dcarragher@ohri.ca Phone:(613) 737-8899 x73110 Fax: (613) 737-6294
ksheikheleslamy@ohri.ca Phone:(613) 737-8899 x73251 Fax: (613) 737-6294
Office Location Critical Care Wing 5132
Mailing Address Ottawa Hospital Research Institute 501 Smyth Road Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1H 8L6
Biographical Sketch Kathy Sheikheleslamy has been at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute since 2002. She received her BSc from Concordia University. She has an extensive background in Microbiology, Cellular, and Molecular Biology techniques. During her tenure at StemCore Laboratories she has been involved in several large-scale projects such as The Stem Cell Genomic Project and International Regulome Consortium. As lab manager she has acted as the Health and Safety Representative and has mentored junior technicians and cooperative students.
cvergette@ohri.ca Phone:(613) 737-8899 x73251 Fax: (613) 737-6294
Biographical Sketch Caroline Vergette has been with StemCore Laboratories at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute since 2003. She obtained a BSc in Biology from the University of Ottawa in 2001 after which she perfected her Biotechnology skills at La Cité Collégiale, earning a Biotechnology Diploma in 2003. Caroline has performed various roles within the core facility; she was the dedicated operator of the MoFlo flow cytometer and cell sorter for 5 years after which she applied her knowledge of genomics to perform Sanger sequencing, Affymetrix microarrays and Illumina next generation sequencing. Caroline has also participated high-throughput research projects such as the Stem Cell Genomics Project and International Regulome Consortium, performing large-scale cell culture and differentiation assays.
shsheikholeslami@ohri.ca Phone:(613) 737-8899 x73629 Fax: (613) 737-6294
Office Location Critical Care Wing 5151
Biographical Sketch Shahriar joined the StemCore laboratories in 2020 after graduating from the Advanced Biotechnology program at Algonquin College in Ottawa. He had priorly worked as the manager of a clinical laboratory for over a decade and has extensive experience in biochemical, immunological, and hematologic diagnostic tests. He is in charge of the Sanger sequencing services and performs flow cytometry experiments part-time. He also mentors COOP students working in DNA Sequencing facility.
