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Bioinformatics Graduate ProgramGraduates of the Program:
Olena Morozova B.Sc. Honours, University of Toronto, 2006 "Genomic studies of the normal and malignant neural crest." Ph.D. Supervisor: Dr. Marco Marra, Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency May 1 , 2012 Post-Graduation: Post-doctoral studies.
Kendric Wang B. Cmp. Honours (Biomedical Computing), Queen's University, 2009 "A systems biology approach for identifying predictive markers for chemotherapy response." M.Sc. Supervisor: Dr. Colin Collins, Prostate Centre, Vancouver General Hospital and Dr. Cenk Sahinalp, Computing Science, SFU March 13 , 2012 Post-Graduation: Continue studies towards a MD/PhD.
Leon French B.Sc.
Computer Science, University of Windsor, 2003 "Bioinformatics for Neuroanatomical Connectivity." Ph.D. Supervisor: Dr. Paul Pavlidis, Psychiatry & CHiBi, UBC January 27, 2012 Post-Graduation: Post-doctoral studies in Neuroanatomy Dept., UBC
Fong Chun Chan B.Sc., Simon Fraser University, 2009 "Detection of differentially expressed alternative transcripts using conventiaonal microarrays ." M.Sc. Supervisor: Dr. Randy Gascoyne, BC Cancer Agency December 16 , 2011 Post-Graduation: Continue studies towards a PhD in the Bioinformatics Graduate Program. Yvonne Li B.Sc., University of British Columbia, 2003 "Bioinformatics approaches to drug repositioning." Ph.D Supervisor: Dr. Steven Jones, Genome Sciences Centre, BCCA November 21 , 2011 Post-Graduation: Post-doctoral studies at the Genome Sciences Centre, BCCA. Raymond Lim B.Sc., University of British Columbia, 2008 "Wide-scale comparison of transcriptome data and the role of microRNA in major depression and suicide." M.Sc. Supervisor: Dr. Paul Pavlidis, Psychiatry and CHiBi, UBC August 19 , 2011 Post-Graduation: Working for Dr. Randy Gascoyne, BCCA. Hisanaga Mark Okada B.Sc., Simon Fraser University, 2008 "Classification of coding and non-coding RNA in RNA-Seq data." M.Sc. Supervisor: Dr. Martin Ester, Computing Science, SFU February 28 , 2011
Post-Graduation: Working in the financial dostrict in Tokyo, Japan. Denil Wickrama B.Sc., McMaster University, 2006 "Mapping putative regulatory regions using histone H3 lysine 4 monomethylation marks in breast cancer cell lines." M.Sc. Supervisor: Dr. Steven Jones, Genome Sciences Centre, BCCA February 23 , 2011
Bora Uyar B.Sc., Sabanci University, Turkey, 2008 "Homology and evidence-based genome annotation of Caenorhabditis species" M.Sc. Supervisor: Dr. Jack Chen, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, SFU December 3 , 2010 Post-Graduation: Undertaking a PhD at EMBL in Heidelberg, Germany.
Adam Hall B.Sc., University of Cambridge, 2007 "Short-read DNA sequence alignment with custom designed FPGA-based hardware" M.Sc. Supervisor: Dr. Steven Jones, Genome Sciences Centre, BCCA November 3, 2010 Post-Graduation: Undertaking a PhD at Cambridge Computer Lab, UK.
Anamaria Crisan B.Comp., Queen's University, 2008 "Mutation discovery in regions of segmental cancer genome amplifications from next generation sequencing of tumours" M.Sc. Supervisor: Drs. Sam Aparicio and Sohrab Shah, Pathology, UBC September 14, 2010 Post-Graduation: Computational biologist at a Vancouver genomics company. Nicholas Wiebe B.Sc. Honors, University of Alberta, 2007 "Transat: a method for detecting evolutionarily conserved helices in alignment of RNA sequences and its application inidentifying transient or alternative structures." M.Sc. Supervisor: Dr. Irmtraud Meyer, Computer Science, UBC August 30, 2010
Carri-Lyn Mead B.Sc. University of Waterloo, 2003 "Investigation of Novel Schizophrenia Candidate Genes through Biochemical and Computational Methods" Ph.D. Supervisor: Dr. Robert Holt, Genome Sciences Centre, BCCA April 1, 2010 Post-Graduation: Post-doctoral studies.
Kelvin (Xi) Zhang B.Sc. Honors, East China Normal University, 1998 M.Sc. University of Windsor, 2004 "Knowledge Discovery from Large-scale Biological Networks and their Relationships" Ph.D. Supervisor: Dr. Francis Ouellette, Informatics and BioComputing, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research March 30, 2010 Post-Graduation: Post-doctoral studies.
Adrian Cortes B.Sc. University of British Columbia, 2006 "Automated Analysis of High-Throughput Flow Cytometry Data from Hemoatopoietic Stem Cell Experiments" M.Sc. Supervisor: Dr. Ryan Brinkman, BC Cancer Research Centre, UBC. February 11 , 2010 Post-Graduation: Undertaking a Ph.D in Brisbane, Australlia.
Michael Hsing M.Sc. University of British Columbia, 2005 "Developing Bioinformatics Tools and Analyses on Protein Indels and Protein-Protein Interactions - Novel Applications for Drug Discovery in Staphyloccocus aureus" Ph.D. Supervisor: Dr. Artem Cherkasov, Urologic Sciences, UBC January 13 , 2010 Post-Graduation: Undertaking a post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School.
Debra Fulton B.Sc. Simon Fraser University, 2002 "Computational Prediction of Regulatory Element Combinations and Transcription Factor Cooperativity" Ph.D. Supervisor: Dr. Wyeth Wasserman, Centre for Molecular Medicine & Therapeutics, UBC December 14, 2009 Post-Graduation: Undertaking a post-doctoral fellowship in the Peterson Lab at McGill University, Montreal.
Kaida Ning B.Sc., Zhejiang University, China, 2007 "Biological Insights for Transcription Factor Through Analysing ChIP-Seq Data" M.Sc. Supervisor: Dr. Raphael Gottardo, Statistics, UBC September 21, 2009 Post-Graduation: Working as a bioinformatician at the BCCA.
Daniel Horspool B.Sc. University of Victoria, British Columbia, 2005 "Gene Sythesis by Assembly of Short Oligonucleotides" M.Sc. Supervisor: Dr. Rob Holt - Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency Aug 6, 2009 Post-Graduation: Undertaking a Medical degree at McGill University, Montreal.
Morgan Langille BSc. University of New Brunswick, St. John's, NB, 2004 "Computational
prediction and characterization of genomic islands: insights into
bacterial pathogenicity" April 16, 2009 Post-Graduation:
Undertaking a post-doctoral fellowship with Dr. Jonathan
Eisen at University of California, Davis. Ben Good BSc. University of California at San Diego, 1998 MSc. University of Sussex, 2000 "Strategies
for amassing, characterizing, and applying third party metadata
in bioinformatics" Ph.D. Supervisor: Dr. Mark Wilkinson - Medical Genetics, iCapture Centre, St. Paul's Hosptial, University of British Columbia April 3, 2009
Post-Graduation: Undertaking post-doctoral studies at the Genome Institute for Novatis Research Foundation.
Tang Lee BSc. University of British Columbia, 2006 "Outcome
prediction and genome-transcriptome correlation analysis in classical
Hodgkin's lymphoma" M.Sc. Supervisor: Dr. Randy Gascoyne - Clinical Professor, UBC, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia March 23, 2009 Post-Graduation: Working as a bioinformatician in Dr. Randy Gascoyne lab, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, BC Cancer Agency.
James Wagner BSc. University of Alberta, 2005 "Gibbs Sampling for Gapped Motif Discovery in Proteins" M.Sc. Supervisor: Dr. Martin Ester - Computing Science, Simon Fraser University August 28, 2008 Post-Graduation: Undertaking a PhD in Dr. Mathieu Blanchette's lab at McGill Centre for Bioinformatics.
Xiaohui Chen BSc. Zhejiang University , Hangzhou , China, 2006 "COMPARISONS
OF STATISTICAL MODELING FOR CONTRUCTING GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS" M.Sc. Supervisor: Dr. Raphael Gottardo and Dr. Kevin Murphy - Statistics, University of British Columbia August 12, 2008 Post-Graduation: Undertaking a PhD in Dr. Z. Jane Wang's lab in the dept of Electrical & Computer Engineering, UBC.
Recep Colak BSc. Bilkent University, Turkey, 2006 "TOWARDS
FINDING THE COMPLETE MODULOME: DENSITY CONSTRAINED BICLUSTERING" M.Sc. Supervisor: Dr. Martin Ester - Computing Science, Simon Fraser University June 23, 2008 Post-graduation: Undertaking a PhD in Dr. M. Brudno's and Dr. P. Kim's lab in the department of Computer Science, University of Toronto. Chi Kin Ho B.Sc. University of Warwick, UK, 2005 "COMPUTATIONALLY IDENTIFYING NOVEL ESSENTIAL GENES, INCLUDING NON-CODING RNAS, IN INTERGENIC SEQUENCES
IN BACTERIAL GENOMES" M.Sc. Supervisor: Dr. Fiona Brinkman - Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University June 12, 2008 Post-graduation: Working as a bioinformatician for IBM in Burnaby, BC.
Nels Thorsteinson B.Sc. Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, 2005 "COMPUTATIONAL
LIGAND DISCOVERY FOR THE HUMAN AND ZEBRAFISH SEX HORMONE BINDING
GLOBULIN" M.Sc. Supervisor: Dr. Artem Cherkasov - Experimental Medicine, University of British Columbia May 26, 2008 Post-graduation: Working as an Applications scientist at a chemical company in Montreal, Quebec.
Shannan Ho Sui B.Sc. Honours, University of British Columbia, 2000 "IN SILICO APPROACHES TO INVESTIGATING MECHANISMS OF GENE REGULATION" Ph.D. Supervisor: Dr. Wyeth Wasserman - Centre for Molecular Medicine & Therapeutics, Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia March 7, 2008 Post-graduation: Working as a post-doctoral fellow in Dr. Fiona Brinkman's lab in Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University.
Simon Chan B.Sc. First Class Honors, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Simon Fraser University, 2005 "A
BIOINFORMATICS META-ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENTIALLY EXPRESSED GENES IN
COLORECTAL CANCER" M.Sc. Suprvisor: Dr. Steven Jones - Genome Sciences Centre, Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia November 27, 2007 Post-graduation: Working as a bioinformatician in Dr. Steven Jones' lab at the Genome Sciences Centre, BCCA.
Ryan Morin B.Sc. Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, 2003
M.Sc. Supervisor: Dr. Marco Marra- Genome Sciences Centre, Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia October 4, 2007 Post-graduation: Undertaking a Ph.D in Dr. Marco Marra's lab at the Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency.
Siddhartha Srivastava B.Sc. Computer Science and Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, 2005 "D-GRIP:
DNA GENETIC RISK INFORMATION PROFILE" M.Sc. Supervisor: Dr. Wyeth Wasserman - Centre for Molecular Medicine & Therapeutics, University of British Columbia September 28, 2007 Post-graduation: Undertaking a Medical degree at the University of Calgary.
Gozde Cozen B.Sc. Computer Engineering, BiLKENT University, Turkey, 2005 "EFFICIENT
COMPUTATIONAL METHODS FOR SEQUENCE ANALYSIS OF SMALL RNAS" M.Sc. Supervisor: Dr. Cenk Sahinalp - Computing Science, Simon Fraser University Co-supervisor: Dr. Peter Unrau - Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University August 7, 2007 Post-graduation: Working as a bioinformatician in Dr. Evan Eichler's lab in the Genome Sciences dept, University of Washington in Seattle.
Chris Thachuk B.S.C. Honors, Computer Science, University of Windsor, 2005 "NOVEL
ALGORITHMS FOR IN VITOR GENE SYNTHESIS" M.Sc. Supervisor: Dr. Arvind Gupta - Computing Science, Simon Fraser University Co-supervisor: Dr. Anne Condon - Computer Science, University of British Columbia August 3, 2007 Post-graduation: Undertaking a PhD in Dr. Anne Condon's lab in the Computer Science dept at UBC.
Jessica (Shung-Jung) Lee B.Sc. Honors, Biochemistry, Queens University, 2003 M.Sc. Supervisor: Dr. Ryan Brinkman- Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia April 24, 2007 Post-graduation: Undertaking a PhD in Dr. Robert Kearney's lab in the dept of Biomedical Engineering at McGill University, Montreal.
Di Wang B.Sc., with Distinction, Computer Science, Bishop's University, 2004 B.Sc. Animal Husbandry, Beijing Agricultural College, 1994 Bioinformatics Diploma: Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University December, 2006 Post-graduation: Working as a bioinformatician at OmniRim Solution Inc., Vancouver, BC.
Keith Boroevich B.Sc. First Class Honours, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Simon Fraser University, 2002 "INDENTIFICATION
OF CIS-ACTING REGULATORY ELEMENTS USING ORTHOLOGY BIASED GIBBS SAMPLING" M.Sc. Supervisor: Dr. David Baillie - Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University Co-supervisor: Dr. Steven Jones - Molecular Biology & Biochemistry (adjunct), Simon Fraser University October 14, 2005 Post-graduation: Working as a bioinformatician in Dr. William Davidson's lab in the dept of Molecular Biology & Biochemisty, SFU. Byron Kuo B.Sc., Computer Science, University of British Columbia, 2002 B.Sc., Cell Biology and Genetics, University of British Columbia, 1999 "
SAGE2SPLICE:
UNMAPPED SAGE TAGS REVEAL NOVEL SPLICE JUNCTIONS" M.Sc. Supervisor: Dr. Elizabeth M. Simpson - Centre for Molecular Medicine & Therapeutics, University of British Columbia Co-supervisor: Dr. Wyeth Wasserman - Centre for Molecular Medicine & Therapeutics, University of British Columbia September 1, 2005 Post-graduation: Working as a bioinformatician at Health Canada in Ottawa, Ontario. Alison Meynert B.Sc. Honours, Computer Science & Statistics, University of Victoria, 2002 "COMMON
EVIDENCE NETWORK: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO INVESTIGATING GENE
RELATIONSHIPS" M.Sc. Supervisor: Dr. Arvind Gupta - Computing Science, Simon Fraser University Co-Supervisor: Francis Ouellette - University Bioinformatics Centre, University of British Columbia August 3, 2005 Post-graduation: Undertaking a PhD in Dr. Ewan Birney's lab at the European Bioinformatics Centre, Cambridge, UK.
Michael Hsing B.Sc. Honours, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, 2002 "MODELING
OF CELL SIGNALING PATHWAYS IN MACROPHAGES BY SEMANTIC NETWORKS"
M.Sc. Supervisor: Dr. Artem Cherkasov - Experimental Medicine, University of British Columbia February 23, 2005 Post-graduation: Undertaking a PhD in Dr. Art Cherkasov's lab in the dept of Experimental Medicine at UBC.
Fred Yefang Peng Ph.D. Plant Physiology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, P.R. China, 1993 B.Sc. Botany, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, P.R. China, 1987 "COMPUTATIONAL
DETECTION OF TRANSCIPTIONAL REGULATORS OF PROTEIN COMPLEXES IN APOPTOSIS"
Post-graduation: Working as a bioinformatician at the Canola Genomics Lab at the University of Alberta .
Perseus Missirlis B.Sc. Honours, Life Sciences, Queens University, 2002 M.Sc. Supervisor: Dr. Robert Holt - Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency August 13, 2004 Post-graduation: Undertaking a Medical degree at UBC.
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