This page focuses on the Toronto Computational Biology community.

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:

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

Biomolecular interaction networks and pathways, molecular profiles, cancer

[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://www.biochemistry.utoronto.ca/parkinson/lab/ John Parkinson]

Hospital for Sick Children @ MaRS, Medical Genetics

Comparitive 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

Comarative 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.

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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.

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See the [http://www.gchelpdesk.ualberta.ca/ Canadian Bioinformatics Help Desk] for help with bioinformatics tools

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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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