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This page focuses on the Toronto Computational Biology community. A central computational biology site has been set up at https://bioinformatics.utoronto.ca/ which has more up to date information than this site.

Seminars

Cette Semaine
University of Toronto Web Notice System maintains seminars for a few departments
Statistical methods for genomics at SLRI
Centre for Mathematical Medicine seminars

Conferences

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

Courses

The University of Toronto offers a number of courses and programs in computational biology.

Seneca College also offers a bioinformatics program.

The University of Waterloo undergraduate bioinformatics co-op program and bioinformatics research group.

Toronto Computational Biology Community

University of Toronto

Mainly computational
Gary Bader	Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomedical Research, Banting and Best, Molecular Genetics, Computer Science	Biomolecular interaction networks and pathways, molecular profiles, cancer
Nizar Batada	Ontario Institute for Cancer Research	Epigenetics, noncoding RNA, genomics
Anthony Bonner	Computer Science	Computational biology algorithms, machine learning
Michael Brudno	Computer Science, Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomedical Research	Computational biology algorithms
Asher Cutter	Ecology & Evolutionary Biology	Evolutionary genetics
Hue-Sun Chan	Biochemistry, Medical Genetics	Computational protein folding
Brendan Frey	Electrical and Computer Engineering, Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomedical Research	Bayesian networks, machine learning algorithms
Igor Jurisica	Ontario Cancer Institute @ MaRS, Computer Science	Cancer informatics
Philip Kim	Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomedical Research, Banting and Best, Molecular Genetics, Computer Science	Biological networks, genomics, protein structure and function
Ryan Lilien	Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomedical Research, Computer Science, Banting and Best	Computational structural biology
Radhakrishnan Mahadevan	Chemical Engineering, IBBME	Systems analysis and engineering of biological processes, bacterial metabolic flux analysis
David McMillen	UofT, Mississauga	Quantitive biology, cell system simulation
Quaid Morris	Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomedical Research, Computer Science	Machine learning algorithms
Alan Moses	Cell and Systems Biology, Computer Science	Sequence analysis, evolution
Francis Ouellette	Ontario Institute of Cancer Research	Databases, gene finding
John Parkinson	Hospital for Sick Children @ MaRS, Medical Genetics	Comparative genomics, cell system simulation
Regis Pomes	Hospital for Sick Children	Molecular dynamics simulations of proteins
Nicholas Provart	Cell and Systems Biology	Arabidopsis thaliana gene expression analysis
Boris Steipe	Biochemistry, Medical Genetics	Structural bioinformatics, protein engineering
Sam Roweis	Computer Science	Machine learning, Analysis of large datasets
Elisabeth Tillier	University Health Network @ MaRS	Molecular evolution
Thodoros Topaloglou	Mechanical and Industrial Engineering	Data management
Shoshana Wodak	Hospital for Sick Children, Medical Genetics	Transcription factor-DNA binding, protein docking and engineering
Zhaolei Zhang	Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomedical Research, Banting and Best, Medical Genetics	Comparative genomics, evolution, regulatory element prediction
Mainly wet lab
Brenda Andrews	Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomedical Research, Banting and Best, Medical Genetics	Genetic and physical interactions in yeast
Charlie Boone	Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomedical Research, Banting and Best, Medical Genetics	Genetic and physical interactions in yeast
Alan Davidson	Biochemistry, Medical Genetics	Protein folding, protein interactions
Stephen Davies	Institute for Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering	Genetic ciruits, DNA computing
David Guttman	Cell and Systems Biology	Comparative and evolutionary genomics, molecular evolution
Andrew Emili	Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomedical Research, Banting and Best, Medical Genetics	Proteomics, functional genomics, bioinformatics, mass spectrometry
Guri Giaever	Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomedical Research, Banting and Best, Medical Genetics	Chemical genomics/genetics
Jack Greenblatt	Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomedical Research, Banting and Best, Medical Genetics	Proteomics, transcription regulation
Walid Houry	Biochemistry	Molecular chapersones
Tim Hughes	Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomedical Research, Banting and Best, Medical Genetics	Functional genomics using gene expression microarrays
Corey Nislow	Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomedical Research, Banting and Best, Medical Genetics	Chemical genomics/genetics
Tony Pawson	Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Medical Genetics	Cell signaling, protein interaction domains
Gil Privé	Ontario Cancer Institute	X-ray crystallography
Steve Scherer	Hospital for Sick Children @ MaRS, The Centre for Applied Genomics, Medical Genetics	Human genetics
Jeremy Squire	Princess Margaret Hospital	Microarrays and cancer
William Stanford	Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering	Mouse mutants, stem cells
Kevin Truong	Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering	Protein engineering, bioinformatics
Mike Tyers	Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Medical Genetics	Cell division in yeast, proteomics, interaction databases
Jim Woodgett	Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Medical Genetics	Protein kinases, DNA microarrays
Jeff Wrana	Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Medical Genetics	TGF-beta pathway, protein interaction networks
Christopher Yip	Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering	Single molecule imaging, protein assembly
Biostats and epidemiology
Joseph Beyene	Hospital for Sick Children	Interest in gene expression microarray analysis
Laurent Briollais	Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute	Genetic interactions, graphical models
Shelley Bull	Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute	Statistical genetics, microarray analysis
Celia Greenwood	Hospital for Sick Children	Genetic epidemiology, microarray analysis
Rafal Kustra	Public Health Sciences	Mining large datasets, microarray analysis
John McLaughlin	Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute	Statistical genetics and cancer
David Tritchler	Princess Margaret Hospital	Interest in gene expression microarray analysis
Bioethics
Peter Singer	Joint Centre for Bioethics	Genomics and global health
Centres
Centre for Computational Biology	Hospital for Sick Children	Support and services
Toronto Centre for Phenogenomics	SLRI, UHN, SickKids, St. Michael's	Mouse phenogenomics
Centre for Modeling Human Disease	Centre for Phenogenomics	Gene trap database
Centre for Global eHealth Innovation	University Health Network, University of Toronto	eHealth
Ontario Cancer Biomarker Network	MaRS	Cancer Biomarkers
Cancer Research Institute of Ontario	MaRS	Coming soon
Centre for Mathematical Medicine	Fields Institute	Medical Applications of Math

York University

Suprakash Datta	Computer Science	Genomic signal processing
Jörg Grigull	Mathematics and Statistics	Microarray analysis
Mariana Kant	Computer Science	Databases, algorithms
Walter Whiteley	Mathematics and Statistics	Protein structure

Sites

See the Toronto Biotechnology Initiative
See the Computational Biology Institute of Ontario community website, organized by Boris Steipe, for an Ontario-wide list.
See the bioinformatics.ca community website, organized by Francis Ouellette, for a Canada-wide list.
See the Canadian Bioinformatics Help Desk for help with bioinformatics tools

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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