Shamini Ayyadhury

Dr. Shamini Ayyadhury is the Founder and CEO of Panoramics – A Vision, a vibrant hub for collaboration, knowledge exchange, and innovation in biological topography. Under her leadership, Panoramics has grown into a nexus that brings together researchers, method developers, and innovators across the field. Panoramics organized Canada’s first two spatial biology workshops in collaboration with the Canadian Bioinformatics Workshops (CBW) and the Brain Single Cell Initiative program. She is the creative visionary behind Panoramics – A Vision and its arms – The Panoramic Chapters and the upcoming Panoramic Innovations. She is the Chair of the True North Spatial series, an initiative she originated and shaped to bring innovators together to push the boundaries of the field.

In addition, Dr. Ayyadhury is a Scientific Associate at the University Health Network (UHN) and a specialist in spatial biology, computer vision, and high-dimensional imaging analysis. She previously held a spatial biology and computer vision role at the University of Toronto as a postdoctoral fellow. Her work bridges computational method development and experimental design, combining technical depth with creative scientific leadership.

She holds a PhD in Neuroscience from McGill University, an MSc in Integrative Neuroscience from Imperial College London, and a BSc from the National University of Singapore. Her career spans institutions in Singapore, the UK, and Canada, including Nanyang Technological University, the National Neuroscience Institute, and A*STAR’s Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences and Singapore Immunology Network. She was previously co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Astraea Bio. She is a recognized expert and consultant in spatial biology analysis, and an emerging thought leader in the field.