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With its fertile soil and mild temperatures, Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley has long been famous for its apple harvest. Now, thanks to a recently-announced National Apple Breeding Consortium that  Genome Atlantic helped co-found, apple researchers, growers and marketers will share […]

Recently, the Government of Canada announced funding for 37 Genome Canada projects including $1.4 million for Antimicrobial Resistance: Emergence, Transmission, and Ecology (ARETE), a project co-led by Dalhousie University’s Dr. Robert Beiko and Dr. Fiona Brinkman of Simon Fraser University.  […]

Content provided by Genome Canada GE3LS research looks at the important ethical, environmental, economic, legal or social issues of where genomics and society intersect.  Genome Canada kicks off a series on GE3LS researchers with this profile of Matthew Schnurr, Ph.D., […]

Press Release – Feb. 15, 2019 The Invest Nova Scotia Fund is helping entrepreneurs and researchers across the province use genomics to innovate and solve problems. Genomics is the science of understanding, interpreting and harnessing DNA code to solve problems […]

Interview with Dr. Martin Alda:  How genomics can lead to better outcomes for those with bipolar disorder Two psychiatrists at Dalhousie University and the Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA) have plans to apply genomics to the development of some much-needed […]

Forging careers in Atlantic Canada, thanks to genomics Three highly trained scientists, one from Brazil and two from Canada, attribute their ability to forge careers in Atlantic Canada partly to their experiences as doctoral students or as postdocs working on […]

Young Scientist Profile:  Nicole Smith, doctoral student Hails from St. John’s, where she is currently pursuing doctoral studies at Memorial University in Newfoundland. Her MSc in biochemistry and BSc (Hons) in Biochemistry and Neuroscience are also from Memorial. Field: marine […]

Check out our brief “Genomics Can Help” videos of Dr. Alda and Dr. Uher: HALIFAX, NS – A team of Nova Scotia mental health researchers are set to explore the genetic factors that play a role in bipolar disorder (BD).  […]

Halifax, NS – Bacteria are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics, posing an enormous risk to the agri-food industry and to the health of Canadians. To better understand antimicrobial resistance (AMR), we need to know which genes contribute to resistance and […]