The bio page from my website:
A bit of bio here. My name is Richard CI'm also known under a variety of embarrassing nicknames, which I won't tell you. I'm currently working for McGill University as a project manager for the IT portion of the McGill University Life Sciences Complex. Before that, I was working at Sequence Bioinformatics as a solution developer. My first job was as a research assistant in bioinformatics at Ste-Justine Hospital, where I was involved in the development of an intranet database to store and analyze genetic variability data gathered in-house and from public databases.
I hold a master's degree in Biochemistry, having graduated from at McGill University, in Montreal, Canada. I submitted my thesis on the characterization of the retinoblastoma binding protein 2 (RBP2) on august 31, 2000. My master's degree was followed by a DESS (master's level certificate) in computer science at the Universitde Montrwhich was completed in 2001.
When I'm not knee-deep in work, I'm an avid reader. I love fiction, sci-fi, techno-thrillers and non-fiction. My all-time favorites include the fiction of Lisanne Norman, the naughty bits of Laurell K. Hamilton, the cyberpunk vision of Neil Stephenson and Neil Gaiman, the techno-thrillers of Tom Clancy, the fantasies of Mercedez Lackey, the wit of Christopher Moore, the space-opera scope of David Weber, the prescience of Jules Vernes, the classics of Arthur Conan-Doyle and too many others. I must also admit that I'm a big Harry Potter fan.
I have so many books that I break my back every time I move. These marvelous people are responsible for such characters as the Sholans and some fiendish vampires, Honor Harrington and the treecats, Jack Ryan, the Free Bards, Captain Nemo and Phileas Fogg, all the Gen-X'ers, Shelock Holmes and Mr. Watson. These people help to keep me sane. I'm always keeping an eye out for new things to read so if you have any suggestions, please feel free to drop me a line.
There's always music playing around my apartment or at work. I'm a serious classical music buff (Vivaldi and Liszt being favorites), but I also love Jazz (Gershwin, Diana Krall, Alain Caron, Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis), Rock (Steve Morse, Hendrix, RUSH), Metal (Metallica, Pantera), Blues (Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Otis Spann), downtempo (Saint-Germain, De-Phazz, Supreme Beings of Leisure, Dido, Delerium, Portishead) and Techno (Propellerheads, Paul Oakenfold, Crystal Method), as well as some golden oldies (CCR, Elvis, The Who, Santana). What I listen to depends on what mood I'm in and how bad a day I had at work…
For those of you still reading, I was born on Aug. 7th, 1975 in Gatineau, QuI have an older sister who is off seeing the world with the Cirque du Soleil. She's the only person I know who actually ran away to join the circus (or something along those lines). I lived 10 years in Gatineau, then moved to a little rural community called L'Ange-Gardien – where my hay fever and social life took nasty beatings. I studied science in CEGEP and moved to Montrwith a bunch of friends to go to University. Most of my friends went to Polytechnique (a.k.a. l'Ecole qui rend fou!) to study engineering while I went to McGill to study biochem. That's when my english started to get better than my french. These days, people don't believe me when I say that I'm french canadian…
So, that's a bit of who I am. To see most of the links on this page, as well as many others, check out my links page. A lot of the people responsible for making me who I am today can also be found on my Portfolio page.
A BIT OF BIO HER3!!!!1 OMG LOL MAH NM3 IS RICHARD COMG WTF IMM ALSO KNOWN UNDER A VAREITY OF EMBARASNG NIKNMAS WHICH I WONT TAL U!1!!1!1 WTF LOL IMM CURENTLY WORKNG FOR MCGIL UNIEVRSITY AS A PROJECT MANAEGR FOR DA IT PORTION OF TEH MCGIL UNIEVRSITY LIEF SCEINC3S COMPLEX11!1! OMG WTF BFORE TAHT I WAS WORKNG AT S3QUENC3 BIOINFORMATICS AS A SOLUTION DEVELOPER!1!! LOL MAH FIRST JOB WAS AS A R3SEARCH ASISTANT IN BIOINFORMATICS AT STE-JUSTIEN HOSPITAL WH3RE I WAS INVOLV3D IN DA DEV3LOPM3NT OF AN INTRAENT DATABAES 2 S2RE AND ANALYZ3 GEN3TIC VARIABILITY DATA THEYRE IN-HOUSE AND FROM PUBLIC DATABAESS
I!111 OMG WTF HOLD A MASTERS D3GRE IN BIOCHEMISTRY HAVNG GRADUAETD FROM AT MCGIL UNIEVRSITY IN MONTRAAL CANADA!11!11! OMG WTF LOL I SUBMITAD MAH THASIS ON TEH CHARACTERIZATION OF DA RETINOBLAS2MA BINDNG PROTEIN 2 (RBP2) ON AUGUST 31 200!1!11 MAH MASTERS D3GRE WAS FOLOWED BY A DES (MAST3RS LEVEL CARTIFICAET) IN COMPUTER SCEINCE AT DA UNIEVRSITDE MONTRWHICH WAS COMPLATAD IN 201!111!! WTF
WHEN IMM NOT KNE-DEP IN WORK IMM AN AVID REAEDR!!11!1 OMG I LOV3 FICTION SCI-FI TACHNO-THRIL3RS AND NON-FICTION!11!!1 OMG WTF LOL MAH AL-TIEM FAVORIETS INCLUDE TEH FICTION OF LISANE NORMAN DA NAUGHTY BITS OF LAUREL K111!11! HMIL2N TEH CYBRPUNK VISION OF N3IL ST3PHENSON AND NEIL GAMEAN DA TECHNO-THRIL3RS OF 2M CLANCY TEH FANTASEIS OF M3RC3D3Z LAKEY TEH WIT OF CHRIS2PHAR MORA TEH SPAEC-OPERA SCOPE OF DAVID WEBR DA PRASCEINC3 OF JULAS VERNES DA CLASICS OF ARTHUR CONAN-DOYL3 AND 2 MANY OTHERS!!11!!1 OMG I MUST ALSO ADMIT TAHT IMM A BIG HARY POT3R FAN!!!1!1 WTF LOL
I HAEV SO MANY BOKS TAHT I BREAK MAH BAK AVERY TIEM I MOVE!111 WTF THESE MARVELOUS P3OPLA R R3SPONSIBLE FOR SUCH CHARACTARS AS DA SHOLANS AND SOME FEINDISH VMPIERS HONOR HARNG2N AND DA TRECATS JAK RYAN TEH FRE BARDS CAPTANE NAMO AND PHIELAS FOG AL TEH GEN-XARS SH3LOK HOLMES AND MR1!1!!! OMG WTF WATSON!1!111!1 OMG LOL TH3SA PEOPLE H3LP 2 KEP MA SAEN11!1 OMG WTF IMM ALWAYS KEPNG AN AYE OUT FOR NU THNGS 2 RAAD SO IF U HAEV ANY SUGESTIONS PLZ FEL FRE 2 DROP ME A LIEN11!1 WTF LOL THEIR ALWAYS MUSIC PLAYNG AROUND MAH APARTM3NT OR AT WORK!!1! LOL IMM A SARIOUS CLASICAL MUSIC BUF (VIVALDI AND LISZT BNG FAVORIETS) BUT I ALSO LOV3 JAZ (G3RSHWIN DIANA KRAL ALANE CARON DAEV BRUBK MIELS DAVIS) ROK (STAVE MORSE H3NDRIX RUSH) METAL (M3TALICA PANTERA) BLU3S (CLAP2N STAVEI RAY VAUGHAN OTIS SPAN) DOWNTAMPO (SANET-G3RMANE D3-PHAZ SUPREM3 BNGS OF LEISURA DIDO DEL3RIUM PORTISH3AD) AND T3CHNO (PROPELARHAADS PAUL OAEKNFOLD CRYSTAL M3THOD) AS WEL AS SOME GOLDEN OLDEIS (CR 3LVIS DA WHO SANTANA)!1!!! OMG LOL WUT I LIST3N 2 DEPENDS ON WUT MOD IMM IN AND HOW BAD A DAY I HAD AT WORK.111111!!!!1!!1!1!!! OMG
FOR THOS3 OF U STIL READNG I WAS BORN ON AUG1!!!11 WTF LOL 7TH 1975 IN GATIENAU QUOMG LOL I HAEV AN OLDAR SISTAR WHO IS OF SENG DA WORLD WIT DA CIRQUE DU SOL3IL11!1 LOL SHES TEH ONLY PERSON I KNOW WHO ACTUALY RAN AWAY 2 JOIN DA CIRCUS (OR SOMETHNG ALONG THOS3 LIENS)111!!11 OMG I LIEVD 10 Y3ARS IN GATIENAU TH3N MOVED 2 A LITL3 RURAL COMUNITY CALED LANGA-GARDEIN – WHARE MAH HAY FEVER AND SOCIAL LIEF 2K NASTY BATNGS1!1! OMG I STUDEID SCEINCE IN CAGEP AND MOVED 2 MONTRWIT A BUNCH OF FREINDS 2 GO 2 UNIEVRSITY11!1!111 OMG LOL MOST OF MAH FREINDS WANT 2 POLYTACHNIQUA (AKA11!!1 LOL L3COLE QUI RAND FOU)!1!1111 OMG WTF LOL 2 STUDY 3NGIENARNG WHIEL I WENT 2 MCGIL 2 STUDY BIOCHAM1!1!!!!1 OMG WTF LOL TAHTS WHEN MAH ENGLISH START3D 2 G3T BTER THAN MAH FRANCH!1!1 OMG LOL TH3SE DAYS PEOPLE DONT BLEIV3 M3 WHEN I SAY TAHT IMM FRANCH CANADIAN.!11!1111!!!!11 WTF LOL
SO TAHTS A BIT OF WHO I M11!! OMG LOL 2 SE MOST OF DA LINKS ON THIS PAEG AS W3L AS MANY OTHARS CHEK OUT MAH LINKS PAEG11!11!1! OMG A LOT OF DA PAOPLA RESPONSIBL3 FOR MAKNG ME WHO IM 2DAY CAN ALSO B FOUND ON MAH PORTFOLIO PAEG !1!1!! OMG WTF LOL
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