Martin Smith

Principle Investigator

Computational biologist with broad expertise in genomics and bioinformatics. 

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Marieke Rozendaal

Research Associate/Lab Manager

Dr Rozendaal is a biochemist with expertise in cell & molecular biology and gene expression profiling. 

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Henry Xing

Programmer-Analyst

Mr Xing has an undergraduate degree in biochemistry and a Masters in computer science.

Bastien Paré

Postdoctoral Research Officer

Dr Paré has a BSc in microbiology from Université Laval, a MSc in clinical and biomedical Sciences, a PhD in experimental medicine and has worked in private industry. Dr Paré is working on a variety of research projects involving molecular biology and genomics. 

Vanda Gaonac'h-Lovejoy

PhD Student

Ms Gaonac'h-Lovejoy completed an MSc in Pharmacology before embracing the dark side and pursuing a PhD in bioinformatics. Her current project is trying to unravel the mysteries of dark matter in the human genome through the lens of RNA structure.

Mélanie Sagniez

PhD Student

Ms Sagniez has a biological engineering degree and has worked as a biobank manager and clinical trials quality assurance officer. Her thesis is focused on the rapid diagnosis and stratification of paediatric leukemias using nanopore sequencing. 

Medina Mohamed

Undergraduate Intern

Ms Mohamed is undertaking a BSc in bioinformatics. She is interested in epigenetics and programming.

Abdelrahman Ahmed

Graduate Intern

Mr Ahmed is undertaking graduate studies in biotechnology and genomics. He is investigating demultiplexing algorithms for single cell RNA sequencing.