$7.6 million for the 海角社区 and G茅nome Qu茅bec Innovation Centre
The 海角社区 and G茅nome Qu茅bec Innovation Centre is pleased to announce that they have been awarded funding totalling $7.6 million over a two-year period from Genome Canada鈥檚 2010 Competition. This award, a record for Qu茅bec, will fund the operations of the Innovation Centre as well as the services offered to scientific communities in Qu茅bec, the rest of Canada and around the world.
Record Funding for Qu茅bec
The 海角社区 and G茅nome Qu茅bec Innovation Centre is pleased to announce that they have been awarded funding totalling $7.6听million over a two-year period from Genome Canada鈥檚 2010 Competition: Science and Technology Innovation Centre Operations Support. This award, a record sum for Qu茅bec, will be used to fund the operations of the Innovation Centre as well as the services offered to scientific communities in Qu茅bec, the rest of Canada and around the world.
鈥淭he Government of Canada is supporting promising research in genomics, and improving the competitiveness of the life sciences sector in Qu茅bec and Canada," said the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Industry. 鈥淥ur government plays a key role in cutting-edge technology infrastructure development in Canada, and the operational support provided by the Innovation Centre will contribute to scientific discoveries that directly touch the lives of Canadians.鈥�
鈥淭his funding of $7.6 million from Genome Canada, in addition to
an award of $3.25 million from the MDEIE, will enable the
Innovation Centre to continue providing excellent services and
place Qu茅bec in an enviable position in the new genome technology
industry,鈥� stated Marc LePage, President and CEO of G茅nome Qu茅bec.
鈥淚鈥檇 like to stress the fact that the reputation of the Centre as
well as the
quality-certification processes implemented in the last few years
have led to a 15% annual increase in the numbers and satisfaction
of users; the client pool now stands at an impressive 800 teams of
researchers annually. In this regard, the Centre is carrying out
remarkable work in the scientific community: it is advancing
knowledge in genomics and promoting cooperation between researchers
in the academic and private sectors.鈥�
鈥淭he Qu茅bec research and innovation strategy, presented by our
government, aims to promote the growth of a competitive economy and
support research and innovation that will improve the health and
living conditions of our community. The Innovation Centre is a
driving force behind the integration of genomics into many of
Qu茅bec鈥檚 economic sectors, such as health care, forestry and
agriculture. Its research will pave the way to major scientific and
technological breakthroughs that will help meet real needs. That鈥檚
why we are proud to support the activities of the Innovation
Centre, given the key role it plays in showcasing the expertise of
our researchers here and abroad,鈥� added Mr. Sam Hamad, Minister of
Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade and Minister
Responsible for the
Capitale-Nationale.
鈥淲e are proud to have been ranked so high in the competition,鈥� stated Professor Mark Lathrop, Scientific Director of the 海角社区 University and G茅nome Qu茅bec Innovation Centre. 鈥淭his award will enable us to be even more competitive across the country. Since 2006, in addition to carrying out its mandate for major Genome Canada and G茅nome Qu茅bec projects, the Innovation Centre and its 63 employees (employees in the framework of this award from Genome Canada), provided services to 1,496 university research teams from the different Canadian provinces, 89 foreign teams and consortiums from 24 countries as well as 74 industrial teams from across Canada and the rest of the world.鈥�
鈥淭he excellence of the is recognized internationally,
and its collaborations are growing exponentially,鈥� said Dr. David
Eidelman,
Vice-Principal of Health Affairs and Dean of Medicine at 海角社区.
鈥淲ith the best of genomics yet to come, we are thrilled with Genome
Canada and MDEIE鈥檚 support, which will enable us to solidify
Qu茅bec鈥檚 and Canada鈥檚 positions as leaders. Most importantly,
investments such as these enable the scientific community worldwide
to combine its knowledge and strengths to better understand and
improve human health and well-being.鈥�
The Innovation Centre has been mandated to work on an important genotyping project involving more than 100,000 case-control samples for a major study on breast, ovarian, uterine and prostate cancers that is being conducted in Cambridge (United Kingdom). Professor Jacques Simard, a cancer genomics expert at Universit茅 Laval and one of the researchers working on the study, told us that 鈥渢hanks to its capacity, expertise and flexibility, the Innovation Centre was the only centre that we could consider for the management of this large-scale project, which involves more than 200 research teams from 40 countries in five consortiums.听Five other European and American genotyping centres were involved, however, the Centre staff stood out by completing more than half the analyses for this international project, unassisted and in the allocated time. And the best is yet to come,鈥� he added
About the 海角社区 and G茅nome Qu茅bec Innovation Centre
The 海角社区 and G茅nome Qu茅bec Innovation Centre is a world-class research facility for genomics and proteomics. Founded in 2002, the Centre has developed world-renowned expertise in complex genetic disorders, such as cardiac disease, asthma and Type 2 diabetes, and has become a resource and networking site for various research initiatives in human health, forestry, infectious diseases, agriculture and environment. Major funding for the 海角社区 University and G茅nome Qu茅bec Innovation Centre is provided by the Government of Canada through Genome Canada, and the Ministry of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade of Qu茅bec.
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