ICG is a Dalhousie University Institute comprised of researchers and trainees in four faculties: Medicine, Science, Computer Science and Agriculture. Research carried out by ICG scientists includes:
comparative genomics, transcriptomics and proteomics
microbial diversity
environmental and medical microbiomics
development of bioinformatic and statistical tools
We are committed to training the next generation of scientists in a collaborative, equitable and inclusive environment.
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ICG builds upon the past success of its predecessor, the Centre for Comparative Genomics and Evolutionary Bioinformatics (CGEB), which was established in 2008. As of April 2025, ICG is comprised of 32 Members, 3 Adjunct Members, 1 ICG Research Associate, 1 ICG Research Scientist, 2 Honorary Members, and approximately 14 staff and 130 trainees.
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- Williamson, K., Eme, L., Baños, H., McCarthy, C., Susko, E., Kamikawa, R., Orr, R., Munoz-Gomez, S., Minh, B., Simpson, A. and Roger, A.J. (2025) A robustly rooted tree of eukaryotes reveals their excavate ancestry. Nature, 12 March.
- Eglit, Y., Shiratori, T., Jerlström-Hultqvist, J., Williamson, K., Roger, A.J., Ishida, K.I., Simpson, A.G.B. (2024) Meteora sporadica, a protist with incredible cell architecture, is related to Hemimastigophora.Curr. Biol. 34: 451–459.
- Haider, D., Hall, M.W., LaRoche, J., Beiko, R.G. (2024) Mock microbial community meta-analysis using different trimming of amplicon read lengths. Environ. Microbiol. 26: e16566.
- Zhang, W., Kenney, T., Ho, L.S.T. (2024) Evolutionary shift detection with ensemble variable selection.BMC Ecol. Evol. 24: 11.
- Gallot-Lavallée, L., Jerlström-Hultqvist, J., Zegarra-Vidarte, P., Salas-Leiva, D.E., Stairs, C.W., Čepička, I.,Roger, A.J., Archibald, J.M. (2023) Massive intein content in Anaeramoeba reveals aspects of intein mobility in eukaryotes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 120: e2306381120.
- Li, Z., Zhang, Y., Li, W., Irwin, A.J., Finkel, Z.V. (2023) Common environmental stress responses in a model marine diatom. New Phytol. 240: 272-284.
- MacDonald, T., Dunn, K.A., MacDonald, J., Langille, MGI, Van Limbergen, JE*, Bielawski, J.P., Kulkarni, K. (2023) The gastrointestinal antibiotic resistome in pediatric leukemia and lymphoma patients. Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol. 13: 1102501.
- Valenzuela-Valderas, K.N., Farrashzadeh, E., Chang, Y.Y., Shi, Y., Raudonis, R., Leung, B.M., Rohde, J.R., Enninga, J., Cheng, Z. (2023) RACK1 promotes Shigella flexneriactin-mediated invasion, motility, and cell-to-cell spreading. iScience 26: 108216.