Profiles

Title: Research Scientist
Role: Seed biology and biochemistry, food-grade soybean quality, development of novel legume crops.
Organization: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Title: Bioinformatics Programmer
Role: Develop software for detection of viruses and other plant pathogens and provide bioinformatic support for research projects.
Organization: Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Title: Research Scientist, and Functional Genomics Team Lead
Role: Dr. Samanfar is a Research Scientist, and Team Lead (functional genomics team) at AAFC, Ottawa-RDC and an Adjunct Professor at Department of Biology, Carleton University. He is a Molecular Geneticist and Applied Genomicist with expertise in Allele-...
Organization: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Title: Computational Biologist
Role: Dr. Devon Radford is a Computational Biologist in Dr. Wen Chen's lab at the Ottawa Research & Development Centre (ORDC), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC). He specializes in Virology, Bioinformatics, Biodiversity and Environmental Health. His...
Organization: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Title: Research Biologist
Role: I use next-generation sequencing (NGS) and bioinformatics approaches to develop advanced molecular diagnostic methods for plant pathogen detection and identification for use by diagnostic laboratories and to support other CFIA activities.
Organization: Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Title: Biology Study Leader - Bioinformatics
Role: I am the head of the Bioinformatics Research Support Unit at the Lethbridge Research and Development Centre. Our unit designs, develops and conducts collaborative science activities in genomics, bioinformatics and big data applications in support of...
Organization: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Title: Biology Study Leader - Bioinformatics
Role: I lead the Atlantic Bioinformatics Research Support Unit, which facilitates bioinformatics at the four Atlantic AAFC centres: Fredericton NB, Charlottetown PE, Kentville NS, St John's NL. The unit provides support for members working on bioinformatics,...
Organization: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada