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The next CARTaGENE webinar will take place on Wednesday, April 20, 2022, at 3 p.m.

Dr. Guillaume Lettre, professor of medicine at the University of Montreal, researcher at the Montreal Heart Institute and scientific co-director of CARTaGENE, will present the updated genetic data available for researchers.

The webinar will be presented in French, but feel free to ask questions in English.

Registration: https://chusj.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_f8bWzUnKSbqKm9Hu_Ars3A 

The next CARTaGENE webinar which will take place on Wednesday, March 16, 2022, at 3 p.m.

The next webinar organized by CARTaGENE will be held on February 16, 2022, at 3 P.M. ET. Caitlin Fierheller from McGill University will summarize the genetic results from a recently published paper presenting evidence for FANCI as a new ovarian cancer predisposing gene. Register here: https://bit.ly/35Ptexg  

New funding secured by CanPath (of which CARTaGENE is a part) in October 2021 will allow participants who have only donated a micro blood sample to participate again in winter 2022. Stay tuned! Invitations will begin at the end of February.

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