Principal Investigator   Dr. Daniel Figeys Director/CSO Ottawa Institue of Systems Biology Associate member of the Canadian Centre for Stroke Recovery Professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology and Cross-appointment in the Department of Chemistry University of Ottawa Role in the project: Dr. Figeys is the project leader and is in charge of the development of the proteomic reactor and mass spectrometry.   Dr. John Pezacki Senior Research Officer, Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences Scientific Group Leader, Genomics and Health Initiative (GHI-3) National Research Council of Canada Adjunct Professor in the Department of Chemistry and in the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology University of Ottawa Role in the project: Dr. Pezacki’s team will be responsible for synthesizing and integrating surface chemistries into microfluidic proteome reactors for the study of rare cells. His team will also prepare chemical probes for enzyme function within rare cells for incorporation into microfluidic reactors to create and test new technologies for the study of rare cell biology. Pezacki Laboratory Home Page   Dr. Lisheng Wang Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology University of Ottawa Affiliated Investigator at the Ottawa Health Research Institute Role in the project: Culture and differentiation of rare stem cells. Lisheng Wang Home Page   Dr. Steffany Bennett Associate Professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology Associate Director, Education, Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology Associate member of the Canadian Centre for Stroke Recovery. Role in the project: Dr. Bennett will provide contributions in specialized cell culture and data interpretation. Bennett Laboratory Home Page   Dr. Teodor Veres Research Officer and Group leader, Functional Nanomaterials at the Industrial Materials Institute Adjunct Professor at INRS-EMT Quebec University and Medical School at Laval University Role in the project: Dr. Veres will provide contributions related to the development of high throughput processes for fabrication of micro- and nanostructured materials including plastic-based components of the new proteome reactors. Veres Laboratory Home Page Post Doctoral Fellows   Dr. Hu Zhou ph.D. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, (2007) B.Sc. Biology, Nankai University , Tianjin, (2001) Dr. Ruijun Tian Ph.D. Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemcial PHysics, Dalian China, (2007) Graduate Students   David Hou M.Sc. Physics, University of Ottawa   Houjiang Zhou M.Sc. Analytical Chemistry, Southwest Normal University, China. (2005) B.Sc. Chemistry Education, Shann Xi Normal University, China. (2002)   Scott Ryan Bioinformatician   Fred Elisma, Bioinformatician D.E.S.S. Bioinformatics, Universite du Quebec A Montreal, Canada (2003) M.Sc. Biology, Universite du Quebec A Montreal, Canada (2002) B.Sc Biochemistry, Universite du Quebec A Montreal, Canada (1999) Research Technician   Ayesha Misquith M.Sc. Virology, Queen's University, Canada (2002) B.Sc Science, Dalhousie University, Canada (2000)