Hibernia Management and Development Company Ltd. (HMDC), theResearch & Development Corporation (RDC), the Government of Canada, through the Atlantic CanadaOpportunities Agency (ACOA), the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador and Petroleum ResearchNewfoundland & Labrador (PRNL) participated in the official opening of an environmental genomics researchcentre today. The first of its kind in the world, the Centre for Environmental Genomics Applications (CEGA) will befully dedicated to the use of genomics for environmental assessment and monitoring.