Since its inception, MaRS has focused on turning big ideas into commercial projects. The difference between the two entities is that pretty much anyone with an idea or discovery could come to MaRS for support, regardless of whether they had their “eureka” moment in a state-of-the-art research lab or in their garage. MaRS Innovation, a separate endeavour with its own board of directors, only works with researchers from its 14 partner institutions, which include some of the most prestigious universities and hospitals in Canada. The goal of that project is to do the kind of work those institutions would normally try to do in-house, but on a bigger scale and, the project's backers hope, with better results.
Assunta Krehl on 21 Jan 10The Ontario Institute for Cancer Research in 2010 will grow its workforce, step up efforts to commercialize discoveries, and aim to fulfill research goals to be detailed in a second strategic plan set to be submitted next month to provincial officials, according to the institute's president and scientific director, Tom Hudson.
