

McGill-led genomics centres win $9.8 M, three-year funding support from Genome Canada

Published: 21 February 2018

The McGill University 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...

International Human Epigenome Consortium studies mark major step forward for epigenetics research

Published: 17 November 2016

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...

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