The MaRS Centre, designed by Adamson Associates Architect, was one of the recipients who won the Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) awards for design excellence.

On April 5, 2010 MobileMonday Toronto invite you to listen to the insights of Alex Nicolaou and Punit Soni of Google who will be discussing the increasing utility and usage of mobile devices at the MaRS Centre.

Karl Martin turned a pure research project into a commercial venture set to change how we interact with the emerging "surveillance society" by improving personal privacy. U of T's Innovations and Partnerships Office and the MaRS Centre came on board to help these researchers patent their work and attain funding opportunities.

Bering Media is offering digital direct mail marketing with a unique privacy-protection service.The company has attracted both investors and clients in its first 18 months of operation. Bering Media has received business development assistance from MaRS Discovery District.

On April 5, 2010 MobileMonday Toronto invite you to listen to the insights of Alex Nicolaou and Punit Soni of Google who will be discussing the increasing utility and usage of mobile devices at the MaRS Centre.

Blog review of the principal difference between the Expo and Mesh and why the Mesh experience is more advantageous than the more established US counterpart.

Dr. Tom Hudson, President and Scientific Director of the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) announced an investment of $1 million towards the development of two new promising cancer therapies. OncoTek Drug Delivery Inc (a subsidiary of Receptor Therapeutics) is one of the recipients.

March 12, at the MaRS Centrer Mr. Bob Dechert, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Member of Parliament for Mississauga-Erindale, on behalf of the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology), will present a Canadian Innovation Leader certificate to Intrafinity Inc. - an innovative company from Toronto that provides software services and products to create, publish and manage digital content and online learning.

The Canadian Space Commerce Association will be holding its annual meeting in Toronto on Tuesday, March 16th with the theme "The Growing Canadian Commercial Space Sector" at the MaRS Centre.

Clean energy was mentioned in the Speech from the Throne. Tom Rand, MaRS Discovery District Clean Tech Practice Lead shares his views on what it means to marry jobs and the environment.

Bitstrips for Schools is a web-based comic-generating platform and a client of MaRS Discovery District. Bitstrips reached its one millionth strip in Ontario. The program is used in Ontario schools to promote literacy.

Chris Atachison from the Globe and Mail reveals how Octane Medical Group, a biotechnology firm that makes regenerative medical products, analyzed an astronaut's health problem which led to their discover on how to help him med.

The Federal Budget has been released on March 4th. Flaherty points to all, Ottawa has already done for city, while economist says era of fiscal restraint makes for 'very few winners.' Ilse Treurnicht, CEO, MaRS Discovery District said "the federal government's renewed cash promises for science and technology innovation allows research-heavy Toronto to "punch above its weight" when it comes to taking advantage of those funds, including money for the genome project."

The Sustainability Leadership Exchange will take place on April 1st in Toronto. This event will create an interactive exchange of ideas and practices between business leaders, entrepreneurs, policy makers, and investors. MaRS Discovery District will be presenting at the event along with Green Enterprise Ontario and InCourage.

MaRS and the Ontario Clean Water Initiative both made the cut on a list that ranks the world's "Top 10 cleantech cluster organizations for 2010".

Four Kingston startup companies receive $1.6 million vote of confidence PARTEQ venture fund's investments help to advance discoveries in pharmaceutical, biomedical and alternative energy sectors. Kalgene, a MaRS client, has received investment from the PARTEQ Venture Fund.

On May 17 & 18 the 2010 Annual International Conference on Research Facilities will be held in Toronto. The major issues on the agenda include getting more research results per square foot of space, lowering the costs of building and renovating research facilities, reducing facility operating costs, facilitating the new collaborative multi-disciplinary research models, planning facilities help to promote commercial technology spin-offs, and designing energy-efficient and sustainable laboratories.An important feature of the conference is the opportunity for participants to tour a number of prominent Toronto research facilities including MaRS Discovery District.

MaRS Discovery District is listed as one of the five top spaces for working remotely in Toronto.

Shawn Lesser, author and president and founder of Atlanta-based Sustainable World Capital, identified critical characteristics of successful clean-tech clusters, including a region that has a thriving technology base, abundant entrepreneurial and management talent, access to capital, and a proactive environmental public policy. MaRS is listed as one of the other clean-tech organizations.

Blog mentioning the Mobile Monday's event at the MaRS Centre, on March 1, about the venture pitch. WirelessNorth.ca will help to moderate an all-star panel of mobile investors as they judge pitches from Canadian mobile start-ups.