Current Members
Martin Smith
Principle Investigator
Computational biologist with broad expertise in genomics and bioinformatics.
Marieke Rozendaal
Research Associate/Lab Manager
Dr Rozendaal is a biochemist with expertise in cell & molecular biology and gene expression profiling.
Shawn Simpson
Research Assistant/Bioinformatics
Mr Simpson has a MSc in computer scientist with expertise in bioinformatics and computational biology.
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.
Léa Kaufmann
PhD Student
Ms Kaufmann's background spans animal and plant biology, statistics, and computer modelling. Her research focuses on using nanopore sequencing and deep learning to investigate the human (epi)transcriptome, with applications in rapid screening and precision medicine.
Kristina Atanasova
MSc Student
Kristina is a bioinformatician who is investigating computational strategies for the comparison of nanopore signal data.
Jean-Marc Awogni
Undergraduate intern
Jean-Marc is a physical engineering student at the École Polytechnique de Montréal working on microfluidics and micro-volume spectrometry applications for genomics.
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