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Advancing discovery, medicine and health

Donnelly Centre is a global research hub where scientists from diverse fields explore the power of genomic technology to advance discovery, medicine and health.
map of genetic interactions
Michael Costanzo
A global map of genetic interactions showing how thousands of genes work together to sustain cellular fitness.
Feb 28, 2025
Three faculty members at the Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research have secured funding through the Fall 2024 competition of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grant program, and a fourth faculty member secured a CIHR Catalyst Grant for the development and validation of new biomedical techniques and technologies. Collectively, Liliana Attisano, Andrew Fraser, Peter Roy and Mikko Taipale received more than $3.8M in funding for projects to be executed over the next two-to-five years.
Feb 27, 2025
Conscience, a non-profit focused on accelerating drug discovery in areas of unmet medical need using open science and radical collaboration, is pleased to announce three recipients and projects have been approved for its Developing Medicines through Open Science (DMOS) program, including Donnelly Centre faculty member Gary Bader.
Feb 19, 2025
An international team led by researchers at the University of Toronto has found a compound in ginger, called furanodienone (FDN), that selectively binds to and regulates a nuclear receptor involved in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).