Speakers

  • Philip Awadalla's picture

    Philip Awadalla

    Associate Professor & Executive Scientific Director, Department of Pediatrics, CHU Ste Justine, CARTaGENE, Université de Montréal
  • Philip Barker's picture

    Philip Barker

    Principal Investigator, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute
  • Luis Barreiro's picture

    Luis Barreiro

    Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Université de Montréal
  • David Bickel's picture

    David Bickel

    Associate Professor, Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology; Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Ottawa
  • Inanc Birol's picture

    Inanc Birol

    Associate Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
  • Laurent Briollais's picture

    Laurent Briollais

    Investigator, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute
  • Alexandre Bureau's picture

    Alexandre Bureau

    Professeur agrégé, Département de médecine sociale et préventive, Université Laval
  • Jiguo Cao's picture

    Jiguo Cao

    Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair in Biostatistics and Environmetrics, Department of Statistical and Actuarial Sciences, University of Western Ontario

    Jiguo Cao is currently an associate professor and Canada Research Chair, Tier II, at Dept. of Statistical and Actuarial Sciences, Univ. of Western Ontario, London, ON. His main research interests include statistical inference for differential equations, functional data analysis, and statistical genetics. Jiguo spent three years to obtain his PhD in statistics in 2006 at McGill University under the supervision of Prof. James O. Ramsay. He then did one-year postdoc in statistical genetics with Prof. Hongyu Zhao at Yale University. Jiguo has published 32 papers in high-quality refereed journals, including one read paper at Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B, since 2006.

  • Jacques Corbeil's picture

    Jacques Corbeil

    Professor and Canada Research Chair in Medical Genomics, Department of Molecular Medicine, Université Laval

    Dr. Jacques Corbeil focuses on deciphering the interactions between agents such as HIV-1, respiratory viruses, Legionella, C. difficile and other microorganisms and the human host. Dr. Corbeil obtained his Ph.D from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. He went on to pursue his studies at the University of California, San Diego from 1992-2005. He returned to Canada at Université Laval in 2004 with the Canada Research Chair in Medical Genomics.

    Modern genomic techniques generate a deluge of data that need to be interpreted using novel bioinformatics approaches. Corbeil is using state-of-the-art instrumentation and methodologies to investigate the molecular components of specific infectious agents in order to piece back their mechanisms of virulence.

    Corbeil’s research includes investigating how HIV-1 modulates innate immunity (the cells and mechanisms that defend the host from infection). He is also examining the effects of antibiotics on our microbial flora (the microbes that help us digest our food) and exploring how to design small molecules and drugs to interfere with specific microbial functions. This research generates large amounts of data, so Corbeil is applying new algorithms and bioinformatics approaches to sort out these complex host-pathogen systems.

    Corbeil’s research will lead to improved understanding of infectious diseases and could result in improved diagnostic tools and treatments to fight them.

  • Matthew Farrer's picture

    Matthew Farrer

    Canada Excellence Research Chair in Neurogenetics and Translational Neuroscience, University of British Columbia
  • Anny Fortin's picture

    Anny Fortin

    Research Director/Board Member, Dafra Pharm/Candian Gene Cure Foundation
  • Diane Gosselin's picture

    Diane Gosselin

    President and CEO, CQDM
  • Jane Green's picture

    Jane Green

    Professor, Discipline of Genetics, Memorial University of Newfoundland
  • Benjamin Haibe-Kains's picture

    Benjamin Haibe-Kains

    Directeur, Unité de recherche en bio-informatique et génomique computationnelle, IRCM
  • Michael Hallett's picture

    Michael Hallett

    Department of Biochemistry, McGill University
  • Kathy Hodgkinson's picture

    Kathy Hodgkinson

    Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University
  • Tom Hudson's picture

    Tom Hudson

    President and Scientific Director, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
  • Nada Jabado's picture

    Nada Jabado

    Associate Professor, Pediatrics, McGill University Health Centre
  • Karen Kopciuk's picture

    Karen Kopciuk

    Adjunct Professor, Departments of Mathematics & Statistics and Oncology, University of Calgary
  • Mark Lathrop's picture

    Mark Lathrop

    Scientific Director, Génome Québec Innovation Centre, McGill University
  • Danielle Malo's picture

    Danielle Malo

    Professor, Departments of Medicine and Human Genetics, McGill University
  • Joe Nadeau's picture

    Joe Nadeau

    Institute for Systems Biology
  • John Parkinson's picture

    John Parkinson

    Director - Immunology, Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Canada) Incorporated
  • Tomi Pastinen's picture

    Tomi Pastinen

    Canadian Research Chair in Human Genomics, McGill University
  • Peter Ray's picture

    Peter Ray

    Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto
  • Brent Richards's picture

    Brent Richards

    Assistant Professor, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, McGill University
  • Guy Rouleau's picture

    Guy Rouleau

    Director, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University
  • Alan Spatz's picture

    Alan Spatz

    Oncology , McGill University
  • David Stephens's picture

    David Stephens

    Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University
  • Julie Vallée's picture

    Julie Vallée

    Senior Customer Relations Manager, Génome Québec
  • Jim Woodgett's picture

    Jim Woodgett

    Director of Research, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute
  • Terry-Lynn Young's picture

    Terry-Lynn Young

    Associate Professor, Discipline of Genetics, Memorial University of Newfoundland
  • Ma'n Zawati's picture

    Ma'n Zawati

    Academic Associate, Centre of Genomics and Policy - McGill University