On April 4, 2001, Genome Canada announced its first investment (Competition I) of $136 million to support 17 large-scale research projects and five science and technology platforms across the country with applications in health, forestry, fisheries, agriculture, the environment as well as the social, legal and ethical aspects of genomics.

List of Approved Projects

Title Sector Lead Genome Centre Project Leader(s)
Atlas of genomic profiles of steroid action Health Genome Quebec Labrie, Fernand
C. elegans: The nematode as a model organism Health Genome British Columbia Moerman, Donald
Canadian program on genomics and global health GE3LS Ontario Genomics Institute Singer, Peter
Daar, Abdallah
Cancer genomics: A multi-disciplinary approach to large-scale high-throughput identification of genes involved in early stage cancers Health Genome British Columbia Ling, Victor
Eaves, Connie
Marra, Marco
Commercialization and society and its policy and strategic implications GE3LS Genome Prairie Einsiedel, Edna
Forestry genomics: Mechanisms of wood formation and pest resistance in forest trees using spruce, poplar and arabidopsis Forestry Genome British Columbia Bohlmann, Jorg
Douglas, Carl
Ellis, Brian
Ritland, Kermit
Functional genomics and proteomics of model organisms Health Ontario Genomics Institute Rossant, Janet
Andrews, Brenda
Greenblatt, Jack
Spence, Andrew
Functional genomics of abiotic stress in crops Agriculture Genome Prairie Crosby, Bill
Weselake, Randall
Genetic determinants of human health and disease: Annotation of chromosome 7 Health Ontario Genomics Institute Scherer, Steve
Genomics in society: Responsibilities and rights GE3LS Genome Quebec Knoppers, Bartha Maria
Genomics research on atlantic salmon project (GRASP) Fisheries Genome British Columbia Davidson, William
Koop, Ben
Microbial envirogenomics: micro-organisms and their interaction with the environment Environment Genome British Columbia Davies, Julian
Eltis, Lindsay
Mohn, William
Montreal network for pharmaco-proteomics and structural genomics Health Genome Quebec Bergeron, John
Cygler, Mirek
Desjardins, Michel
Kearney, Robert
Projects in functional genomics using model organisms Health Genome Quebec Bussey, Howard
Michnick, Stephen
Regulatory genetics: Identification of regulatory polymorphisms in the human genome Health Genome Quebec Hudson, Thomas
Sinett, Daniel
The protist EST program Health Genome Atlantic Gray, Michael
Understanding prokaryotic genome evolution and diversity Environment Genome Atlantic Doolittle, Ford

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