Ten national and regional Ontario Genomics projects are part of $20 million funding package
Ten new Ontario Genomics projects are part of the Canadian government’s $20 million investment in 34 biotech R&D commercialization initiatives across the country.
Stemming from the Canadian Genomics Strategy, these national and regional Genomic Applications Partnership Program (GAPP) projects are advancing precision healthcare, cleantech and food safety in a variety of ways.
Here are the latest projects:
Neurodegenerative Disease Drug Development
– Janice Robertson, University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine
– Marc Shenouda, Neuropeutics Inc.
– Funding: $882,188
Drug Distribution in Tissues
– Hartland Jackson, Sinai Health System (Mount Sinai Hospital)
– Funding: $745,119
Upcycling Food Waste into Chemical Ingredients
– Christopher Lawson, University of Toronto
– Connor Bowers, SymBL Innovations Inc.
– Funding: $705,156
Expanding Rare Disease Detection
– Bekim Sadikovic, London Health Sciences Centre Research Inc.
– Dan Sinai, Episign Inc.
– Funding: $691,146
Dairy Product Safety Testing
– Lawrence Goodridge, University of Guelph
– Anilda Guri, Gay Lea Foods Co-operative Limited
– Funding: $2,189,276
Breeding Climate-resilient Cattle
– Filippo Miglior, Lactanet
– Francesca Malchiodi, Semex Alliance
– Funding: $2,028,588
Bioremediation at Petroleum Sites
– Elizabeth Edwards, University of Toronto
– Rachel Peters, Federated Co-operatives Limited
– Funding: $900,034
AI-Guided Genome Editing Platform for Genetic Diseases
– David Edgell, The University of Western Ontario
– Brent Stead, Specific Biologics Inc.
– Funding: $1,874,621
Drug Delivery to the Central Nervous System
– Stephane Angers, University of Toronto
– Tracy Stone, ProteinQure
– Funding: $2,545,768
AI-assisted Genomic Test Software (Genome Atlantic & Ontario Genomics)
– Victor Martinez, IWK Health Centre
– Orion Buske, PhenoTips
– Funding: $5,428,690
