The MHI’s Hospital Biobank
The Montreal Heart Institute (MHI) has started an ambitious project, which is to recruit 30,000 participants to be part of a research Biobank particularly for use in genetic research. The Biobank will form one of the largest hospital cohorts in the world. Read more
MHICC
The Montreal Health Innovations Coordinating Center (MHICC) is a full service clinical academic research organization, providing services to the academic community and to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries, in the fields of cardiology, neurology, oncology... Read more
Innovacor
In cardiology, as in health care in general, the pace of research is accelerating and the findings have an ever-increasing impact on the treatment methods used for patients. The commercialization of research findings in fact allows patients to benefit as quickly as can be and in the most efficient way possible from scientific advances. Read more
Pharmacogenomics Center
Pharmacogenomics is the study of a patient’s genetic profile and its relationship to and influence on his or her response to medication. It helps to personalize medicine by adapting medication to the patient’s genetic profile. Read more
Cell Imaging Service
Immunofluorescence confocal microscopy is used to locate cellular components such as proteins, lipid chains, ions and nucleic acids within the cell. However, the staining process must be conducted on specimens that have been fixed, meaning that the events observed are the reflection of a single moment without any temporal change. Read more
Metabolomics platform
The metabolomics platform does metabolomics analyses, including lipidomics, targeted and untargeted by mass spectrometry (gas and liquid chromatography: GC-MS and LC-MS/MS) applied to diverse classes of metabolites. Read more