Seminars

An up to date list of computational biology relevant seminars in Toronto is maintained at http://compbio.cs.toronto.edu/cbl/events.htm (in a Google Calendar).

Additional seminar lists:

[http://www.biochemistry.utoronto.ca/department/cette_semaine.html Cette Semaine]
[http://www.utoronto.ca/reg/notices_main.pl University of Toronto Web Notice System] maintains seminars for a few departments
[http://www.mshri.on.ca/mitacs/seminars/SEMINARS.HTML Statistical methods for genomics at SLRI]
[http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/CMM/06-07/ Centre for Mathematical Medicine seminars]

Conferences

A [:Conferences:list of conferences] that members of the Bader lab will attend or have attended is on the ["Conferences"] page.

A general [:FutureConferences:list of interesting upcoming conferences] is on the [:FutureConferences:Future Conferences] page.

Courses

The University of Toronto [:Courses:offers a number of courses and programs] in computational biology.

Seneca College also offers a [http://bioinformatics.senecac.on.ca/ bioinformatics program].

The University of Waterloo [http://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/navigation/Prospective/programs/bioinfo.shtml undergraduate bioinformatics co-op program] and [http://monod.uwaterloo.ca/ bioinformatics research group].

Toronto Computational Biology Community

University of Toronto

Mainly computational
[http://baderlab.org Gary Bader]	Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomedical Research, Banting and Best, Molecular Genetics, Computer Science	Biomolecular interaction networks and pathways, molecular profiles, cancer
[http://www.oicr.on.ca/research/batada.htm Nizar Batada]	Ontario Institute for Cancer Research	Epigenetics, noncoding RNA, genomics
[http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~bonner/ Anthony Bonner]	Computer Science	Computational biology algorithms, machine learning
[http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~brudno/ Michael Brudno]	Computer Science, Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomedical Research	Computational biology algorithms
[http://ashercutter.net/ Asher Cutter]	Ecology & Evolutionary Biology	Evolutionary genetics
[http://biochemistry.utoronto.ca/chan/bch.html Hue-Sun Chan]	Biochemistry, Medical Genetics	Computational protein folding
[http://www.psi.toronto.edu/ Brendan Frey]	Electrical and Computer Engineering, Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomedical Research	Bayesian networks, machine learning algorithms
[http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~juris/ Igor Jurisica]	Ontario Cancer Institute @ MaRS, Computer Science	Cancer informatics
[http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~lilien/ Ryan Lilien]	Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomedical Research, Computer Science, Banting and Best	Computational structural biology
[http://web.chem-eng.utoronto.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=650&Itemid=62 Radhakrishnan Mahadevan]	Chemical Engineering, IBBME	Systems analysis and engineering of biological processes, bacterial metabolic flux analysis
[http://www.utm.utoronto.ca/~mcmillen/ David McMillen]	UofT, Mississauga	Quantitive biology, cell system simulation
[http://www.psi.toronto.edu/~quaid/ Quaid Morris]	Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomedical Research, Computer Science	Machine learning algorithms
[http://labs.eeb.utoronto.ca/moses/ Alan Moses]	Cell and Systems Biology, Computer Science	Sequence analysis, evolution
[http://www.oicr.on.ca/aboutOicr_Staff.htm Francis Ouellette]	Ontario Institute of Cancer Research	Databases, gene finding
[http://www.biochemistry.utoronto.ca/parkinson/lab/ John Parkinson]	Hospital for Sick Children @ MaRS, Medical Genetics	Comparative genomics, cell system simulation
[http://biochemistry.utoronto.ca/pomes/bch.html Regis Pomes]	Hospital for Sick Children	Molecular dynamics simulations of proteins
[http://www.botany.utoronto.ca/ResearchLabs/ProvartLab Nicholas Provart]	Cell and Systems Biology	Arabidopsis thaliana gene expression analysis
[http://biochemistry.utoronto.ca/steipe/ Boris Steipe]	Biochemistry, Medical Genetics	Structural bioinformatics, protein engineering
[http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~roweis/ Sam Roweis]	Computer Science	Machine learning, Analysis of large datasets
[http://www.uhnresearch.ca/labs/tillier/home.htm Elisabeth Tillier]	University Health Network @ MaRS	Molecular evolution
[http://www.mie.utoronto.ca/staff/profiles/thodoros/ Thodoros Topaloglou]	Mechanical and Industrial Engineering	Data management
[http://biochemistry.utoronto.ca/wodak/bch.html Shoshana Wodak]	Hospital for Sick Children, Medical Genetics	Transcription factor-DNA binding, protein docking and engineering
[http://www.utoronto.ca/zhanglab/ Zhaolei Zhang]	Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomedical Research, Banting and Best, Medical Genetics	Comparative genomics, evolution, regulatory element prediction
Mainly wet lab
[http://www.utoronto.ca/andrewslab/ Brenda Andrews]	Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomedical Research, Banting and Best, Medical Genetics	Genetic and physical interactions in yeast
[http://www.utoronto.ca/boonelab/ Charlie Boone]	Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomedical Research, Banting and Best, Medical Genetics	Genetic and physical interactions in yeast
[http://lambda.med.utoronto.ca/Davidson/ Alan Davidson]	Biochemistry, Medical Genetics	Protein folding, protein interactions
[http://www.ecf.utoronto.ca/~sdavies/ Stephen Davies]	Institute for Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering	Genetic ciruits, DNA computing
[http://www.botany.utoronto.ca/ResearchLabs/guttmanLab/ David Guttman]	Cell and Systems Biology	Comparative and evolutionary genomics, molecular evolution
[http://www.utoronto.ca/emililab/ Andrew Emili]	Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomedical Research, Banting and Best, Medical Genetics	Proteomics, functional genomics, bioinformatics, mass spectrometry
[http://chemogenomics.med.utoronto.ca/ Guri Giaever]	Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomedical Research, Banting and Best, Medical Genetics	Chemical genomics/genetics
[http://www.utoronto.ca/medicalgenetics/PIs/GREENBLA.HTM Jack Greenblatt]	Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomedical Research, Banting and Best, Medical Genetics	Proteomics, transcription regulation
[http://biochemistry.utoronto.ca/houry/Labpage/index.html Walid Houry]	Biochemistry	Molecular chapersones
[http://hugheslab.med.utoronto.ca/ Tim Hughes]	Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomedical Research, Banting and Best, Medical Genetics	Functional genomics using gene expression microarrays
[http://chemogenomics.med.utoronto.ca/ Corey Nislow]	Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomedical Research, Banting and Best, Medical Genetics	Chemical genomics/genetics
[http://pawsonlab.mshri.on.ca/ Tony Pawson]	Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Medical Genetics	Cell signaling, protein interaction domains
[http://xtal.oci.utoronto.ca/prive/index.html Gil Privé]	Ontario Cancer Institute	X-ray crystallography
[http://www.tcag.ca/scherer/ Steve Scherer]	Hospital for Sick Children @ MaRS, The Centre for Applied Genomics, Medical Genetics	Human genetics
[http://www.utoronto.ca/cancyto/ Jeremy Squire]	Princess Margaret Hospital	Microarrays and cancer
[http://www.wlstanfordlab.com/ William Stanford]	Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering	Mouse mutants, stem cells
[http://individual.utoronto.ca/ktruong/ Kevin Truong]	Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering	Protein engineering, bioinformatics
[http://www.mshri.on.ca/tyers/ Mike Tyers]	Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Medical Genetics	Cell division in yeast, proteomics, interaction databases
[http://kinase.uhnres.utoronto.ca/ Jim Woodgett]	Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Medical Genetics	Protein kinases, DNA microarrays
[http://www.mshri.on.ca/bios/Wrana.html Jeff Wrana]	Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Medical Genetics	TGF-beta pathway, protein interaction networks
[http://bigten.med.utoronto.ca Christopher Yip]	Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering	Single molecule imaging, protein assembly
Biostats and epidemiology
[http://142.150.180.17/faculty_template.asp?GetFile=BJoseph Joseph Beyene]	Hospital for Sick Children	Interest in gene expression microarray analysis
[http://www.mshri.on.ca/?page=Dr.%20Laurent%20Briollais Laurent Briollais]	Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute	Genetic interactions, graphical models
[http://www.mshri.on.ca/mitacs/members/profiles.html Shelley Bull]	Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute	Statistical genetics, microarray analysis
[http://142.150.180.17/faculty_template.asp?GetFile=GCelia Celia Greenwood]	Hospital for Sick Children	Genetic epidemiology, microarray analysis
[http://fisher.utstat.toronto.edu/~rafal/welcome.html Rafal Kustra]	Public Health Sciences	Mining large datasets, microarray analysis
[http://www.mshri.on.ca/bios/Mclaughlin.html John McLaughlin]	Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute	Statistical genetics and cancer
[http://www.uhnres.utoronto.ca/researchers/profile.php?lookup=6094 David Tritchler]	Princess Margaret Hospital	Interest in gene expression microarray analysis
Bioethics
[http://www.utoronto.ca/jcb/about/singer.htm Peter Singer]	Joint Centre for Bioethics	Genomics and global health
Centres
[http://www.ccb.sickkids.ca/ Centre for Computational Biology]	Hospital for Sick Children	Support and services
[http://www.phenogenomics.ca Toronto Centre for Phenogenomics]	SLRI, UHN, SickKids, St. Michael's	Mouse phenogenomics
[http://www.cmhd.ca/ Centre for Modeling Human Disease]	Centre for Phenogenomics	Gene trap database
[http://www.ehealthinnovation.org/ Centre for Global eHealth Innovation]	University Health Network, University of Toronto	eHealth
[http://www.ocbn.ca/ Ontario Cancer Biomarker Network]	MaRS	Cancer Biomarkers
[http://www.crio.on.ca/ Cancer Research Institute of Ontario]	MaRS	Coming soon
[http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/CMM/ Centre for Mathematical Medicine]	Fields Institute	Medical Applications of Math

York University

[http://www.cs.yorku.ca/~datta/ Suprakash Datta]	Computer Science	Genomic signal processing
[http://www.math.yorku.ca/~jgrigull/ Jörg Grigull]	Mathematics and Statistics	Microarray analysis
[http://gl.yorku.ca:8008/GlMedia.nsf/DeptInformationTechnology/3FBEFA57B9F7327E85256A22006C0EF6?OpenDocument Mariana Kant]	Computer Science	Databases, algorithms
[http://www.math.yorku.ca/Who/Faculty/Whiteley/menu.html Walter Whiteley]	Mathematics and Statistics	Protein structure

Sites

See the [http://cbio.ca/ Computational Biology Institute of Ontario] [http://cbio.ca/community.html community website],BR organized by Boris Steipe, for an Ontario-wide list.	attachment:CBIO_Logo_Name.gif
See the [http://bioinformatics.ca/ bioinformatics.ca] [http://bioinformatics.ca/bioinformatics_resources/people/ community website],BR organized by Francis Ouellette, for a Canada-wide list.	attachment:bioinfoca.jpg
See the [http://www.gchelpdesk.ualberta.ca/ Canadian Bioinformatics Help Desk] for help with bioinformatics tools	attachment:helpdesk.jpg

Companies

Bioinformatics
Unleashed Informatics	http://unleashedinformatics.com/\|\|200 Elm Street	Bioinformatics databases e.g. BIND, SeqHound
Benetech	http://www.benetech.com/\|\|180 Bloor St. W. Suite 500	Clinical software, LIMS
cStar Technologies	http://www.cstartech.com/\|\|1122 Finch Ave. W.	Wireless sample tracking
Clinical informatics
McDougall Scientific	http://www.mcd-sci.on.ca\|\|789 Don Mills Rd. Suite 305	Clinical statistical analysis, data management
Medical Databanks	http://www.medicaldatabanks.com/\|\|880 Ellesmere Rd., 3rd Floor	Clinical research, data management
RamSoft	http://www.ramsoft.biz/\|\|243 College Street, Suite 100	Medical imaging software
Chemiinformatics
Advanced Chemistry Development	https://www.acdlabs.com/\|\|110 Yonge Street, 14th floor	Chemistry software
SimBioSys	http://www.simbiosys.ca/\|\|135 Queen's Plate Drive Unit 520	Computational chemistry, docking
Biomedical graphics
AXS Biomedical Animation Studio	http://axs3d.com/\|\|MaRS building	Biomedical 3D animation
Genomics
ChondroGene	http://www.chondrogene.com/\|\|800 Petrolia Road (401 & Keele)	Molecular diagnostics
CombiMatrix	http://www.combimatrix.com/\|\|MaRS\|\|Custom DNA microarrays
Tm Bioscience	http://www.tmbioscience.com/\|\|439 University Ave, Suite 900	DNA-based diagnostics
Proteomics
MDS Sciex	http://www.mdssciex.com\|\|71 Four Valley Drive, Concord, ON	Mass spectrometry instruments/software
Infochromics	http://www.infochromics.com/\|\|MaRS building	Proteomics data analysis software
Pharmaceutical
Sanofi Pasteur	http://www.sanofipasteur.ca/sanofi-pasteur/front/index.jsp?siteCode=AVP_CA&lang=EN&codeRubrique=85\|\|1755 Steeles Avenue West	Vaccine development
Biotech hubs
MaRS Discovery District (Medical and Related Services)	http://www.marsdd.com/\|\|MaRS building	Biotechnology hub

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