Biography:
Dr. Jalees Nasir is a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Dr. Andrew McArthur at McMaster University. He completed his doctoral degree in the same lab, specializing in the bioinformatics surrounding respiratory virus surveillance and clinical epidemiology. He has contributed significantly to research on the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic by developing an Illumina-focused sequencing pipeline used by government, academic, and clinical facilities. His current work focuses on further developing tools for the Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database (CARD) using novel data schema languages to bridge the gap between complex data structures.
Title : CARD-LinkML: Connecting the dots to develop frameworks for multicomponent antibiotic resistance
Title : A SIGNAL in early Canadian viral surveillance efforts for SARS-CoV-2