Guillaume Bourque, PhD, McGill University

Dr. Guillaume Bourque is a leader in the field of Computational Genomics and Epigenomics. He is the Director of Bioinformatics at the McGill University and Génome Québec Innovation Center, the Director of the Canadian Center for Computational Genomics and the Director of the McGill Epigenomics Mapping Center. His expertise is in applying bioinformatics and machine learning approaches to extract patterns from high-throughput experiments and clinical databases. This information is then used to derive meaningful knowledge and actionable models. His lab works mainly on genetic disorders and cancer.