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Arthritis Center for Diagnostic & Therapeutic Innovation

Next generation sequencing 
center

Our sequencing centre provides cost-effective solutions to your sequencing needs. The collaborative process begins by consulting with our sequencing specialist who will work closely with your lab personnel to plan, design, and budget for the proposed sequencing project, providing guidance on sample and lobar preparation, and perform the sequencing. However, under the guidance of the sequencing specialist, individual labs will be responsible for obtaining the reagents and making their sample binaries. After sequencing, the Center's bioinformatician will process the data, and provide the Investigator with an expression matrix for each sample for final analysis and interpretation. 

How does it work

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Our sequencing team

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Keemo Delos Santos - Sequencing Specialist

Keemo oversees the operations of the facility, coordinates the projects, assesses quality control of samples and sequencing library preparation, and conducts any necessary training and troubleshooting on library preparation.

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Pratibha Potla - Senior Bioinformatics Analyst 

Pratibha conducts the initial analysis and sequence alignment.

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Dr. Osvaldo Espin-Garcia - Senior Biostatistician 

Dr. Espin-Garcia mines the data and performs the statistical analyses.

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Dr. Shabana Vohra - Senior Bioinformatician

Dr. Vohra has specific expertise in single cell RNA sequencing, single nucleus RNA sequencing and spatial transcriptomics.

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Dr. Chiara Pastrello - Computational Biologist

Dr. Pastrello identifies signalling pathways and networks related to the potential differentially expressed targets emerging from the sequencing experiments.

For quotes & initial consultations: 

Please contact our Sequencing Specialist, Keemo Delos Santos, Keemo.DelosSantos@uhnresearch.ca

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