Organization: Genome Canada

UBC team sequences and annotates bacterial genome

An international research team led by three microbiologists from the Univ of British Columbia (UBC) has completed and annotated the largest bacterial genome in history. It is the first bacterial genome to be entirely sequenced and annotated in Canada. The three researchers — Drs Lindsay Eltis, William Mohn and Julian Davies — conducted their research…

Inimex receives US$4.5 million in venture financing

Vancouver-based Inimex Pharmaceuticals Inc has received US$4.5 million in syndicated financing for the lead optimization and pre-clinical development of the first drug based on its innate immunity technology platform. The investment was made by a financing syndicate led by BDC Venture Capital and including the Canadian Medical Discoveries Fund and Working Opportunity Fund. Inimex’s platform…

Canada & Spain collaborate on three genomics projects

A scientific cooperation agreement between Genome Canada and Genoma Espana has led to three jointly funded research projects worth $17 million and aimed at placing the two nations at the international forefront of specific niche sectors. The projects involve the Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI), Genome British Columbia and Genome Atlantic. The OGI project, led by…

UK-Canada consortium to explore human proteins

A $95-million UK-Canada partnership billed as the largest international research project ever funded in Canada will spend the next three years determining the three-dimensional structure of more than 350 human proteins. The Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC) is led by Dr Aled Edwards, a leading expert in proteomics and structural genomics research with the Bant-ing and…

Genome Canada signs MOU with Denmark

Genome Canada has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Denmark’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. The MOU is the fourth Genome Canada has signed with other nations and covers increased scientific and industrial exchanges as well as identification of joint research projects. The initial three-year agreement includes a number of initiatives and exploration…

Genome research project secures corporate backing

The largest project ever funded by Genome Canada — Functional Patho-genomics of Mucosal Immunity — has netted two corporate sponsors. Inimex Pharmaceuticals Inc of Vancouver and the newly created Pyxis Genomics Canada Inc (a subsidiary of Chicago-based Pyxis Genomics Inc) are contributing a total of $10.5 million for exclusive rights to commercialize discoveries arising from…

Canada to participate in HapMap project

Canadian researchers will be participating in a $100-million project to speed the discovery of genes related to common diseases such as asthma, cancer, diabetes and heart disease. The International HapMap Project is a public-private, international consortium involving researchers from Canada (led Dr Thomas Hudson of McGill Univ), the US, Japan, China and the UK. Funding…

Genome Canada signs second international pact

Genome Canada has signed a scientific cooperation agreement with the Genome Spain Foundation, the second such agreement in less than one year. The initial three-year agreement is intended to increase cooperation in the broad field of genomics including scientific and industrial exchanges of academics and biotechnology, pharmaceutical and venture capital firms. A longer-term objective is…

Clarification

An article on Genome Canada in the April 17/02 edition of RE$EARCH MONEY mentioned the creation of a new national program for GELS (ethical, environmental, legal and social issues relating to genomics). The article stated that the program would fund small projects. In fact, it will support a national symposium on GELS amongst other unspecified…

Genome BC receives $68 million in funding

Genome BC has finally completed research and funding agreements necessary to receive matching funding from Genome Canada. The provincial node of the national genomics network has lined up funding for five research projects worth $68 million, which will proceed under the leadership of recently installed president and CEO Dr Alan Winter. Genome Canada is contributing…