Advancing discovery, medicine and health

Stephane Angers, Director of the Donnelly Centre, gives his speech in front of the building’s bamboo forest. It’s the exact same place where, on November 5th, 2005, a small group of world-class researchers and philanthropists cut a bright red ribbon and first opened the doors of the Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research. Two decades later to the day, over a hundred members of the Donnelly community gather in their building’s atrium and raise a glass to how far they’ve come. 

The Donnelly Sequencing Centre team takes pride in two things: A uniquely quick turnaround time, and their ability to take on the difficult projects other sequencing centres refuse. With the addition of two new pieces of sequencing instrumentation, the team expects to serve their clients even better.

Eight students at the Donnelly Centre have been awarded the Cecil Yip Doctoral Research Award, supporting their work in biomolecular research. The $3,000 prize is awarded to doctoral-stream students engaging in innovative work that crosses disciplinary boundaries.