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Canada to Invest C$7.3M in Cloud-based Cancer Genomics Facility, Research Tools
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Four Canadian government research funding agencies will spend around C$7.3 million (US$6.7 million) to create a cloud computing facility and data mining tools that will enable researchers to access and use data from the International Cancer Genome Consortium.
Canadian Government Provides $27.7M for Research, Including Omics Studies
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The Canadian government today announced C$30.4 million (US$27.7 million) in funding to 32 universities in support of scientific research, including omics-based studies.
McGill Lands $9.7M for Pain Genetics Chair, Lures US Scientist
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Canada's government has awarded C$10 million (US$9.7 million) to fund a research program at McGill University focused on pain genetics that will be headed by Luda Diatchenko, McGill said yesterday.
Canada to Fund New Genomic Data Technologies
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Several Canadian science funding agencies are providing a total of C$7 million (US$7 million) to fund efforts to develop new tools and methods for studying and using large amounts of omics data.
CFI's 'Omics Grants Broad in Scope
Some of the $577 million is going to cancer genomics, DNA barcoding, and interactome studies.