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Assunta Krehl

Celebrating 90 Years of Insulin - University of Toronto - November 2, 2011 - 0 views

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    MaRS Discovery has a new exhibit called Insulin: Toronto's Gift to the World.The exhibit is a joint effort of the Faculty of Medicine, the MaRS Discovery commercialization initiative and the University Health Network, a group of U of T teaching hospitals.
Assunta Krehl

Canadian discovers method to radically minimize scars - The Globe and Mail - May 7, 2012 - 0 views

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    "MaRS Innovation (MI), The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and NovoTek Therapeutics Inc. (NovoTek, Beijing/China) have announced a strategic partnership to co-develop a therapeutic cream aimed at reducing scar formation post surgery."
Assunta Krehl

Diamond Schmitt selected to design, prepare specifications for Toronto public health la... - 0 views

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    Diamond Schmitt Architects will provide architectural design services for a new public health laboratory, along with office and support space, at the MaRS Centre in the Phase II development in Toronto.
Assunta Krehl

Sowing the seeds of curiosity to grow Canada's bio-economy - Vancouver Sun - May 22, 2012 - 0 views

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    Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada is a biotech competition where high school students are mentored by local scientists. MaRS helps create successful global businesses from Canada's science, technology and social innovation.
Assunta Krehl

Encycle Therapeutics Launches Ground-Breaking Chemistry Platform - MaRS Innovation - Ju... - 1 views

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    "Encycle Therapeutics, a MaRS Innovation spin-off company, has created a ground-breaking chemistry platform for cyclizing peptides that promises to increase the efficiency of the early-stage drug discovery process."
Assunta Krehl

Construction continues on MaRS Centre in Toronto - Daily Commercial News - August 15, 2012 - 0 views

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    The MaRS Phase II project is expected to be completed in 2013. Currently, the window work is underway.
Assunta Krehl

ARXX gets CleanTech North award for insulating concrete form technology - Daily Commerc... - 0 views

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    ARXX Corp. received an award from CleanTech North for its insulating concrete form (ICF) technology.The Third Annual Cleantech Summit was held November 16 at the MaRS Centre.
Assunta Krehl

Baycrest builds cloud portal with SharePoint online - IT in Canada - January 6, 2012 - 0 views

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    Baycrest is a provides healthcare for elderly patients and is the research centre for the development of innovation on aging and brain health. Mary Allen, report from IT in Canada states "Baycrest places a good deal of emphasis on collaboration - with the University of Toronto to meet research goals, with the MaRS Discovery District for commercialization of products to maintain healthy cognitive functioning."
Assunta Krehl

Canadian doctor prepares his innovation to fight the next pandemic with the help of a T... - 0 views

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    Sean Fine, Globe and Mail reporter states "Canadian doctor, Kamran Khan, prepares his innovation to fight the next pandemic with the help of Toronto innovation centre, MaRS Discovery District."
Assunta Krehl

Contractors face challenges in MaRS Discovery District construction in Toronto - The Da... - 0 views

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    Contractors face challenges in MaRS Discovery District construction in Toronto When construction of the second phase of the MaRS Discovery District, a science and technology think tank, is completed in downtown Toronto in 2013, the city and province will have reason to boast.
Assunta Krehl

MedEdge 2012, York Region's Life Sciences Business Summit for the Bio-Medical Industry,... - 0 views

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    The MedEdge Life Sciences Business Summit will be taking place on June 14th, 2012 at the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts which will take a look at how to enter the healthcare market and understand the procurement process. Dr Usha Srinivasan, Program Director, Business Acceleration Program (BAP), MaRS Discovery District will be speaking at the event.
Assunta Krehl

Construction continues on the MaRS Centre Phase II in Toronto - Daily Commercial News -... - 0 views

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    MaRS Discovery District Phase II Development is progressing well. PCL Constructors Canada Inc is a general contractor that is constructing a 21-storey building that will add one million square feet to the existing 750,000 square foot facility and is scheduled for completion for late 2013. 
Assunta Krehl

Diamond Schmitt Architects to design cancer research lab space at MaRS in Toronto - Dai... - 0 views

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    "Diamond Schmitt Architects will design research laboratory space for the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) at the MaRS Phase II west tower currently under construction in downtown Toronto." MaRS Phase II occupancy is slatted for 2013.
Miguel Amante

The man behind the MaRS mission - The Globe and Mail - June 25, 2010 - 0 views

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    Dr. Rafi Hofstein, CEO of MaRS Innovation, was hired to get things done the entrepreneurial way: shrewdly, creatively and as quickly as possible. He's been given five years to turn the vast scientific talent clustered around University Avenue into the seeds of a vibrant biotechnology industry.
Cathy Bogaart

Why We Need More Funding for Big Science - 0 views

  • Why We Need More Funding for Big Science
  • fundamental research and technological development
  • Often wildly speculative, expensive, and with no explicit commercial purpose, this research nonetheless has a powerful spillover effect in the long term.
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  • "You cannot have innovation without a fount of new knowledge -- and that is what research is about,"
  • We're riding on innovations that happened 20, 30, 40 years ago. One has to keep having ideas."
  • has laid the foundation for much of America's economic growth over the past half a century.
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    R&D has laid the foundation for economic growth, giving us fuel cells, computer databases, the Internet, satellite navigation -- unexpected spillovers of R&D funding. To stay competitive in the innovative industries, government funding, it is argued, is required to continue.
Miguel Amante

MaRS centre signs commercialization agreement - 0 views

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    MaRS Innovation (MI) has signed a co-funding agreement with the Johnson & Johnson Corporate Office of Science and Technology to capitalize and accelerate the use of Toronto-based life-sciences technologies during the early stages of pharmaceutical and medical device development.
Miguel Amante

Turning ideas into businesses - theVARSITY.ca - August 24, 2010 - 0 views

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    The Varsity looks at the work of the Innovations and Partnerships Office, located in the MaRS Centre.
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