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Did Bin Ma co-found Rapid Novor?
Yes. Rapid Novor's about page, checked September 24, 2026, calls him co-founder and chief scientist. In a Faculty Association of the University of Waterloo interview published November 4, 2019, he said he co-founded the company in 2015 to commercialize new protein sequencing technology, with co-founders Mingjie Xie and Qixin Liu working full-time as CEO and CTO.
What is his role today?
Rapid Novor's team page, checked September 24, 2026, lists him as president and chief scientist. His University of Waterloo Cheriton School of Computer Science profile, checked the same day, lists him as a professor. In the November 4, 2019 interview he said he worked with the company part-time.
What is his research background?
The ISBRA 2024 conference keynote biography says he earned his PhD at Peking University in 1999, joined Western University in 2000 and moved to Waterloo in 2008. It says he developed the PEAKS and Novor protein sequencing software and co-founded Bioinformatics Solutions Inc. in 2000.
What is Rapid Novor doing in cancer testing?
In a University of Waterloo article published April 17, 2026, Ma described EasyM, a Rapid Novor blood test for monitoring multiple myeloma, as an alternative to repeated bone marrow biopsies. The article said Ontario's Ministry of Health had licensed it for use by clinics in the province.