Integrated Microbiome Resource (IMR)

The Integrated Microbiome Resource was established in 2014 due to support through the Strategic Research Initiatives Fund (SRIF) from the Office of the Vice-President Research, Dalhousie University. This initiative seeks to strengthen and centralize resources around a research area within the Dalhousie community. Our goals for this initiative are the following:

1. Integrate metagenomics/microbiomics data production and analysis within the Dalhousie research community.
2. Develop/disseminate "best practices" for data/result compatibility.
3. Train students and post-docs comprehensively in laboratory and computational techniques.
4. Link/integrate existing basic science and translational research projects.
5. Effect new projects/collaborations attractive to external research funders.
6. Develop community outreach encouraging metagenomics/microbiomics.
7. Establish multidisciplinary consultative microbiomic resources.
8. Facilitate public/private collaborative microbiomics in Atlantic Canada.

Listed here is the full membership of the IMR: first, the individuals responsible for the day-to-day operations of the resource who will interact most with potential internal/external clients; and second, the full list of founding academic members of the IMR SRIF initiative.

Director:
Morgan G.I. Langille PhD • Faculty, Department of Pharmacology

Day-to-day Operations:
André M. Comeau PhD • IMR Manager
Akhilesh Dhanani PhD • IMR Technician
Gavin Douglas • IMR Bioinformatician

IMR Chair:
W. Ford Doolittle PhD FRSC • Emeritus, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Operational Executive:
Morgan G.I. Langille PhD • Faculty, Department of Pharmacology
Julie Laroche PhD • Faculty, Department of Biology; CERC.OCEAN Associate
Andrew Stadnyk PhD • Faculty, Departments of Microbiology & Immunology and Pediatrics; IWK Health Centre

Founding Members:
Robert Beiko PhD • Faculty, Computer Science
Joseph Bielawski PhD • Faculty, Departments of Biology and Mathematics & Statistics
Sean Myles PhD • Faculty, Department of Plant & Animal Sciences
Andrew J. Roger PhD • Faculty, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
John Rohde PhD • Faculty, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Nikhil Thomas PhD • Faculty, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Johan Van Limbergen MD FRCPCH PhD • Clinician, IWK Health Centre; Faculty, Department of Pediatrics