Meet Your Faculty
Zhibin Lu
HPC and Bioinformatics Services Manager
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Ontario
Zhibin manages the two UHN clusters under HPC4Health, Compute Canada. He is also members of Compute Canada Bioinformatics team and scheduling team. He is responsible for project management, system administration, NGS data analysis at PMCC.
Ben Fisher
Regional Coordinator, CBH Atlantic
Canadian Bioinformatics Hub, Dalhousie University
Halifax, NS, Canada
Ben has a Master of Science degree in Microbiology and Immunology, completing his bioinformatics training under Dr. Morgan Langille at Dalhousie University. Throughout his training, he has instructed others in genetics, molecular biology, and microbiome data science. Ben is passionate about continued education of trainees and professionals, and firmly believes that enhancing bioinformatics and computational biology competencies will support the success of Canada’s current and future scientists.