Industry Sector:
Life Sciences/Genomics Research

Number of Staff/Employees:
Genome British Columbia Staff: 25
Trained Research Staff to Date: Approximately 1000

Company Overview:
Genome British Columbia is a research organization that invests in and manages large-scale genomics and proteomics research projects and technology platforms focused on areas of strategic importance such as human health, forestry, fisheries, bioenergy, mining, agriculture and the environment. By working collaboratively with all levels of government, universities and industry, Genome BC is the catalyst for a vibrant, genomics-driven life sciences cluster with far reaching social and economic benefits for the Province and Canada.

Investment in Current Research Projects

Genome British Columbia is investing over $410 million in 75 projects and technology platforms. For complete project descriptions, visit our Genomics Programs Section.

Health

Application of Pharmacogenomics for Rational Chemotherapy of Lung Cancer*

Dr. Victor Ling, BC Cancer Agency
Dr. Stephen Lam, BC Cancer Agency

Better Biomarkers of Acute & Chronic Allograft Rejection *

Dr. Bruce McManus, St. Paul's Hospital/UBC
Dr. Paul Keown, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute/UBC
Dr. Robert McMaster, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute/UBC

Bioinformatics of Mammalian Gene Expression*

Dr. Steven Jones, Genome Sciences Centre

Dr. Marco Marra, BC Cancer Agency

Biomarkers in Transplantation

Dr. Paul Keown, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VGH)

Dr. Bruce McManus, St. Paul's Hospital

Dr. Robert McMaster, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VGH)

Dr. Raymond Ng, UBC

Cancer Genomics: A Multi-disciplinary Approach to the Large-scale High-throughput Identification of Genes Involved in Early Stage Cancers*

Dr. Victor Ling, BC Cancer Agency

Dr. Marco Marra, BC Cancer Agency

Dr. Connie Eaves, BC Cancer Agency

Comparative and Functional Genomics of the Human Pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans*

Dr. Jim Kronstad, UBC

Genotype-Specific Approaches to Therapy in Childhood: The Canadian Pharmacogenomics Network for Drug Safety

Dr. Michael Hayden, CMMT/UBC
Dr. Bruce Carleton, Children's and Women's Health Centre of BC/UBC

Development and Validation of Comparative Genomic Hybridization Arrays for Clinical Use in Cancer*

Dr. Douglas Horsman, BC Cancer Agency
Dr. Wan Lam, BC Cancer Agency

Dissecting Gene Expression Networks in Mammalian Organogenesis

Dr. Marco Marra, BC Cancer Agency
Dr. Pamela Hoodless, BC Cancer Agency

Efficient Identification and Cloning of Single Gene Deletions in the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Dr. Donald Moerman, UBC

Expression Profiles of Cells and Tissues in C. elegans*

Dr. David Baillie, SFU

Dr. Donald Moerman, UBC

Functional Genomics for Emerging Infectious Diseases (PREPARE) Project

Dr. Brett Finlay, UBC
Dr. Robert Brunham, UBC
Dr. Neil Reiner, UBC

Genomic Tools for Diagnosis and Evaluation of Mental Retardation*

Dr. Jan Friedman, UBC

Dr. Marco Marra, BC Cancer Agency

Genotype-Specific Approaches to Therapy in Childhood (GATC) *

Dr. Michael Hayden, CMMT/UBC
Dr. Bruce Carleton, Children's and Women's Health Centre of BC/UBC

High Resolution Analysis of Follicular Lymphoma Genomes *

Dr. Marco Marra, BC Cancer Agency
Dr. Joseph Connors, BC Cancer Agency
Dr. Randy Gascoyne, BC Cancer Agency

IND Enabling Studies for a DMT1 Inhibitor - A Novel Therapeutic Approach for Treatment of Iron Overload Disorders

Dr. Paul Goldberg, Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Innovative Genomic Applications to Develop Clinical Biomarkers and Novel Therapies for Common Iron Metabolism Disorders *

Dr. Paul Goldberg, Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc.

The Nematode as a Model Organism: A Comprehensive Study of Gene Knockouts in C. elegans*

Dr. Donald Moerman, UBC

The Pathogenomics of Innate Immunity (Pi2)

Dr. Robert Hancock, UBC
Dr. Lorne Babiuk, Veterinary Infectious Diseases Organization (VIDO) at the University of Saskatchewan
A joint project with Genome Prairie

Pleiades Promoter Project

Dr. Elizabeth M. Simpson, CMMT/UBC

A Quantitative and Comprehensive Atlas of Gene Expression in Mouse Development*

Dr. Pamela Hoodless, BC Cancer Agency

Dr. Marco Marra, BC Cancer Agency

Projects marked with a * have been completed

 
Environment

The Development of Genomic Tools for Monitoring and Improving Passive Mitigation of Mine Drainage

Dr. Susan Baldwin, UBC

Genomic Approaches to Microbial Community Monitoring as a Forest Management Tool

Dr. William Mohn, UBC

Genomic studies of Explosives Biodegradation

Dr. Lindsay Eltis, UBC

Microbial Envirogenomics*

Dr. Julian Davies, UBC

Dr. Lindsay Eltis, UBC

Dr. William Mohn, UBC

Optimized Populus Feedstocks and Novel Enzyme Systems for a British Columbia Bioenergy Sector

Dr. Carl Douglas, UBC

Dr. Shawn Mansfield, UBC

Projects marked with a * have been completed

 
Forestry

Conifer Forest Health Genomics

Dr. Joerg Bohlmann, UBC
Dr. Kermit Ritland, UBC

Genomics-Enhanced Forecasting Tools to Secure Canada’s Near- Term Lignocellulosic Feedstock Supply for Bioenergy using the Mountain Pine Beetle System

Dr. Joerg Bohlmann, UBC

Dr. Janice Cook, University of Alberta

Mountain Pine Beetle

Dr. Joerg Bohlmann, UBC

Dr. Janice Cook, University of Alberta

Optimizing Hydrolytic Enzymes and Lignocellulosic substrates toward maximizing the saccharification and fermentation of lignocellulosic biomass for bioethanol production

Dr. Jack Saddler, UBC

Treenomix: Mechanisms of Wood Formation and Pest Resistance in Forest Trees Using Spruce, Poplar and Arabidopsis*

Dr. Carl Douglas, UBC

Dr. Brian Ellis, UBC

Dr. Joerg Bohlmann, UBC
Dr. Kermit Ritland, UBC

Projects marked with a * have been completed

 
Fisheries

Genomics in Lice and Salmon (GiLS)

Dr. Ben F. Koop, UVIC

Dr. Simon Jones, Department of Fisheries and Oceans

Dr. William Davidson, SFU

Dr. Grant Murray, Malaspina University College

Genomics Research on Atlantic Salmon Project (GRASP)*

Dr. William Davidson, SFU

Dr. Ben Koop, UVic

Genomic Tools for Fisheries Management (FishMan Omics)

Dr. Kristi M. Miller, Fisheries & Oceans Canada

Dr. Scott Hinch

Dr. Anthony Farrell

Dr. Janelle Curtis


Consortium for Genomic Research on All Salmonids Project (cGRASP)
Dr. Ben Koop, UVic
Dr. William Davidson, SFU
Dr. Stig Omholt, CIGENE, Norway

Projects marked with a * have been completed

 
Agriculture

Apis mellifera Proteomics of Innate resistance

Dr. Leonard Foster, UBC

Bovine Genome Sequencing Program: Full-length cDNA Sequencing*

Dr. Marco Marra, BC Cancer Agency

Dr. Stephen Moore, University of Alberta

Dr. Robert Holt, Genome Sciences Centre

Dr. Steven Jones, Genome Sciences Centre

Development of a molecular-based probe test for assessment of fecundity of P.persimilis populations *

Dr. Brian Ellis, UBC

Genomics of Sunflower

Dr. Loren Rieseberg, UBC

Grape and Wine Genomics

Dr. Steven Lund, UBC

Dr. Hennie van Vuuren, UBC

GrapeGen: A Genomic Approach to the Identification of the Genetic and Environmental Components Underlying Berry Quality in Grapevine*

Dr. Steven Lund, UBC

Dr. Jose Martinez-Zapater, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología

WineGen

Dr. Steven Lund, UBC

Dr. Hennie van Vuuren, UBC

Dr. Richard Gardner, University of Auckland

Projects marked with a * have been completed

 
Mining

The Development of Genomic Tools for Monitoring and Improving Passive Mitigation of Mine Drainage

Dr. Susan Baldwin, UBC

 
Bioenergy

Optimized Populus Feedstocks and Novel Enzyme Systems for a British Columbia Bioenergy Sector

Dr. Carl Douglas, UBC

Dr. Shawn Mansfield, UBC

Optimizing Hydrolytic Enzymes and Lignocellulosic substrates toward maximizing the saccharification and fermentation of lignocellulosic biomass for bioethanol production

Dr. Jack Saddler, UBC

 
Society & Ethics

Building a GE3LS Architecture (GE3LS ARC)
Dr. Michael Burgess, UBC
Dr. Peter Danielson, UBC

Democracy, Ethics and Genomics: Consultation, Deliberation and Modeling*

Dr. Michael Burgess, UBC

Projects marked with a * have been completed

 
Shared Projects

Functional Pathogenomics of Mucosal Immunity*

Dr. Robert Hancock, UBC
Dr. Lorne Babiuk, Veterinary Infectious Diseases Organization (VIDO) at the University of Saskatchewan
A joint project with Genome Prairie

The Pathogenomics of Innate Immunity (Pi2)

Dr. Robert Hancock, UBC
Dr. Lorne Babiuk, Veterinary Infectious Diseases Organization (VIDO) at the University of Saskatchewan
A joint project with Genome Prairie

Projects marked with a * have been completed

 
New Technology Development

MS-based Structural Proteomics for Drug Development and Design

Dr. Christoph Borchers, UVic - Genome BC Proteomics Centre

Towards Single Cell Genomics

Dr. Carl Hansen, UBC

Dr. Marco Marra, BC Cancer Agency

Production-scale Deployment of Next-generation Sequencing Instruments

Dr. Marco Marra, BC Cancer Agency

Dr. Steven Jones, Genome Sciences Centre

Dr. Rob Holt, Genome Sciences Centre

 
Technology Platforms

For complete descriptions of Genome BC Technology Platforms, visit the Genomics Programs section.

Genomics
Dr. Marco Marra, BC Cancer Agency's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre
Dr. Robert Holt, BC Cancer Agency's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre
Dr. Steven Jones, BC Cancer Agency's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre

Technology Development
Dr. Andre Marziali, UBC

Proteomics
Dr. Christoph Borchers, UVic - Genome BC Proteomics Centre

Microarrays
Dr. Colin Collins, the Prostate Centre at Vancouver General Hospital
 


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