- Researchers funded by Genome Canada, Canadian excellence by funding organization in large-scale genomics and proteomics research, react with shock to the news that the Canadian government withdraws funds from the 9-year-old organization. The Government states that the organization can count on the money from last year.
"This is extremely serious," said Anthony James Pawson, a cell biologist based at Toronto University who won the Kyoto Prize $ 550,000 in 08 for his work on cellular communication signaling proteins, which was hired to establish a basic paradigms of signal transduction.
Since 00, the research organization has received about $ 0 million of the Government of Canada has identified that co-financing. Genome Canada planned approximately $ 100 million from the government for the coming year. the cut in genomics budget is that Canada reduced its research funds in the midst of a budget crisis.
instead, the government offered nothing. "It's like we fell between the chairs," says the president of the organization, Martin Godbout.
Genome Canada currently supports 33 major research projects in schools and hospitals across Canada, with operating grants of about $ 10 million a year for each.
Godbout said that the lack of funding will not affect currently funded by previous budget plans, but it will limit Canada's ability to contribute to new large-scale genetic research projects. Lack of funding stalls effectively all new research initiatives, said Godbout.
The Canadian government said that funding for previous years was intended to cover this year.
"There is no cut funding from Genome Canada," said Annie Trepanier, spokeswoman for Industry Canada, Science Insider. "Genome Canada received $ 840 million since 00. Budget 08 provided $ 140 million, which will support research operations Genomics and Genome Canada from 09-10 to 2012-13."
But Godbout said that this budgetary strategy is new to him. While money from last year's budget was allocated to finance future projects, no indication was provided by the Government that new initiatives would not be funded this year, he announced on CBC public broadcasting . Genome Canada has received funding every year except 06, when the money is allocated in 05 was specifically designated him for a 2 year long.
Speaking to a conference in Colorado, Pawson said after the news broke, "Genome Canada has helped build Toronto into a first center-first among large-scale peer-to the 21st century of biology . Today I'm in Colorado at a meeting on large-scale biology where Canada is strongly represented through Genome Canada continued support provided to research teams. Personally for me this will have very serious consequences. We have intensified a fabulous laboratory with support from Genome Canada. Now we have to get rid of it? "
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