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Wave Accounting co-founder and chief technology officer James Lochrie, and the MaRS Discovery District incubator in Toronto are the Canadian nominees for the 2012 Small Business Influencer Awards.

The Star states "TowerLabs is a company that focuses on relationship making and is a project manager that helps in getting the technology installed and measures its performance in both real-world and test scenarios. It plans to test its technologies at the tower being built as part of the expansion at MaRS."

Toronto's McEwen Centre and also known as the MaRS Centre has state of the art research labs where scientists are unlocking the secrets of stem cells and leading a medical revolution. Seamus O'Regan takes you on a tour of a Canadian Original.

Canadian Researchers from Princess Margaret Cancer Program found a potential new leukemia treatment with an old antibiotic drug. MaRS Innovation partly assisting funding the research.

Xagenic Inc., a start-up company created by University of TorontoProfessor Dr. Shana Kelley, in partnership with MaRS Innovation (MI),completed a series A financing totaling $10-million.

The Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics (SBMT) announced today that the organization will hold its 9th Annual World Congress on Brain, Spinal Cord Mapping, and Image Guided Therapy from June 2-4, 2012 in Toronto, Canada. MaRS Innovation is one of the supporters for the conference.

"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.

"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."

A local affordable condominium development partners with SiG@MaRS client Home Ownership Alternatives, a non-profit financial company that potential homebuyers on the edge of the market

InGamer Sports, a leading technology provider of real-time, interactive sports and entertainment games for the web and mobile devices is launching the InGamer platform for Game One of the Hockey Finals in partnership with The Hockey News and National Hockey League Players Association (NHLPA).

InGamer Sports, a MaRS Client, has developed an innovative technology that takes fantasy-league sports players from "being general managers to being head coaches." According to Nic Sulsky, CEO of InGamer, the company launched "in partnership with The Hockey News and the NHLPA May 27 in time for game one of the Stanley Cup Finals -- does so by allowing gamers to interact with the games in real-time, while they are being played, using their computer or mobile device, and to interact with other gamers at the same time through social media apps."

Skymeter Corporation, a MaRS Client, recently won the top prize for innovation at the prestigious Intertraffic Innovation Awards in Amsterdam.

Data from social media consulting firm Sysomos (MaRS client) says Twitter users are separated by six degrees. Article in the New York Times.

The Stem Cell Network, a national organization founded by the Canadian government in 2001 that today is more than 100 investigators strong and has received over $60 million in government funding. The Stem Cell Network is helping to create a vibrant and interactive community.

The Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) is applying the newest concepts in life sciences-stem cell therapies, personalized medicine-to one of the oldest diseases.

The Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) is a new center of excellence. It is moving Ontario to the forefront of discovery and innovation in cancer research

Kevin Stolarick has a four-point plan to make Atlantic Canada grow. The research director of Toronto's Martin Prosperity Institute says his process is not an easy fix of the region's trend of so-called brain drain, but he can offer some lessons from his travels.

Miller Thomson LLP has announced a multi-faceted partnership with MaRS Discovery District. The partnership gives Miller Thomson an ongoing, collaborative presence at MaRS, providing counsel in business-critical areas such as business planning, finance, intellectual property management, and go-to-market strategies.

Cross Media NYC will take place July 21, 2010 and is partnering with the Mars Centre and the Canadian Film Centre's (CFC) Media Lab. This event will feature media industry executives discussing perspectives on how transmedia content will be produced, distributed and consumed in a cross media environment, specifically looking at ways to incorporate cross media into business models.

Polar Mobile, Jigsee, MMB Research and Seragon are four MaRS Clients that were listed as part of the top 10 Canadian mobile and wireless companies to watch for.