ASHG 2026 · Tier 2–3 Academic

Concordia University at ASHG 2026

Name: ASHG 2026 Annual Meeting
Start: 2026-10-20
End: 2026-10-24
Location: Montréal

Montreal, Quebec

Concordia University at ASHG 2026 in Montréal: 9 presentations (9 posters); 3 research groups.

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Organization	ASHG 2026 Attendance
Concordia University Montreal, Quebec	5 PhD Students · 1 Staff Scientist · 1 Undergrad
Kuzmin Labkuzmin-lab.github.io Wet lab~10 people Studies genetic interactions in yeast and human cells using trigenic interaction screens, CRISPR screens, and single-cell DNA and RNA sequencing. Focuses on cancer copy-number variants. 12 papers since 2024 › Benchmarking macaque brain gene expression for horizontal and vertical translation Science Advances, 2025 Quest for Orthologs in the era of Data Deluge and AI: Challenges and Innovations in Orthology Prediction and Data Integration Journal of Molecular Evolution, 2025 Evolution of chromosome-arm aberrations in breast cancer through genetic network rewiring Cell Reports, 2024 Source: OpenAlex author A5082094219 Funded by Cancer Research Society, Canada Research Chair Program +3 more › Cancer Research Society · active “Cancer Research Society” Canada Research Chair Program, CIHR · active A federal award that pays part of the chair holder's salary plus research support, five years for Tier 2 and seven for Tier 1. “Canada Research Chair Program (CIHR)” Canada Foundation for Innovation · active “Canada Foundation for Innovation” +2 more on the lab page Source: lab pages 12 platforms and techniques › Runs Trigenic interaction screens, High-content screens, Overexpression screens, CRISPR screens, Pooled and arrayed CRISPR screens, Single-cell DNA and RNA sequencing Techniques Trigenic synthetic genetic array methodology, Genome engineering, Synthetic biology, Patient-derived xenograft cell lines, Organoids, Cell proliferation and gene-expression readouts Source: lab pages Currently hiring › “We are looking to recruit graduate students and postdocs” Source: lab positions page	Poster Wed Oct 21 2:30 pm Investigating the Role of Chr4p Loss in Differentiation and Basal Breast Cancer Development Cancer Collaborators: Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, University of Toronto +1 more AneuploidyCancerDifferentiationGenome editing/CRISPR Poster Fri Oct 23 2:30 pm Integrated pan-cancer chromosome 4p complex genetic interactions network. Cancer Collaborators: McGill University, Institut du cancer Rosalind & Morris Goodman AneuploidyGenome editing/CRISPRCancerGenomics Poster Fri Oct 23 2:30 pm Rewiring genetic interactions networks of whole genome duplication paralogs in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Laboratory Genetics and Genomics Collaborators: McGill University Gene environment interactionGenotype-phenotype correlationsGenetic mappingEvolutionary genetics Poster Fri Oct 23 2:30 pm Integrated Metabolic and Complex Genetic Interaction Network of Chromosome 4p Loss in Basal Breast Cancer and Engineered Isogenic Cell Models Cancer Collaborators: McGill University, Université de Montréal +1 more CancerChromosomal deletionsCopy number/structural variationGenome editing/CRISPR
Computational Genomics Groupmariejuliefave.weebly.com Dry lab~10 people Analyzes whole genome sequencing, genotyping, single-cell RNA-sequencing, spatial transcriptomics, epigenomics and proteomics data. Uses population genetics and AI to study human disease. 9 papers since 2024 › Genetic dissection of stool frequency implicates vitamin B1 metabolism and other actionable pathways in the modulation of gut motility Gut, 2026 Trans -eQTLs reveal the architecture of human gene regulatory networks medRxiv, 2026 Trans-eQTL mapping prioritises USP18 as a negative regulator of interferon response at a lupus risk locus Nature Communications, 2025 Source: OpenAlex author A5024913980 Funded by CIHR, Canada Research Chair +1 more › CIHR, Catalyst grant · active Canada's federal health-research funder, the equivalent of the NIH. “MJ was awarded a CIHR Catalyst grant for building predictive models using multi-omics of kidney chronic disease” Canada Research Chair, Tier 2 in Computational Genomics · active A federal award that pays part of the chair holder's salary plus research support, five years for Tier 2 and seven for Tier 1. “Canada Research Chair Tier 2 in Computational Genomics” NSERC, Undergraduate Student Research Award · 2025 “NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA) 2025” Source: lab pages 12 platforms and techniques › Analyzes whole genome sequencing, genotyping, single-cell RNA-sequencing, spatial transcriptomics, epigenomics, proteomics Techniques population genetic models, machine learning, artificial intelligence, integrative bioinformatics, GIS-based exposure inference, multi-omics bioinformatics Source: lab pages No openings posted	Poster Fri Oct 23 2:30 pm Evolutionary mismatch and fertility-associated selection shape breast cancer susceptibility Evolutionary and Population Genetics CancerComplex traitsEvolutionary geneticsNatural selection
Computational Genomics Lab Works in population genetics.	Poster Wed Oct 21 2:30 pm Population and Evolutionary Genomics of Somatic Mutations Across Vertebrates species Evolutionary and Population Genetics BioinformaticsSomatic variantsPopulation genetics
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