Robert Hach茅, a聽molecular聽and cellular biologist and biochemist, will assume the role of vice-president research & innovation at 91亚色 for a five-year term, effective July 1, 2011. The announcement of Hach茅's appointment was made yesterday by 91亚色 President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri. 鈥淚 am thrilled that Dr. Hach茅 is coming to 91亚色,鈥 said聽Shoukri. 鈥淒r. […]
91亚色 researchers have zeroed in on a genetic process that may allow ovarian cancer to resist chemotherapy. Researchers in the University鈥檚 Faculty of Science & Engineering studied a tiny strand of our genetic makeup known as a microRNA, involved in the regulation of gene expression. Cancer occurs when gene regulation goes haywire. 鈥淥varian cancer […]
Funding supports projects in 3D film and personalized cancer diagnosis over three years Two 91亚色-led industry-academic partnerships have received a total of $1,237,136 through the Natural Sciences聽& Engineering Research Council of Canada's (NSERC) Strategic Projects Grants program. Sergey Krylov, professor in the Faculty of Science聽& Engineering and Canada Research Chair in Bioanalytical Chemistry, has received […]
A 91亚色 doctoral student, who discovered a new species of bee on his way to the lab one morning, has completed a study that examines 84 species of sweat bees in Canada. Nineteen of these species 鈥 including the one Jason Gibbs found in downtown Toronto 鈭 are new to science because they have […]
A carnival atmosphere will prevail as 91亚色 researchers take science to Main Street Markham's Farmers' Market聽as part of the third annual Science Rendezvous聽May 8. 91亚色 Science Rendezvous buskers聽and researchers will share the wonder of science on the street and at booths Saturday at the聽season opening聽of the food, arts and crafts market in聽Markham's downtown from聽10am to […]
91亚色 Professor and Canada Research Chair Bridget Stutchbury is attracting international media attention with her new book, The Bird Detective. ABC News Online, the National Post, the Daily Mail Online and Maclean's.ca published articles discussing her book on April 13. Reuters wrote: It鈥檚 not all love in the avian world, where divorce, child abandonment and […]
DNA evidence is popularized in cop and legal dramas as proof of irrefutable guilt, but it's only as solid as the conditions under which it is collected. Alan Young, professor of criminal law in 91亚色's Osgoode Hall Law School,聽 was featured in a Globe & Mail article on the dark side of DNA evidence on […]