personal details

data/en/sections/about.yaml

@@ -12,13 +12,12 @@ designation: Quality Analyst
 # your company information
 company:
  name: National Microbiology Laboratory
- url: ""
 # your resume. this file path should be relative to you "static" directory
 # Dreprecated. Use resourceLinks instead.
 # resume: "files/resume.pdf"
 
 # a summary about you
-summary: 'I am a passionate and data-driven biologist with over three years of experience working in microbiology laboratories on projects related to molecular diagnostics, 
+summary: 'I am a passionate and data-driven biologist & R programmer with over three years of experience working in microbiology laboratories on projects related to molecular diagnostics, 
  public health, laboratory quality, entomology, virology, medical entomology and quality assurance.'
 
 # your social links

data/en/sections/education.yaml

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ degrees:
  timeframe: 2020-2022
  institution:
  name: Brandon University
+ logo: /images/sections/education/BU.png
  grade: #(optional)
  scale: GPA
  achieved: 4.3
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ degrees:
  timeframe: 2014-2019
  institution:
  name: University of Winnipeg
+ logo: /images/sections/education/UW.png
  grade: #(optional)
  takenCourses: #(optional)
  # if true, the courses will be rendered as a table otherwise it will render as a list and the grades will be hidden.

data/en/sections/experiences.yaml

@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ section:
 experiences:
 - company:
  name: National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada
- url: ""
  location: Winnipeg, Manitoba
+ logo: /images/sections/experiences/PHAC.png
  # company overview
- overview: I belong to the division known as Northern, Remote, and Isolated, where our focus is on aiding underserved communities in Canada through our expertise in molecular diagnostics and ensuring high-quality standards for point-of-care testing facilities.
+ overview: 
  positions:
  - designation: Quality Analyst
  start: Oct 2022
@@ -27,12 +27,13 @@ experiences:
  - Peforms testing for HIV, HCV, TB, CT/NG, SARS‑CoV‑2, Influenza and RSV using GeneXpert and m‑PIMA Analyser technology.
  - Assists with data management, curation, visualization, reporting and analysis using R. 
  - Significantly increased program efficiency and consistency by automating communications, document preparation and reporting processes using R and Power Automate.
- - Conceived, designed, developed and deployed an easy-to-use locally run Shiny application to increase test result data accessibility using R. 
+ - Conceived, designed, developed and deployed an easy-to-use locally run Shiny application to increase test result data accessibility using R saving hundreds of hours spent entering data while improving data entry accuracy. 
  - Authors program documents such as program summaries, surveys and reports as well as emails to program participants as necessary.
  - Conducts experiments to verify the functionality of new assays, methods, and new molecular diagnostics machines.
 
 - company:
  name: Brandon University
+ logo: /images/sections/experiences/BU.png
  location: Brandon, Manitoba
  overview: I led a small team of research assistants on mosquito-borne virus surveillance and mosquito metagenomic next generation sequencing projects. 
  My team and I collected and identified ~300,000 mosquitoes, identified the presence of Cache Valley virus in mosquitoes in Manitoba, and identified >60
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ experiences:
 
 - company:
  name: Cibus Canada
+ logo: /images/sections/experiences/cibus.png
  location: Winnipeg, Manitoba
  overview: Assisted with canola research activities and data analysis on a short term contract.
  positions:

data/en/sections/projects.yaml

@@ -57,6 +57,15 @@ projects:
  summary: Led a targeted RT-PCR California Serogroup Virus surveillance project in Manitoba. Over summers in 2020 and 2021, mosquitoes were trapped twice weekly in >8 communities in Manitoba. Specimens were identified and RNA isolations were carried out followed by RT-PCR. Two positive pools were identified, one confirmed to be Cache Valley virus by Sanger sequencing.
  tags: ["academic", "PCR", "mosquito", "surveillance"]
 
+- name: Mosquito Monitor
+ logo: /images/sections/projects/mosquito.png
+ role: 
+ repo: "https://github.com/colebaril/Mosquito_Monitor"
+ timeline: "Ongoing"
+ url: "https://colewb.shinyapps.io/Mosquito_Monitor/"
+ summary: Maintains a workflow and Shiny app that displays City of Winnipeg mosquito trap count in a more digestable format. The workflow also features a [Twitter Bot](https://x.com/MosquitoMonitor) that tweets when the city updates their data.
+ tags: ["hobby","R", "dataviz", "RStats", "shiny", "mosquito"]
+
 - name: Quality Oversight
  logo: /images/sections/projects/quality-control.png
  role: Quality Analyst
@@ -74,12 +83,5 @@ projects:
  summary: Executes hobby data analysis projects on topics ranging from social media statistics to visualizing trends in local weather patterns and forest fire activiy.
  tags: ["hobby","R", "dataviz", "RStats"]
 
-- name: Mosquito Monitor
- logo: /images/sections/projects/mosquito.png
- role: 
- repo: "https://github.com/colebaril/Mosquito_Monitor"
- timeline: "Ongoing"
- url: "https://colewb.shinyapps.io/Mosquito_Monitor/"
- summary: Maintains a workflow and Shiny app that displays City of Winnipeg mosquito trap count in a more digestable format. The workflow also features a [Twitter Bot](https://x.com/MosquitoMonitor) that tweets when the city updates their data.
- tags: ["hobby","R", "dataviz", "RStats", "shiny", "mosquito"]
+
 

data/en/sections/publications.yaml

@@ -57,4 +57,23 @@ publications:
  summary: Mosquito seasonal activity is largely driven by weather conditions, most notably temperature, precipitation, and relative humidity. The extent by which these weather variables influence activity is intertwined with the animal’s biology and may differ by species. For mosquito vectors, changes in weather can also alter host–pathogen interactions thereby increasing or decreasing the burden of disease.
  url: https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-023-05760-x
  categories: ["mosquito", "modelling"]
- tags: ["mosquito", "manitoba", "modelling", "weather", "R"]
+ tags: ["mosquito", "manitoba", "modelling", "weather", "R"]
+
+
+- title: Metatranscriptomic analysis of common mosquito vector species in the Canadian Prairies (Pre-Print)
+ publishedIn:
+ name: bioRxiv
+ date: 16 August 2023
+ url: https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-023-05760-x
+ authors:
+ - name: Cole Baril
+ url: colebaril.ca
+ - name: Bryan J. Cassone
+
+ paper:
+ summary: Accepted by mSphere in May 2024. The microbiome plays vital roles in the life history of mosquitoes, including their development, immunity, longevity, and vector competence. Recent advances in sequencing technologies have allowed for detailed exploration into the diverse microorganisms harboured by these medically important insects. Although these meta-studies have catalogued the microbiomes of mosquitoes on several continents, much of the information currently available for North America is limited to the state of California. In this study, we collected >35,000 mosquitoes throughout Manitoba, Canada over a two-year period, and then harnessed RNA sequencing and targeted RT-PCR to characterize the microbiomes of the eight most pervasive and important vector and pest species. The consensus microbiome of each species was overwhelmingly composed of viruses, but also included fungi, bacteria, protozoa, and parasitic invertebrates. The microbial assemblages were heterogeneous between species, even within the same genus. We detected notable pathogens, including the causal agents of Cache Valley Fever, avian malaria, and canine heartworm. The remaining microbiome consisted largely of putatively insect-specific viruses that are not well characterized, including 17 newly discovered viruses from 10 different families. Future research should focus on evaluating the potential application of these viruses in biocontrol, as biomarkers, and/or in disrupting mosquito vectorial capacity. Interestingly, we also detected viruses that naturally infect honeybees and thrips, which were presumably acquired indirectly through nectar foraging behaviours. Overall, we provide the first comprehensive catalogue of the microorganisms harboured by the most common and important mosquito vectors and pests in the Canadian Prairies.
+ url: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.08.15.553461v1
+ categories: ["mosquito", "bioinformatics", "academic"]
+ tags: ["mosquito", "manitoba", "mNGS", "bioinformatics", "R", "virus", "fungi", "parasite", "host-virus"]
+
+