In 2017, a wonderful and remarkable group of scientists came together and established the Toronto scAnalysis Working Group. This self-fueling group grew and expanded to encompass hundreds of members, spilling over beyond Toronto to the rest of Canada and beyond. Meetings, discussions and seminars spawned from enthusiastic and creative minds into understanding and importantly teaching and helping members from both wet and dry lab in their single cell ventures.
Like many groups, the group suffered the impact of the pandemic. And yet deep within the sleeping 'giant' lay the countless minds with dreams, ideas and thirst for the group to spring back to its original form or perhaps much more. In November 2022, we held a small focus group discussion event, that spanned over four sessions, where we shared a vision to expand the current group to become more inclusive of a broader spectrum of spatial and single cell technologies and our vision of what this new re-branded group could be. However, more importantly, we wanted to understand what was needed, what others thought could be done to improve the group so that when we re-imagined it, it would a creation that belonged to everyone.
We are proud to bring you PANORAMICS - A Vision for a pan-Canadian collaborative working cluster for spatial and single cell multi-omics technologies & projects.
But wait - PANORAMICS is more than a working cluster. The name was coined from the root word 'panorama' , an unbroken view of the whole region surrounding an observer. And that is what we are, a group of bright, enthusiastic and dedicated individuals, with dreams and hopes that drive us each day, sharing, educating and holding each other when we need to along the way.
Because by sharing our visions with each other, we create a far greater one, a panorama that we can be enlightened, challenged and inspired by.
We warmly welcome you to PANORAMICS - A Vision.
Shamini Ayyadhury
16th APRIL 2023
Check out our upcoming and future events here https://www.panoramics-a-vision.com/all-events
Also see how you can help us as PANORAMICS prepares for "thematic clusters" https://www.panoramics-a-vision.com/announcements
PANORAMICS - A Vision would like to thank our focus group participants (Nov 2022) as well as others who provided us with additional feedback. Your valuable input helped to spur the re-imagination and re-boot of this group.
Federico Gaiti Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Ameer Sarwar University of Toronto
Gary Bader University of Toronto
Eugenia Flores Figueroa UHN
Benjamin Pyenson York University
Yuju Lee University of Toronto
Takis Prinos University of Toronto
Lisa Bradley SickKids Hospital
Rachel Edgar UHN
Ryan Tian University of Toronto
Troy Ketela UHN
Safwat Khan University of Toronto
Daniel Stueckmann University of Toronto
Shirin Soleimani University of Toronto
Maryam Sataripoor Princess Margaret Research Centre
Vivian Chu University of Toronto
Brendan Innes University of Toronto
Amos Lim McEwen Stem cell institute
Shanza Ayub Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Hassaan Maan University of Toronto
Fatema Zohora Princess Margaret Cancer Center
Delaram Pouyabahar University of Toronto
Zoe Clarke University of Toronto
Ping Luo Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Shirley Hui Princess Margaret Hospital
Javier Diaz Phenomic AI
Cameron Isaacs-Trepanier University of Toronto
Lama Fawaz The Neuro
David Langlais McGill University
Spyros Oikonomopoulos McGill University
Amos Lim UHN
Behrang Sharif McGill
Organizers
Tanja Durbic PMGC
Shamini Ayyadhury University of Toronto/PMCRT