Computational Biology and Artificial Intelligence

Research in Emad's Computational Biology and Artificial Intelligence (COMBINE) lab is focused on developing novel computational methods based on machine learning, network representation learning, and statistical methods to address various biomedical problems.

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Amin Emad

Dr. Emad is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at McGill University.

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Research Interests

Pharmacogenomics

We are interested in developing computational models to predict the clinical drug response of patients based on pre-clinical samples such as cell lines. In addition, we would like to identify biomarkers of drug sensitivity and novel therapeutic targets in diseases such as cancers, cystic fibrosis, COPD, etc.

  • Dr. J. Cairns (Center for Individualized Medicine, Mayo Clinic)
  • Dr. A. Cybulsky (Department of Medicine, McGill University)
  • Dr. M. Park (Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research Centre, McGill University)
  • Dr. S. Rousseau (Department of Medicine, McGill University)
  • Dr. N. Sidiropoulos (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Virginia)
  • Dr. L. Wang (Center for Individualized Medicine, Mayo Clinic)

  • Antoine Soulé (Postdoctoral Researcher)
  • David E. Hostallero (Ph.D. Student)
  • Mohamed Reda El Khili (M.Sc. Student)
  • Jessica Li (M.Sc. Student)

Regulatory Systems Genomics

We are interested in deciphering regulatory mechanisms involved in different biological processes such as human embryogenesis and diseases such as cancer and COVID-19 using multi-omics analysis.

  • Dr. L. McCaffrey (Department of Oncology, McGill University)
  • Dr. A. Cybulsky (Department of Medicine, McGill University)
  • Dr. W. Pastor (Department of Biochemistry, McGill University)
  • Dr. S. Rousseau (Department of Medicine, McGill University)
  • Dr. G. Fonseca (Department of Medicine, McGill University)
  • Dr. J. Ding (Department of Medicine, McGill University)

  • Joseph Szymborski (Ph.D. Student)
  • Ali Saberi (Ph.D. Student)
  • Chen Su (M.Sc. Student)
  • Abdulrahman Takiddeen (M.Sc. Student)