Our Journey

myLaminin is very pleased to have received a 'Notice of Allowance' of our patent application from the US Patent office! This ratifies our unique application of Blockchain technology. 

This isn’t just another logo. Earning the AWS Partner badge validates that our platform meets AWS standards for security, scalability, and architecture best-practice, and that we’ve demonstrated real customer outcomes on AWS.

Canada's designation as an Associate Member of Horizon Europe opens up a world of collaborative research and funding opportunities that will foster deeper scientific ties and enable Canadian innovation to reach a global stage. At myLaminin, we are perfectly positioned to help Canadian researchers and their European partners pursue and deliver on these new opportunities.

myLaminin is among the first 30 officially registered Trustworthy Digital Repositories (TDRs) in the fidelis network, part of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC Association) initiative.

myLaminin has partnered with Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) to integrate the RAiD (Research Activity Identifier) Service - the first RDM vendor to do so, globally!

myLaminin launches New FREE self-serve RDM tools to support secure, compliant, and efficient research data management.

At myLaminin, we believe a great Research Data Management (RDM) platform should actively support the people doing the research.

Queen’s University Life Sciences graduate Ash Bassili’s company myLaminin is set to revolutionize how research data is managed, shared, and secured.

It’s a meaningful moment for our team, and we’re grateful to each of you — researchers, data managers, healthcare professionals, ethics boards, research legal services, and privacy advocates.

We’re proud to announce that myLaminin has once again achieved SOC 2 Type II compliance — with no exceptions noted, for the third consecutive year!

We're excited to announce the myLaminin team is growing - welcome aboard Colin!

We’re thrilled to share some exciting news — congratulations to our CEO, Ash Bassili, on being named Most Influential CEO 2025 – Research Data Management (Canada)!

myLaminin participates with computing research stakeholders across academia and industry to focus on driving technological advancements.

In a significant milestone for digital trust and governance, myLaminin proudly announces its attainment of the prestigious Digital Trust Verified Trustmark, awarded by Canada's Digital Governance Council (DGC). This achievement underscores myLaminin’s unwavering commitment to data integrity, security, and excellence in digital governance practices.

We’re proud to help launch the Cloud Scorecard & Directory Pilot! Internet2 surveyed research & educational institutions across the US about their needs. Now academia and higher education can use the Scorecard standards to evaluate cloud services against key criteria. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3rg0O6H

CEO Ash Bassili is recognized for his leadership in the field of Secure Research Data Management for Academia. myLaminin has delivered the most complete, most integrated, and most secure RDM platform in the market. https://www.ceo-review.com/winners/mylaminin/

A robust and completely integrated data collection (surveys) capability has now been added to myLaminin's core of securing sensitive research data, managing team members, agreements, and research ethics board (REB) and research legal services (RLS) engagement. Researchers can now create custom surveys with PHI data privacy and security considerations, with no impact or dependence on internal IT.

myLaminin achieved yet another important goal for 2023 - its' application to join the Research & Scholarship (R&S) entity category as a service provider has been approved. Now all institutions connected to the CANARIE network can access myLaminin services using their institutional credentials (login-id and pwd) using CANARIE CAF's (Canadian Access Federation) trust framework!

myLaminin is proud to have been invited to take part in the Canada/Ukraine Security Innovation Challenge (CUSIC) to demonstrate the utility of blockchain to secure information sharing in the national security domain. https://lnkd.in/djzuSpud

WE-CAN Client Profile: Deanne Bassili is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of myLaminin, a blockchain-enabled secure research data storage, management and sharing platform based in Kingston.

myLaminin is pleased to announce the release of its new flexible plans on our Research Data-Sharing service. These new plans provide flexible pricing for all kinds of research and team sizes. They allow Principal Investigators and researchers to self-serve where their institutions have yet to subscribe to our service.

A big day for the team - onboarding our first Queen's University Research project to the platform. Thank you to Professors Neil Hoult and Josh Woods, PhD PEng, and your team.

The myLaminin team is proud to share that we've recently relaunched our website. Aside from the obvious new look, new logo, and navigation, we've focused on our target market - sharing sensitive research data, securely.

myLaminin attained SOC2 Type II certification, with no exceptions noted. An unqualified opinion on a SOC2 Type II audit report demonstrates that we manage client data with the highest standard of security and compliance and that our internal controls and practices are structured and robust.

myLaminin has achieved Adobe certification for integrating their Acrobat Sign (eSignature) solution into our platform! Pleased to be a member of their partner program.

myLaminin's Founder & CEO Ash Bassili joined CompTIA's Blockchain Advisory Council, which provides guidance and direction on challenging topics in the tech industry. CompTIA advocates for the estimated 75 million professionals who manage and safeguard technology that powers the global economy.

Accepted in Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) Blockchain stream, a perfect fit for science and technology-based companies in our seed-stage looking for massive scalability.

Won the York Angels Pitch Competition at Collision, an event that brings together leading tech companies. This marks the third significant win for myLaminin, indicating the company's growing importance in the industry.

Won Sigma Americas AIBC Pitch Competition in Toronto, highlighting the value proposition and universal utility of their solution and service offering.

Shahir Guindi, Ad. E. was appointed to myLaminin's board of directors. Shahir is the national Co-Chair of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP and former Managing Partner of its Montréal office.

Achieved a clean SOC2 Type 1 report, meeting global security framework standards for safeguarding customer data around five Trust Services Criteria.

Joined The DMZ Incubator program, a global startup incubator that helps tech entrepreneurs build, launch, and scale their startups.

myLaminin's CEO Ash Bassili joined a panel at the TechSupershow's 'Blockchain Event' to discuss 'Blockchain in the Enterprise: The Time is Now', providing the opportunity to network with like-minded businesses.

Filed formal patent applications in Canada and the US through the Queen’s Partnerships and Innovation (QPI) team's Intellectual Property and Patents Office. This marks a significant milestone for the Canadian startup.

Won Deloitte Canada’s Cybersecurity Challenge on quantifying and validating third-party data at Montreal Connect, Cooperathon 2021. The win is market validation for the startup, and Deloitte looks forward to future collaboration with myLaminin.

Partnered with St. Lawrence College's Computer Science Student Placement Program, offering mentorship, hands-on technical development, and real-world work experience. The collaboration resulted in the successful completion of a Beta Test of myLaminin's product.

Joined Queen’s Partnership and Innovation (QPI) Wing’s Incubator program. QPI, part of Queen’s University, supports the VP Research portfolio’s mission to be an essential catalyst for advancing research and knowledge mobilization, strengthening Queen’s local, national and global impact.

Incorporated in the nation’s capital, Ottawa. myLaminin is a blockchain and Web3 enabled document sharing platform enabling organizations to create ‘trust networks’ to share important documents and data with their clients, suppliers, and other value chain partners with security, convenience and control.