people.Rmd

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title: "People"
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# Keynote Speakers

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  ![](images/leo.jpg)
  <h3><a href="https://www.sanger.ac.uk/group/parts-group/" target="_blank">Leopold Parts</a></h3>
  Group Lead
  <br>
  Wellcome Sanger Institute
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  ![](images/pulin.png)
  <h3><a href="https://lilab.wi.mit.edu/" target="_blank">Pulin Li</a></h3>
  Professor
  <br>
  Whitehead Institute, MIT
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  ![](images/shapiro.jpg)
  <h3><a href="http://www.theshapirolab.com/" target="_blank">Rebecca Shapiro</a></h3>
  Associate Professor
  <br>
  University of Guelph
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  ![](images/ron.jpeg)
  <h3><a href="weiss-lab.mit.edu" target="_blank">Ron Weiss</a></h3>
  Professor
  <br>
  MIT
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# Organizers {#organizers}

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  ![](images/carl.jpg)
  <h3><a href="https://deboer.bme.ubc.ca/" target="_blank">Carl de Boer</a></h3>
  Assistant Professor
  <br>
  UBC
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  <a href="mailto:carl.deboer@ubc.ca"><i class="fas fa-envelope"></i></a>
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  ![](images/nika.jpg)
  <h3><a href="https://shakiba.bme.ubc.ca/" target="_blank">Nika Shakiba</a></h3>
  Assistant Professor
  <br>
  UBC
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  <a href="mailto:nika.shakiba@ubc.ca"><i class="fas fa-envelope"></i></a>
  </div>
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  ![](images/nzm.jpg)
  <h3><a href="https://yachie-lab.org/" target="_blank">Nozomu Yachie</a></h3>
  Associate Professor
  <br>
  UBC
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  <a href="mailto:nozomu.yachie@ubc.ca"><i class="fas fa-envelope"></i></a>
  </div>
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  ![](images/rafi.jpg)
  <h3>Abdul Muntakim Rafi</h3>
  Graduate Student
  <br>
  UBC
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  <a href="mailto:abdulmuntakim.rafi@ubc.ca"><i class="fas fa-envelope"></i></a>
  </div>
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  ![](images/asfar.png)
  <h3>Asfar Lathif Salaudeen</h3>
  Graduate Student
  <br>
  UBC
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  <a href="mailto:asfar.lathif@ubc.ca"><i class="fas fa-envelope"></i></a>
  </div>
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  ![](images/will.jpeg)
  <h3>Will Cheney</h3>
  Graduate Student
  <br>
  UBC
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  <a href="mailto:wcheney@student.ubc.ca"><i class="fas fa-envelope"></i></a>
  </div>
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