Climate Action Genomics Initiative: Climate-Smart Agriculture and Food Systems
Published: May 12th 2022Climate change poses a significant risk to our agriculture, aquaculture, and food production systems and will increasingly impact availability of food and other vital resources. Innovative new technologies, products and approaches are required to reduce emissions, maintain productivity and competitiveness, […]
Read MoreImproving treatment & diagnosis of rare diseases in Atlantic Canada
Published: May 12th 2022Q&A with Dr. Victor Martinez, Clinical Genomics Specialist, IWK Health Centre; Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Dalhousie University The Genome Canada-led All for One initiative is advancing precision health across the country, increasing equitable and timely access to accurate, genomics-enabled clinical diagnosis […]
Read MoreEight Genomics-Based Climate Change Projects Receive Small-Scale Climate Change Funding
Published: March 23rd 2022FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MARCH 23, 2022 HALIFAX, N.S. – Eight climate change research projects were announced today by Genome Atlantic, in partnership with Research Nova Scotia. The projects bring genomics problem-solving capabilities to wide-ranging areas of Atlantic Canada’s economy, from […]
Read MoreNew research approved for Atlantic salmon aquaculture and forestry
Published: March 9th 2022FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 09, 2022 New research approved for Atlantic salmon aquaculture and forestry Halifax, NS – Two multi-million-dollar research and innovation projects, one to benefit Atlantic Canada’s salmon aquaculture industry and the other to aid the sustainability […]
Read MoreGenome Atlantic launches Small-Scale Climate Change Fund
Published: January 21st 2022applications are now closed Atlantic Canada faces unique and difficult challenges as climate change progresses. This targeted funding opportunity is intended to support short term, rapid initiatives which will advance identification, development and/or adoption of genomics tools that lead to […]
Read MoreAtlantic Business Magazine Feature
Published: January 4th 2022Genome Atlantic: Writing the code for regional innovation and commercial success In a region the rest of the world often appreciates only for its coastal vistas and pastoral beauty, the virtuous marriage of hard science and bold business is transforming […]
Read MoreSequence #13
Published: December 20th 2021Updates on Genome Atlantic projects, funding announcements, success stories and activates
Read MoreAtlantic Canada’s freshwater fish capture N.B. ecogenomics expert’s attention
Published: December 14th 2021In the face of climate change and other pressures, Dr. Scott Pavey, a rising star in the new and promising field of ecogenomics, is focused on retaining the biodiversity of New Brunswick’s and Atlantic Canada’s freshwater fish and the industries […]
Read MoreInitiative sets its sights on complex gill disease in farmed salmon
Published: December 14th 2021For reasons unknown, farmed east coast Atlantic salmon have so far escaped the costly rise in complex gill disease (CGD) experienced in net pens on the west coast and as far away as Norway and Scotland. “CGD does occur in […]
Read MoreCleaner fish R&D at Memorial University of Newfoundland helps spawn new industry
Published: December 14th 2021Newfoundland’s emerging cleaner fish industry to control sea lice infestations in Atlantic Canada’s farmed salmon has direct links with ongoing genomic research on lumpfish and cunner at Memorial University of Newfoundland’s Department of Ocean Sciences. Marbase Marystown Inc., also known […]
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