Two University of Guelph professors are among 14 international researchers to be appointed as CIFAR (Canadian Institute for Applied Research) Azrieli Global Scholars for 2021-23. Dr. Jackie Goordial, an environmental microbiologist in the School of Environmental Sciences and a BINF Faculty member, was one of the professors chosen for the prestigious program.
Two BINF Faculty are among five University of Guelph faculty awarded 2022 Early Researcher Awards from the Government of Ontario: Dr. Jennifer Geddes-McAlister and Dr. Wei Zhang. Congratulations to the recipients!
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Dr. Sanjeena Dang
Canada Research Chair in Data Science and Analytics, Assistant Professor, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Carleton University
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Dr. John Nash
Acting Director, Science Technology Cores and Services Division, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Josip Rudar & Matthew Orton
Ph.D. in Bioinformatics Candidates [Student Seminar]
Information on the Graduate Student Orientation for Fall 2021 can be found here: https://graduatestudies.uoguelph.ca/current-students/graduate-student-orientation
International students can attend an orientation run by International Student Experience. Find more information on their website or contact them directly: https://www.uoguelph.ca/studentexperience/international-student-experience
We are delighted to announce the speaker line-up for the Fall 2021 Bioinformatics Virtual Seminar Series:
Friday, September 24, 10AM
Dr. Rui Huang
Department of Chemistry, University of Guelph
Friday, October 22, 10AM
Kwokyin Hui
Data Scientist II, Luminex Corporation (Toronto)
Friday, November 19, 10AM
Dr. Robert Beiko
Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University
We are delighted to announce the speaker line-up for the Fall 2020 Bioinformatics Virtual Seminar Series:
Friday, September 25, 3PM EST
Dr. Hosna Jabbari, Department of Computer Science, University of Victoria
Friday, October 23, 10AM EST
Heather Ward, DNAstack (Toronto, ON)
Friday, November 13, 10AM EST
Dr. Anjali Silva, University Health Network (Toronto, ON)
The U of G Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (CBG), which many of our Bioinformatics faculty are affiliated with, has received $376,000 to revamp data platforms that support DNA barcoding work around the world.