Montreal Bioinformatics User Group

MonBUG (Montreal Bioinformatics User Group) is an association of researchers, other professionals and students in the Greater Montreal area who have an interest in the field of bioinformatics, computational biology, and data sciences. MonBUG meets every month from September through April. Research presentations by bioinformatics leaders, students and industry representatives are followed by networking over pizza and refreshments

Regular in-person monthly meetings will be held monthly on wednesdays from 17h30 to 19h30 and are free and open to all. Please refer to the Schedule page for specific details regarding speaker location and room information.

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MonBUG Monthly Event

Event Details

Date/Time:

Wednesday, September 9th, 2026 17h30 - 19h30

Location:

Location: Room PK-4610, President-Kennedy Pavillion, UQÀM (201, avenue du Président-Kennedy, Montréal, QC H2X 2J5)

Schedule:

17 h 30 — Student speaker
Speaker : Georgi Merhi
From : the lab of Jesse Shapiro, School of Biomedical Sciences, Microbiology & Immunology, McGill University. Title : A genome in the lice-stack: metagenomic recovery of Bartonella quintana Time : 12 min presentation + 3 min Q&A
Presentation: in English

17 h 45 — Main speaker
Speaker : Jérôme Waldispühl
From : School of Computer Science at McGill University
Titre : Levelling up (meta)genomics research Time : 40 min presentation + 10 min Q&A
Presentation: in English

18 h 35 — Networking event
Drinks and bites will be served.

Featured Speaker: Dr. Jérôme Waldispühl

Affiliation: School of Computer Science at McGill University

Talk Title: Levelling up (meta)genomics research

Trainee Speaker: Georgi Merhi

Affiliation: the lab of Jesse Shapiro, School of Biomedical Sciences, Microbiology & Immunology, McGill University.

Talk Title: A genome in the lice-stack: metagenomic recovery of Bartonella quintana