In the Media 2016

• Benjamin Blencowe's team uncovers one protein's sweeping influence on autism:
• Introverted mice reveal clues to large swath of autism cases - The Globe and Mail
• Lacking a single protein may be the cause of 1 in 3 autism cases: Canadian research - Global News
• Cause of one third of all autism cases may have been discovered by scientists - The Independent
• Autism: Scientists May Be Able To Explain A Third Of All Cases - Huffington Post
• Shortage of a Protein Linked to Autism in Mice - The Scientist
• Molly Shoichet talks on TVO's The Agenda her lab's innovative approaches in repairing tissue damaged by disease.
• Molly Shoichet delivered a lecture at Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics on Engoneering Change in Medicine.

• Gary Bader&co apply their algorithm, developed for mapping out biological networks, to something more festive:
• Mapping the perfect wine and cheese pairings - using data science - BBC News
• Looking for the best wine and cheese pairings? There's an app for that - CBC News
• How to throw the ultimate wine-and-cheese party using the miracle of data - The Washington Post
• A Xmas gift from U of T research: the algorithm behind perfect wine and cheese pairings - U of T News
• Become a wine and cheese whiz - The Varsity

• Medicine by Design director Peter Zandstra weighs in on the future of US stem cell research:
• Funding surges in Canada as Trump win throws U.S. stem cell research in doubt - The Globe and Mail
• New approach to Ebola, SARS leads to research award - Toronto Star
• Up-and-Coming Toronto Researcher Earns Award for Groundbreaking Approach to Fighting Viral Outbreaks - Exchange Magazine
• Mississauga researcher’s path-breaking work opens up many possibilities - Brampton Guardian
• U of T researcher receives the Mitacs Award for outstanding innovation - U of T News
• Charlie Boone, Brenda Andrews and Fritz Roth tell us where in the genome to look for "good" mutations which might overcome those that cause disease:
• Two Wrong Genes Can Make a Right, but When? Rules Emerge - GEN News
• Mutation vs. Mutation - The Scientist
• Why Some Genetic Miscues Are Helpful - Quanta Magazine
• Wiedergutmachende Fehler im Erbgut können Krankheiten verhindern - Austrian Press Agency
• Bad genes aren’t always bad news say U of T researchers - U of T News
• Mutations that Serve to Protect - Research 2 Reality

• Brenda Andrews and Charlie Boone's team unveal the first global map of genetic interactions which begins to explain how genes behave in groups:
• Giant Genetic Map Shows Life’s Hidden Links - Quanta Magazine
• Five Ways Yeast Will Help Save Lives - Discover Magazine
• It Took 15 Years to Map Every Gene Interaction in a Yeast Cell - Motherboard|VICE
• Landmark Map Reveals the Genetic Wiring of Cellular Life - U of T News
• Synthetic Lethal Gene Pairs Reveal Life-Sustaining Genome Networks - GEN News
• The Genetic Roots of Disease: Landmark Map Reveals the Genetic Wiring of Cellular Life - Futurism
• The chatter inside all of your cells: First map of how genes interact could help us fight inherited diseases - Mail Online
• Una mappa completa delle interazioni genetiche nel lievito - Le Science
• Molly Shoichet was a guest on RawTalk podcast:
• http://www.rawtalkpodcast.com/2016/09/30/episode-2-dr-molly-shoichet/
• Cindi Morshead features in the article on unregulated stem cell treatments:
• Be wary of clinics offering stem-cell treatment - The Globe and Mail

• Molly Shoichet explains what's holding stem cell therapy back:
• Why scientific breakthroughs take time to move from lab to bedside - Toronto Star
• Phillip Kim develops innovative way to design highly-effective protein-based drugs:
• Paving the way to efficient and effective drug design - The Varsity
• Penney Gilbert talks about her research on muscle development and repair:
• Giving Your Muscles Superpowers - Research 2 Reality

• Ben Blencowe's team develops a tool for studying the role of non-coding RNAs:
• Novel Method Allows RNA-RNA Interaction Studies in Context of Human Diseases - GEN News
• Brendan Frey's start up Deep Genomics gets featured internationally:
• How artificial intelligence could transform the medical world - Toronto Star
• Peek Into the Weird and Wonderful Age of AI - WIRED

• Centre for Commercialization of Antibiodies and Biologics (CCAB), led by Dev Sidhu, partners up with ImmunoBiochem Corp to advance new antibody-based drugs - PR Newswire
• Fritz Roth's study on using yeast to hunt for damaging mutations in humans was featured in:
• Yeast Against the Machine: How Yeast Could Improve Diagnosis - U of T Medicine News
• Baker's Yeast to Identify Disease-Causing Genetic Mutations - Labroots
• Yeast Can Do a Lot More Than Make Beer – They Can Tell Us Which of Our Genes Cause Disease - American Council on Science and Health

• Gary Bader featured as part of the Stand Up to Cancer Canada's "Dream Team":
• U of T-based cancer research group hailed as ‘Dream Team’ - The Varsity
• Henry Krause's drug-discovery pipeline using genetically engineered fish featured on FairChildTV (in Chinese)
• Brendan Frey in People Behind the Science Podcast: Diving Deep into Machine Learning to Read the Human Genome and Understand the Effects of Mutations.

​​​​​​Warren Chan's lab designed shapeshifting nanonaparticles for targetted drig delivery to cancer cells.

• How shapeshifting nanoparticles could deliver drugs to tumours - Wired UK
• Shape-shifting cancer – The Varsity

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau backs commercialization of regenerative medicine led by  Peter Zandstra

• Trudeau announces $20M for new cell regeneration research facility - CBC news
• Justin Trudeau announces funding for stem cell research - Canada Press video