Researchers at McGill University and Université Laval will receive substantial portions of a $23 M investment from Génome Québec. Lawrence Goodridge of McGill and Roger C Levesque from the Institute for Integrative Systems Biology at Laval will lead a team that uses genome sequencing to identify which strains of salmonella cause human disease. In addition, François Belzile and Richard Bélanger of Laval will lead a team that will investigate how DNA markers in soybeans might control key aspects of plant growth, potentially leading to faster growth, stronger resistance to pests, and greater crop yields.
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