RNomics platform opens at Univ of Sherbrooke

Génome Québec has established its third technology platform and the first outside the Montreal region. The Génome Québec and Université de Sherbrooke RNomics Platform is being launched with $2.2 million in funding from the two partners and is affiliated with the Univ of Sherbrooke's Functional Genomics Laboratory, situated in the faculty of medicine and health sciences. The new platform facilitates high throughput analysis of data on the molecular genetics of RNA, allowing for comparison of normal and cancerous tissues. It will be managed and operated by Génome Québec with access to the Canadian academic community offered at preferential rates. Surplus capacity is available to private sector researchers at market rates....