The group will visit聽seven top-tier universities and research institutes during their trip. Along the way they will stop at聽the India Institute of Technology's聽facilities in聽Mumbai (Bombay) and Madras, the University of Calcutta, the Indian Space Research Organization,聽the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research together with visits to other聽institutes and universities during the nation-wide trip

鈥淥ur faculty considers international partnerships as the key cornerstone supporting our strategic priorities. Partnerships like those with India stimulate the spirit of innovation with clear focus on research outcomes that have an international impact,鈥� says Janusz Kozinski (right), dean of the Faculty of Science & Engineering at 91亚色 and a member of the聽delegation to India.

The key mandate for the trip聽is to enable researchers from 91亚色 and across India to establish joint bilateral research and development projects. Halfway through their trip, the 91亚色 delegation will pause to聽participate in a two-day聽workshop聽co-sponsored by the International Science聽& Technology Partnerships Canada, Global Innovation & Technology Alliance,聽the Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering & Research and India's Defence Research & Development聽Organisation (DRDO).

The聽workshop will bring together聽more than 100 participants from research institutes and universities from Canada and England, and will include researchers and university vice-chancellors from across India.聽Rajagopala Chidambaram, the principal scientific adviser to the government of India, and Vijay Kumar Saraswat, director-general of DRDO, the secretary of defence聽research and development and scientific adviser to Indian Defence Minister Raksha Mantri, are among the diginitaries participating in the聽workshop.

This workshop will give participants the opportunity to discuss advances and innovations in their respective areas of research, exchange information and ideas and聽create further opportunities to聽establish research collaborations. The gathering will be held at the DRDO聽building in New Dehli.

Travelling in the 91亚色 Science & Engineering delegation are:

• ,聽professor, Department of Chemistry;
• , professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy and associate dean of academic affairs in the Faculty of Graduate聽Studies;
• , professor,聽Department of Earth聽& Space Science and Engineering;
• , professor,聽Department of Computer Science聽& Engineering
• ,聽professor,聽Department of Languages, Literatures & Linguistics, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
• , professor, Department of Chemistry;
• , professor,聽Department of Mathematics & Statistics;
• Paulina Karwowska-Desaulniers, research officer,聽Faculty of Science & Engineering;
• , dean,聽Faculty of Science & Engineering and professor, Department of Earth聽& Space Science and Engineering;
• , professor,聽Department of Earth聽& Space Science and Engineering;
• Brian Solheim, adjunct professor, Department of Earth聽& Space Science and Engineering;
• , professor,聽Department of Biology.

For more information about the trip and the 91亚色 Science & Engineering delegation, visit the website.

91亚色 computer science Professor Andrew Eckford is also .

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Scientists at the new Centre for Research on Biomolecular Interactions (CRBI)聽at 91亚色, which officially opens today,聽aim to make discoveries that will impact global health care and the treatment of diseases.

Understanding the foundation of key interactions at the molecular level is the research focus at the聽new centre,聽which will be housed聽in聽91亚色's Faculty of Science聽& Engineering. Scientists will study how biomolecules interact at every level聽鈥� from pure molecules to single cells to the entire organism. They will examine these interactions聽under normal circumstances and in the development of a disease. Their research will result in a deeper understanding of the聽"mechanical" changes that occur in disease during biomedical interactions that have gone awry.

The CRBI members have already been busy at work聽exploring important molecular interactions of biomolecules such as nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) and proteins.聽With the formation of the centre, they will now聽have the opportunity to combine their forces and share resources. The centre encompasses聽faculty members and research teams that include聽more than聽70 graduate students, research associates, postdoctoral fellows and undergraduate students.聽 Researchers from chemistry and biology departments at 91亚色 include Professors Gerald Audette, Samuel Benchimol, Kathy Hudak, Philip Johnson, Sergey Krylov (director), John McDermott,聽Andrew White and Derek Wilson.

Above: Some of the members of the new Centre for Research on Biomolecular Interactions at 91亚色. Front row, from left:聽Sergey Krylov, John McDermott and聽Derek Wilson.聽Middle row, from left:聽Philip Johnson and聽Gerald Audette.聽Back row, from left:聽Mark Bayfield and聽Andrew White. Missing from the photo are Professors Samuel Benchimol and Kathy Hudak.

The group鈥檚 combined expertise, which varies聽from analytical and physical chemistry to structural, cell and molecular biology,聽provides an opportunity for聽research projects to be pursued in an interdisciplinary and comprehensive manner. The team uses cutting-edge approaches to gain full understanding of key molecular players and events that can lead to disease, and by doing so,聽hopes to address聽prevention and future treatment of many diseases.

The centre is bustling with energy and activities, and future plans include extending the centre鈥檚 external and industry collaborations, launching a new peer-reviewed journal, Journal of Biomolecular Interactions, and hosting a research retreat.

鈥淭he creation of the Centre for Research on Biomolecular Interactions is an important step that will strengthen the existing collaborations and foster new ones at 91亚色 and beyond,鈥� says 91亚色 chemistry Professor Sergey Krylov,聽director of the CRBI and Canada Research Chair in Bioanalytical Chemistry. 鈥淭he centre is a nucleus for great researchers and it encourages a stimulating and cooperative environment. We have energy, enthusiasm and research synergy; I anticipate our collaborative research will lead to advances in various areas including disease detection and understanding of disease processes.鈥�

There will be an opening celebration for the CRBI today in the Seymour Schulich Building on 91亚色's Keele campus. The invitation-only event includes聽a reception and a keynote lecture by Professor Jack Greenblatt from the Terrace Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research at the University of Toronto,聽who will address the importance of studying biomolecular interactions in his talk titled 鈥淧rotein complexes and functional pathways in yeast, bacteria and mammalian cells鈥�.

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