About us

Core facility Manager

Dr. Shama Naz received her PhD in medical chemistry from Universidad San Pablo CEU, Spain, in 2014, under the supervision of Dr. Coral Barbas. Her PhD research involved the development and application of metabolomics and lipidomics methodologies to animal models of lung injury. Her academic training in omics platforms (metabolomics, lipidomics and peptidomics) took place in leading international labs at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea (MSc); Universidad San Pablo CEU, Spain (PhD); the Karolinska Institute, Sweden (post-doc); and Concordia University, Canada (post-doc). She has extensive experience with multiple matrices for global and targeted metabolomics and lipidomics, using GC-MS, LC-MS and CE-MS. Her research focuses on applying and developing state-of-the-art MS-based omics technologies to perform molecular phenotyping, which entails chromatographic and MS method development, as well as univariate and multivariate statistical analysis for integrating omics-based data. 

Technician

After graduating with a pharmacy degree from the University of Algiers (Algeria) in 2012, Dassine pursued a residency in medical biochemistry at the University Hospital Mustapha Pacha (Algeria)and has worked in the healthcare field from 2011 to 2018. She joined the University of Ottawa as a research assistant at the Menzies lab (2018) and completed her MSc in Biochemistry. During her MSc program, she received training in metabolomics and lipidomics through the Metabolomics Advanced Training and International Exchange Program (Matrix) program supported by Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Her diverse professional and academic experience allowed her to acquire a thorough understanding of metabolism as well as the analytical techniques including LC/MS-based metabolomics, biochemical assays, cell culture, as well as molecular biology and microbiology techniques.