NATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE RENEWED

摘要

Canadian Minister of State for Science and Technology Ed Holder and National Research Council of Canada (NRC) president John R. McDougall, President of the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) have announced the renewal of the Genomics Research and Development Initiative (GRDI). The GRDI was first implemented in 1999 and is now in its sixth funding cycle. At the beginning of each funding phase, departments and agencies strategically review their research priorities and hold peer-reviewed competitions for the allocation of funds to new projects. The renewal of the GRDI funding for another five years is a measure of the scientific successes of the initiative to date, which range from the identification of tumour-specific antibodies for use in cancer treatment to genomics-based diagnosis of invasive and damaging species such as the fungus causing sudden oak death.