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:
- [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.utoronto.ca/reg/list_notices.pl?dept=chem&time_frame=year Chemistry] 
- [http://www.utoronto.ca/reg/list_notices.pl?dept=csci&time_frame=year Computer Science] 
- [http://www.utoronto.ca/reg/list_notices.pl?dept=medicine&time_frame=year Medicine] 
- [http://www.utoronto.ca/reg/list_notices.pl?dept=stats&time_frame=year Statistics] 
- [http://www.utoronto.ca/reg/list_notices.pl?dept=botany&dept=csci&dept=ihpst&dept=maths&dept=medicine&dept=stats&dept=zoology&dept=chem&dept=cgcs&dept=kmdi&dept=medgen&dept=physics&time_frame=year multiple 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 | 
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| [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 | |
| 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 | Comparative genomics, cell system simulation | |
| [http://www.oicr.on.ca/aboutOicr_Staff.htm Francis Ouellette] | Ontario Institute of Cancer Research | Databases, gene finding | |
| [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 | 
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| [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 | 
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| [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 | 
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| [http://www.utoronto.ca/jcb/about/singer.htm Peter Singer] | Joint Centre for Bioethics | Genomics and global health | |
| Centres | 
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| [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 | 
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| 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 | 
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| 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 | 
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| 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 | 
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| AXS Biomedical Animation Studio | http://axs3d.com/||MaRS building | Biomedical 3D animation | |
| Genomics | 
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| 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 | 
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| 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 | 
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| 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 | 
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| MaRS Discovery District (Medical and Related Services) | http://www.marsdd.com/||MaRS building | Biotechnology hub | |
