OUR RESEARCH

DISSECTING THE ROLE OF NON-CODING RNAS IN CELLULAR RESPONSE TO STRESS

Understanding the dark matter of our genomes

IDENTIFYING DISEASE ASSOCIATED NON-CODING RNAS AND DEVELOPING GENOME INTERPRETATION ALGORITHMS FOR CANCER AND DEMENTIA

Empowering health care providers

EXPLOITING GENOME INTELLIGENCE FOR I.T. PURPOSES

Genome inspired data storage and encryption

Join our bioinformatics and genomics courses

BIOINFORMATICS @ UOFL

Big data is everywhere, and its influence and practical omnipresence across life sciences industries will just continue to grow. For life and computer scientists with expertise and an interest in bioinformatics and genomics the job outlook couldn’t be rosier. Big pharma, biotech, and genomics software companies are clamoring to hire professionals with experience in bioinformatics and the identification and analysis, of huge amounts of biological and health care information. With the rapid development of next generation sequencing to make sense of life science research and outcomes, spurred by innovative research in bioinformatics itself, students who are entranced by data can pursue more career options than ever before [1]. 

OUR TEAM

ATHAN ZOVOILIS

Canada Research Chair in RNA Bioinformatics and Genomics

Director, Southern Alberta Genome Sciences Centre

Academic Lead, Alberta Bioinformatics Network (BIONET-Alberta)

Principal Investigator at Alberta RNA Research and Training Institute 

Principal Investigator at the Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience 

MD, Medical School, University of Athens, Greece

Doctorate, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Goettingen, Germany

Post-graduate Certification in Bioinformatics, University of Manchester, UK

Research Fellow European Neuroscience Institute Goettingen, Germany

Research Fellow BC Cancer Agency, Genome Sciences Centre, Canada

Research Fellow Harvard Medical School, USA

Assistant Professor in Bioinformatics

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Department of 

University of Lethbridge, Canada

ANGELIKI PANTAZI

Genome Interpretation Specialist

MD , Medical School, University of Athens, Greece
Doctorate, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Goettingen, Germany
Research Fellow Harvard Medical School, USA
Scientist KEW Inc.

MATTHEW STUART-EDWARDS

Graduate Student, PhD

YUBO CHENG

Graduate Student, PhD

CHRIS ISAAC

Graduate Student

Graduate Student, MSc

HUSAIN SYED

Graduate Student, MSc

TRAVIS HAIGHT

Graduate Student, MSc

LIAM MITCHELL

Graduate Student, MSc

CODY TURNER

Graduate Student, MSc

LUKE SAVILLE

LAB MANAGER

Gastonguay Siu

Undergraduate Student

Catrione Lee

Undergraduate Student

Abel Belay

Undergraduate Student

Want to be part of the fourth industrial revolution?

We are always looking for fresh minds, passionate about science, who can step in and get involved in a wide range of training projects from lab bench to in silico analysis.

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UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Undergraduate Training Opportunities

in Bioinformatics and Genomics

for Students in Math/Computer and Life sciences

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Genomics is rapidly evolving into a multi-billion research enterprise and industry. We are looking for talented undergraduate students with an enthusiastic interest in this field to join the research group of Dr. Athan Zovoilis. Dr Zovoilis (MD, PhD) recently joined ARRTI from Harvard Medical School (US) and holds a Canada Research Chair in RNA Bioinformatics and Genomics. Successful applicants from math/computer and life sciences will join a highly interdisciplinary and stimulating research environment working on computational or wet lab projects at the cutting edge of genomics & biologically inspired software engineering.

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GRADUATE STUDENTS

Graduate Training Opportunities

in Bioinformatics and Genomics

for Students in Math/Computer and Life sciences.

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Genomics is rapidly evolving into a multi-billion research enterprise and industry. We are looking for talented MSc and PhD students with an enthusiastic interest Bioinformatics and Genomics to join the research group of Dr. Athan Zovoilis. Dr Zovoilis (MD, PhD) recently joined ARRTI from Harvard Medical School (US) and holds a Canada Research Chair in RNA Bioinformatics and Genomics. Successful applicants from math/computer and life sciences will join a highly interdisciplinary and stimulating research environment working on computational or wet lab projects at the cutting edge of genomics & biologically inspired software engineering.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

We are looking for talented MSc and PhD students with an enthusiastic interest in this field to join the research group of Dr. Athan Zovoilis. Dr Zovoilis (MD, PhD) recently joined ARRTI from Harvard Medical School (US) and holds a Canada Research Chair in RNA Bioinformatics and Genomics. Successful applicants from math/computer, life and biomedical sciences will join a highly interdisciplinary and stimulating research environment working on computational or wet lab projects at the cutting edge of genomics & biologically inspired software engineering. ARRTI, the largest RNA research center in Western Canada, is part of the University of Lethbridge (UofL), one the most dynamic and fast growing Universities in Canada, not accidentally referred to as “Alberta’s Destination University”, located in the picturesque City of Lethbridge. Lethbridge, the fastest growing Canadian city in its category, is  a medium size prosperous city ranked as one of the best places to live in Canada. UofL is well  positioned as the third largest research University of Alberta, the richest Canadian Province, and it is only 45 minutes away from the Canadian Rockies, a top tourist and recreation destination in North America of wild and pristine beauty. Being in a country that strongly values diversity, we would be glad to hear from international students.

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What’s Happening

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