/newsroom/taxonomy/term/9000/all en /newsroom/channels/news/genome-canada-and-mcgill-track-covid-19-variants-concern-330688 <p>Genome Canada launched the Canadian VirusSeq Data Portal today to track the evolving COVID-19 pandemic across Canada. 黑料不打烊 University researcher Guillaume <a href="https://www.computationalgenomics.ca/BourqueLab/">Bourque</a>, a professor in the Department of Human Genetics, along with his research team, led the development of the portal. They worked in collaboration with <a href="https://www.genomecanada.ca/en/cancogen/cancogen-virusseq">CanCOGeN VirusSeq</a> and world-leading genomics scientists, including Drs.</p> Tue, 27 Apr 2021 14:34:54 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 261655 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-led-epishare-project-named-2019-ga4gh-driver-project-293950 <p>EpiShare will join the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) as a 2019 Driver Project. GA4GH, an international group of 22 leading genomic data initiatives, works collaboratively to develop and pilot standards for sharing genomic and health-related data.</p> <blockquote> <p>鈥淓piShare represents a unique opportunity to contribute to the field of epigenomics by extending global standards and tools, which have so far been developed only for genetic and genomic information.鈥� --Guillaume Bourque, Project Champion and Associate Professor of Human Genetics at 黑料不打烊 University.</p></blockquote> Sat, 02 Feb 2019 15:25:59 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 138594 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/international-human-epigenome-consortium-studies-mark-major-step-forward-epigenetics-research-264204 <p><span>One of the great mysteries in biology is how the many different cell types that make up our bodies are derived from a single cell and from one DNA sequence, or genome. We have learned a lot from studying the human genome, but have only partially unveiled the processes underlying cell determination. The identity of each cell type is largely defined by an instructive layer of molecular annotations on top of the genome 鈥� the epigenome 鈥� which acts as a blueprint unique to each cell type and developmental stage.</span></p> Thu, 17 Nov 2016 17:00:28 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 26399 at /newsroom