Pedro Dimitriu

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Pedro Dimitriu is MBI’s senior scientist and Senior Director of bioinformatics. He is in charge of integrating sequencing data, ecological statistics, and machine learning methods to study host–microbe interactions. Before joining the company, Pedro was a postdoctoral fellow at UBC’s Department of Microbiology and Immunology. There, he and his collaborators spearheaded efforts to understand how the human gut and lung microbiomes interact to influence health and disease. He has authored and co-authored publications in the leading scientific journals Science Translational Medicine, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, and Journal of Allergy and Clinical immunology.

Erick Cardenas

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Erick Cardenas is MBI’s Senior Director of Bioinformatics and Gut Health Program Manager. He earned his B.Sc. from Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, and his Ph.D. from Michigan State University. Erick has conducted research on the role of microbial communities in bioremediation, plant-growth promotion in biofuel crops, and nutrient cycling in forest soils. He brings to MBI expertise in the analysis of metagenomes, and in the development of statistical and bioinformatics tools.

Yuling Li

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Yuling earned her MD from Shanghai Medical University (currently known as Fudan University) in China. After practicing medicine in China, Yuling relocated to Canada where she began working as a laboratory technician and research assistant. Over the years she has held positions at the BC Cancer Research Center, the Department of Ophthalmology at UBC, and the Michael Smith Labs where she resided for 15 years prior to her role at Microbiome Insights. Yuling is proficient at molecular biology techniques and DNA cloning, real time PCR, and PCR. She has worked alongside Brett Finlay and Bill Mohn, with an evolving skill set that continues to develop with the emerging field of microbial sciences.