Welcoming New Members to CGEn’s Board of Directors and Scientific Advisory Board

CGEn is excited to announce the addition of new members to our Board of Directors and Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), […]

Meredith McLaren named CEO of CGEn

Meredith McLaren named CEO of CGEn The Board of Directors and Executive Committee of CGEn, Canada’s national platform for genome […]

Whale Tales: Blue Whale Genomes, Resilience to Genetic Bottleneck, and Interbreeding Insights

CGEn sat down with Mark Engstrom, Associate Professor at the University of Toronto and Deputy Director, Collections & Research at […]

A ‘behind-the research’ conversation with René L. Warren on unravelling the Genetic Clues to COVID-19 Severity

As the world grappled with the complexities of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists raced to comprehend the factors influencing the severity […]

Unleashing the Potential: The Transformative Role of Artificial Intelligence in Precision Medicine

Unleashing the Potential: The Transformative Role of Artificial Intelligence in Precision Medicine By: Shantala Hari Dass From left to right: […]

DNA Day 2023: A Call for Diverse Genomic Datasets – Time for Canada to Step Up

Diverse, large-scale health genomic resources are key to realizing the true potential of research, and to fully exploit the power of new health technologies based on artificial intelligence (AI), to improve health for all.

Dr. Edward M. Rubin joins the prestigious Royal Society of Canada as International Fellow

Chair of CGEn’s Scientific Advisory Board, Dr. Edward M. Rubin has been named a Fellow of the prestigious Royal Society of Canada (RSC) in recognition of his long-term contributions to advancing genomics internationally.

CGEn receives $48.9 million in federal funding through the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s Major Science Initiatives Fund

With this renewed support from the Government of Canada through the CFI, CGEn is poised to embark upon the next stage of its strategic vision, continuing to provide the leading genomic infrastructure for Canada’s research and innovation community.

DNA Day: CGEn Celebrates 10,000 Human Genomes in the Canadian HostSeq Databank

April 25, 2022 – CGEn, Canada’s national platform for genome sequencing and analysis, and its partners are marking World DNA Day […]

Dr. ​​Bartha Maria Knoppers joins CGEn’s Board of Directors

CGEn is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. ​​Bartha Maria Knoppers as a member of our Board of Directors. […]

CGEn CEO Announcement

The Board of Directors and Executive Committee of CGEn, Canada’s national platform for genome sequencing and analysis, is pleased to […]

CGEn-led Canadian genomics team joins international initiative to study and protect global biodiversity.

Every spcies on Earth possesses a characteristic genome, shaped by millions of years of evolution. Through the study of genomes—the […]

CGEn’s Response to COVID

Over the last few months CGEn through its nodes in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver have joined the fight against COVID-19 […]

The COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) consortium and the Canadian COVID Genomics Network (CanCOGeN) launch new partnership

COG-UK and CanCOGeN are working together to share knowledge and protocols The COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) consortium is collaborating with […]

CGEn joins Canada’s fight against COVID-19 with the launch of Canada’s COVID-19 Host Genome Sequencing Initiative

CGEn will receive $20 million in Federal funding to sequence the genomes of thousands of Canadians, in order to better […]

CGEn Year in Review: Highlights of 2019

Enabling Canadian leadership in genomics research by supporting world-class research or technology development In 2019, using the infrastructure funded by […]

Mark Caulfield, Genomics England interim CEO & CGEn’s Board of Directors member awarded knighthood in the Queen’s birthday honours.

Professor Mark Caulfield, the interim Chief Executive at Genomics England and Professor of Clinical Pharmacology at Queen Mary University of […]

Canseq150 helps Canadian scientists map the Grizzly genome.

Among the largest predators in country, the Grizzly bear now has another claim to fame: the most complete genetic map […]

Naveed Aziz joins CGEn as the Chief Administrative and Scientific Officer

Diverse, large-scale health genomic resources are key to realizing the true potential of research, and to fully exploit the power of new health technologies based on artificial intelligence (AI), to improve health for all.

Canada’s Genomics Enterprise launches CanSeq150 to lay the foundation for Canada’s next 150 years of science.

To commemorate the 150th Birthday of Canada in 2017 and to lay the foundation of Canadian excellence in research for the […]

Carolyn Abraham

The Personal Genome Project was supposed to revolutionize medicine, but the results reveal how much we still have to learn. Carolyn […]

Naveed Aziz

Naveed Aziz  joins SickKids as the Chief Administrative and Scientific Officer for Canada’s Genomics Enterprise (CGEn). Naveed comes from Genome Canada, […]

CGEn completed the installation of 15 HiSeq X instruments

In March 2016, CGEn completed the installation of 15 HiSeq X instruments with a combined sequencing capacity of over 35,000 […]

New era of Canadian genome research

To support a new era of Canadian genome research, in 2014 Canada’s Foundation for Innovation (CFI) and its partners invested […]

CGEn awarded $58 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)

Diverse, large-scale health genomic resources are key to realizing the true potential of research, and to fully exploit the power of new health technologies based on artificial intelligence (AI), to improve health for all.

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