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wdt_ID	Last Name	First Name	Province	University/Institute	Lab Website	Keywords	Department	Other Affiliations (e.g. adjunct positions, industry affiliations)	Email Address of PI	Lab Research Interest (2 to 3 sentences)	Key Publication 1 PubMed Link	Key Publication 2 PubMed Link	Core Facilities or Technological Platforms You Manage / Use
1	Raymond	Vincent	Quebec	Université Laval and CRCHUQ-UL		Glaucoma, Post-transcriptional regulation, Biostatistical methods, Evolutionary conserved AUUUA repeat motifs, Complex genetic disorders, Modifier genes, DNA sequencing and genotyping, blindness	Médecine moléculaire	Neurosciences at CRCHUQ-UL	[email protected]	Molecular genetics of blindness, Role of the AU-rich elements (ARE) in the rapid degradation of mRNAs implicated in the inflammatory response of the eye			DNA sequencing (Sanger) and genotyping platform at CRCHUQ-UL; Biobanque Québécoise de la COVID-19 du FRQS at CRCHUQ-UL
2	Vohl	Marie-Claude	Quebec	Université Laval		nutrigenomics, genomics, transcriptomics, obesity, metabolic diseases, nutrition	École de nutrition, Centre Nutrition, santé et société (NUTRISS)		[email protected]	Nutrigenomics, genomics	https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35016998/	https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29703154/
3	Blakney	Anna	British Columbia	University of British Columbia		RNA, drug delivery, gene therapy, self-amplifying RNA, vaccines, lipid nanoparticles, immunology, messenger RNA, innate immunity	Michael Smith Labs, School of Biomedical Engineering		[email protected]	The Blakney Lab is a multidisciplinary group of engineers, immunologists and molecular biologists investigating the interactions between RNA, biomaterials and the immune system to prevent and treat disease.	https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34418521/	https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33352107/
4	Reinharz	Vladimir	Quebec	Université du Québec à Montréal		Graph, combinatorics, statistical mechanics, evolution, RNA structure, chemical modifications	Computer Science		[email protected]	We are interested in RNA structural complexity and it's evolution. In particular how chemical modification affect structure and function	https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008990	https://academic.oup.com/nar/article/45/W1/W440/3835309?login=false
5	Chaker-Margot	Malik	Quebec	Université de Montréal		LncRNAs, Signaling, Cryo-EM, Structural biology	Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine		[email protected]	Using structural biology to study signaling, small GTPases and long non-coding RNAs. Elucidating the place of long non-coding RNAs in signaling and cancer with cryo-EM.	https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26479197/	https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28945246/
6	Claycomb	Julie	Ontario	University of Toronto		Argonaute, Small RNA, Gene Regulation, C. elegans, Epigenetics, RNAi, microRNA, piRNA, siRNA, RNA communication	Molecular Genetics		[email protected]	Our research is focused on understanding the molecular mechanisms of how small RNA (sRNA) pathways regulate gene expression to influence fertility and animal development. We use C. elegans, a powerful model organism and champion of sRNA research, and we e	https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34329465/	https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24360783/
7	Torkamaneh	Davoud	Quebec	Laval University		Cannabis genomics, sex plasticity, impact of small RNA in sex plasticity, gene network, AI&ML	Phytologie		[email protected]	Cannabis genomics, sex plasticity, impact of small RNA in sex plasticity, gene network, AI&ML
8	Condon	Anne	British Columbia	University of British Columbia		Algorithms, thermodynamic and kinetic models, structure and folding pathway prediction	Computer Science		[email protected]	DNA computing and molecular programming	https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17646296/	https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12824338/
9	Abou Elela	Sherif	Quebec	Université de Sherbrooke		Ribosome biogenesis, snoRNA, rRNA, ribosomal protein, introns, splicing, biomarkers, RNA modification, RNA degradation, RNomics,	Microbiology and infectious disease		[email protected]	RNA biology and cancer genomics	https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30651641/	https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19448617/	The RNomics Platform https://rnomics.med.usherbrooke.ca
10	Forman-Kay	Julie	Ontario	Hospital for Sick Children		intrinsically disordered proteins, phase separation, biomolecular condensates, translational regulation, RNA processing, bioinformatics, NMR, biophysics	Molecular Medicine	University of Toronto, Biochemistry Dept (status-only appointment)	[email protected]	The major aim of the lab is to provide biological insights into how intrinsically disordered proteins function in biology. The group uses NMR and other biophysical tools and develops computational tools to study disordered proteins and their interactions.	https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34772786/	https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31439799/	Structural and Biophysical Core Facility, Hospital for Sick Children; NMR Centre, University of Toronto; Imaging Facility, Hospital for Sick Children; SPARC Molecular Analysis Mass Spectrometry, Hospital for Sick Children
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