In the Media 2020
November 2020
Professor Molly Shoichet receives the Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal, Canada’s Highest Honour for Science and Engineering Research:
- Engineer who designs gels to mimic human tissues wins Canada's top science prize - CBC News
- University of Toronto researcher awarded Canada’s top science prize - The Globe and Mail
October 2020
Professor Sachdev Sidhu and his team's COVID 19- research is mentioned in a piece in Toronto Life's "21 reasons to love Toronto":
September 2020
Research led by Professor Jason Moffat that identified the genes that allow cancer to shield from the immune system has been featured in the media:
- Study calls out the genes that make cancer cells so hard to kill - Big Think
- Over a Hundred Genes Found to Aid Cancer Evade the Immune System - Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News
- CRISPR Screen Uncovers Genes That Help Cancer Cells Evade Immune System - Genomeweb
- Scientists identify dozens of genes allowing cancer cells to evade the immune system - eCancer
August 2020
Professor Andy Fraser and his team have discovered a unique molecular mechanism that can be exploited to target gut parasites, featured in:
- Unique molecular mechanics can pave way for potential treatments for infections - News Medical
- Boost in battle against drug-resistant parasites, as roundworms’ ability to survive without oxygen revealed - Russia Today Network
June 2020
Professor Mikko Taipale's team discovers how bacterial toxins evolve to cause new ailments:
May 2020
Professor Jason Moffat's research on brain cancer immunotherapy has been featured in:
- Startup targets glioblastoma tumors with CAR-T therapy - Fierce Biotech
- Treatment shows promise in treating deadly brain cancer - Medical Express
- CAR-T Cell Therapy Shows Promise against Glioblastoma in Mice - Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
- Un nouveau traitement prometteur contre le cancer du cerveau - Futura Sante
- La investigación del cáncer nunca para (tampoco en la pandemia) - The Conversation (Spanish)
Professor Hannes Röst and his team help identify a metabolic signature that can predict diabetes years before symptoms appear:
- Unique Metabolic Signature Predicts Transition to T2D After Gestational Diabetes - Clinical Advisor
- DIABÈTE : Le test sanguin qui prédit le risque des années avant - Sante log (French)
- Blood test can predict diabetes years before it strikes - Med India
- Un esame del sangue potrebbe prevedere il diabete anni prima che arrivi - Pharmastar (Italian)
April 2020
Professor Fritz Roth's team helps create the world's largest map of human protein interactions:
- World's largest protein connection map reveals cell workings - News Medical
- Tens of Thousands of Protein-Protein Interactions Reported in Human Reference Interactome Map - Genomeweb
- Das soziale Netzwerk unserer Proteine - Spectrum.de (German)
- Publicado el interactoma humano, un mapa de las comunicaciones entre proteínas - DiCyt (Spanish)
- Publicado el “facebook” de las proteínas humanas - Catalunya Vanguardista (Catalan)
- Fontos térkép készült az emberi testről, a vírusok és a rák elleni küzdelemben is segítget - hvg.hu (Hungarian)
March 2020
Professor Sachdev Sidhu has received emergency federal funding to develop antiviral therapuetics for COVID19:
- U of T scientists working on coronavirus treatment among recipients of Canadian emergency grants - Toronto Star
- Watch Professor Sachdev Sidhu give interview to CTV News about developing antivirals for Covid-19.
- Watch Professor Sachdev Sidhu give interview to Global News about the rapid progress of science across the world in an effort to develop treatments and vaccines to halt the outbreak.
- Listen to Professor Sachdev Sidhu talk about his research to develop antivirals for Covid19 on CBC's Metro Morning.
- The vaccine hunters racing to save the world from the coronavirus pandemic - The Telegraph (UK)
- Les chercheurs s'activent pour trouver une riposte - La Presse
Professors Ben Blencowe and Jason Moffat's team develop a new tool for a more powerful and versatile genome editing:
- CRISPR Tool Harnesses Two Cas Enzymes to Simultaneously Edit Multiple Genes - GEN Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News
- CRISPR development enables simultaneous gene editing - Drug Target Review
- Multiple Genome Fragments Can Now Be Edited at a Time - Med India
January 2020
Researchers in Professor Ben Blencowe's lab uncover a gene fragment linking autism to mental disability:
- Gene Fragment Could Link Autism and Cognitive Impairment - Technology Networks
Professor Gary Bader's research on molecular mapping of individual cells in the human liver was featured in U of T magazine:
- Mapping the Human Body, One Cell at a Time - University of Toronto Magazine
Professor Warren Chan's lab begins to unpick barriers to nanomedicine delivery: