Turcotte, Marcel

Interim Vice-Dean (Academic Affairs) and Associate Professor

Ph.D. (Montreal)

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Telephone: 613-562-5916

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http://www.eecs.uottawa.ca/~turcotte

Research Interests:

The production of high quality biological data has increased tremendously over recent years. Complete genomic DNA sequences for several model organisms, including the human genome, are now available. We have also seen the emergence of new sources of data, such as mass spectrometry, 2D gel electrophoresis, yeast two-hybrid systems, ChIP-Chip, ChIP-Seq, and gene expression data from DNA microarray experiments. Today’s challenges are, therefore, to model the higher levels of complexity of cellular processes and to integrate heterogeneous sources of data. Bioinformatics is a new field of research that applies mathematical and computer science theories to organize, model and help understand fundamental biological and biomedical problems.

Biography:

After completing his Ph.D. at the Université de Montréal, under the supervision of Guy Lapalme and Robert Cedergren, Dr. Turcotte completed postdoctoral studies at the University of Florida, USA, where he worked with Steven Benner on evolutionary-based approaches to protein secondary structure prediction. Following this, he moved to the United Kingdom to work in the Biomolecular Modelling Laboratory of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund.

In 2000, Dr. Turcotte returned to Canada, where he joined the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at the University of Ottawa. He is currently an Associate Professor.