$1.5 million to boost cancer research using AI
Two research teams within McGill University’s Goodman Cancer Research Centre (GCRC) have been selected as this year’s recipients of the newly launched “Omics Data Against Cancer” (ODAC) competition organized jointly by Génome Québec, Oncopole and IVADO. The two teams, one of which is led by Dr. Amin Emad, and Dr. Morag Park, and the other by Dr. Ian Watson, Dr. Hamed Najafabadi and Dr. John Stagg, are part of the four winning McGill-led projects, with a total of $1.5 million funding being awarded to five winners overall.