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ApplyKite Editorial 3 Nov 2026
Computational Biology Professors and Supervisors in Canada
Professors in computational biology in canada
148 professors found
The University of British Columbia
Canada
Research Interests
Biochemistry
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Protein Chemistry
Sars-cov-2
Computational Biology
Professor
The University of British Columbia
Canada
Research Interests
Biochemistry
Microbiology
Bacterial Genetics
Evolutionary Biology
Experimental Evolution
Professor
Université de Sherbrooke
Canada
Research Interests
Biochemistry
Cell Biology
Gene Expression
Protein Expression
Computational Biology
Professor
University of Western Ontario
Canada
Research Interests
Cell Biology
Biochemistry
Computational Biology
Rna-seq
High-throughput Sequencing
Assistant Professor
University of Ottawa
Canada
Research Interests
Biochemistry
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Chemical Biology
Ligand Design
Molecular Modeling
University of Saskatchewan
Canada
Research Interests
Cell Biology
Biochemistry
Computational Biology
Cell Analysis
Tumor Heterogeneity
Assistant Professor
The University of British Columbia
Canada
Research Interests
Cell Biology
Biostatistics
Genomic
Computational Biology
Medical Science
Professor
University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
Canada
Research Interests
Cell Biology
Biochemistry
Drosophila Melanogaster
Rna Biology
Regulatory Biology
Professor
University of Toronto
Canada
Research Interests
Cell Biology
Immunology
Cell Analysis
Cell Fate
Tissue Biology
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Living costs in Canada
Estimated costs in Canada.
MonthlyYearly | Canada |
|---|---|
 Clothing Basic clothing and seasonal needs per year | C$1.6k $1,200/yr |
 Personal Care Toiletries, haircuts, and personal items per year | C$979 $720/yr |
 Transportation Public transport and local travel per year | C$1.3k $960/yr |
 Housing Shared flats and off-campus rentals per year | C$11.4k $8,400/yr |
Estimates based on university averages and Numbeo
Popular professors
Professor of Bioinformatics, Engineering Research Chair in Computational Biology, Director of COBRA Lab
University of Alberta
Canada
Research Interests
Artificial Intelligence
Microbiology
Molecular Biology
Computer Science
Pluripotency
University of Manitoba
Canada
Research Interests
Crop Science
Agronomy
Plant Biology
Plant-pathogen Interaction
Plant Immunity
Associate Professor
McGill University Faculty of Medicine
Canada
Research Interests
Cell Biology
Tissue Engineering
Cancer Biology
Mammary Gland
Tissue Biology
Opportunities these professors hire for
The University of British Columbia
Top university
Canada
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1 week ago
Top university
The University of British Columbia is inviting applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join a collaborative program involving UBC, BC Cancer, and SOZO Intuition Systems in Vancouver, Canada. This is a research-intensive postdoctoral opportunity in Computer Science , Data Science , Biology , Medical Science , and Biomedical Engineering , with a strong focus on AI/ML systems , clinical NLP , retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) , and data engineering for biological and clinical datasets...
Computer Science
Data Science
Biomedical Engineering
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