The future of personalized health & human performance
Published: November 25th 2019In today’s data revolution, genomics is emerging as a potential game changer for medicine and human performance, fuelled, in part, by pioneering work in precision personalized data underway on Canada’s east and west coasts. This exciting development was examined in […]
Read MoreSEQUENCE #7: Looking to genomics for hope and solutions
Published: March 8th 2019“There is hope”. This is how Dr. Martin Alda summed up the promise of genomics as a potential game-changer for diagnosing and treating bipolar disorder (BD). Clinicians have known for some time that BD tends to run in families, and […]
Read MoreSEQUENCE # 9: De-risking investments through genomics R&D
Published: December 18th 2019Recently we visited the Research and Productivity Council (RPC) in New Brunswick to film how they use genomics in testing, developing and improving products and processes. RPC is a global leader in material and environmental testing, work that puts them in […]
Read MoreSEQUENCE # 8: New technologies, real solutions
Published: June 7th 2019There’s no denying genomics is cool. The study of genes and their functions is adding to our understanding of every living thing. But there’s more to genomics than the wow factor. Genomic technologies are driving solutions for our resource industries, […]
Read More$3.8 million project puts NB company at forefront of oyster breeding technology
Published: July 23rd 2019Please note: French Version follows Halifax, NS – The oyster industry in Eastern Canada is expanding rapidly, registering revenues near $31 million in 2017, a 25% increase from 2016. However, this growth cannot be sustained by relying solely on wild-caught […]
Read More‘Omics project takes de-risking NS’s offshore to next phase
Published: July 23rd 2019For Immediate Release – July 24, 2019 Halifax, NS – A major new initiative that adds genomics technologies to traditional geoscience aims to reduce the risk for oil exploration in Nova Scotia’s offshore. The $6.5 million project, Validation and Integration […]
Read MoreTestimonial: Stantec’s Dr. Marc Skinner on how Genome Atlantic is helping his company.
Published: July 3rd 2019 Read MoreISMOS-7 comes to Halifax
Published: June 11th 2019FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 11, 2019 HALIFAX, NS – The 7th International Symposium on Applied Microbiology and Molecular Biology in Oil Systems (ISMOS-7) is coming to Halifax, Nova Scotia from June 18-21, 2019. Hosted by Genome Atlantic, ISMOS-7 will bring […]
Read MoreCould microbes help remediate abandoned gold mines?
Published: June 3rd 2019Mines operating in Canada today adhere to rigorous environmental regulations and strive to minimize the impact of their operations on the environment. But in the 1800s, before such legislation was in place, valuable minerals were extracted from ore using chemicals […]
Read MoreA Q/A with Chris Gardner, Sequence Bio
Published: May 30th 2019The founder population of Newfoundland and Labrador make it an ideal place to conduct studies linking certain genetic markers with diseases prevalent in the province. Sequence Bio, a private St. John’s-based biotech company, recently cleared a provincial regulatory hurdle to […]
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