Hamilton’s Innovation Factory and the Synapse Life Science Consortium will be able to speed up the commercialization of various cutting edge healthcare services. Mélanie Joly, Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages and Minister responsible for FedDev Ontario, announced a FedDev Ontario investment of $6 million for Innovation Factory, which will work alongside the Synapse […]
The Discover Life Science Canada Webinar Series was created by JETRO Toronto and Shonan iPark to introduce innovation from Canadian Life Science companies to global Japanese corporations, and to help facilitate business relationships between them. The third webinar in the series ”Discover Life Science Canada”, co-hosted with Shonan iPark in Japan, focuses on the ecosystem in Hamilton, and features startups Triumvira […]
Mar-2021
The stem cell laboratory at the Juravinski hospital is getting some international recognition. Nature Communications, an international access journal that features high-quality scientific research, has published the findings of a Canadian research team that used gene therapy to help people suffering from Fabry disease. That includes the key role played by the Hamilton Health Sciences […]
Sabrina Fiorellino left her construction company during the pandemic to build modular hospital units so hospitals wouldn’t have to postpone procedures during the pandemic. Here’s how she did it. —As told to Isabel B. Slone “Pre-pandemic, I was focused on growing my construction company, which I founded with some partners in 2016. But I kept […]
The continued pandemic has been spurring unprecedented investments. To address Canada’s lack of vaccine production facilities, the federal government is financing construction of the $126-million Biologics Manufacturing Centre adjacent to the National Research Council’s Biotechnology Research Institute on Royalmount Avenue in Montreal. Scheduled for completion in July, it aims to be operational by the fall […]
Feb-2021
New project will focus on meeting the rising demand for high-quality plant-based protein options within the clinical and athletic markets Today, Protein Industries Canada announced a co-investment into the development of a novel plant-based protein blend that will be designed to meet the protein needs of hospitalized and outpatient individuals, and highly active athletic consumers. […]
Feb-2021
The Scientific Director is a dual-role that also comprises the Vice President, Research of St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton. Following an extensive search process, The Research Institute is pleased to announce that Dr. Lehana Thabane has accepted the position of Vice President, Research at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton and Scientific Director of The Research Institute of […]
Feb-2021
McMaster engineers will further advance drug delivery options for patients with glaucoma and beyond, thanks to a partnership with Ripple Therapeutics and a recent grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC). The Sheardown Lab, led by Heather Sheardown, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Ophthalmic Biomaterials and a professor of Chemical Engineering […]
Jan-2021
Biomedics claim to have developed a new form of cultivated meat using a method that promises more natural flavour and texture than other alternatives. Innovation in the nascent but rapidly growing cultivated meat sector (also known as culture, cell-based, slaughter-free and clean meat ) has thus far focused excessively on the minced meat format. So […]
Canada’s first and only research hub dedicated to developing, testing and validating personal protective equipment (PPE) is receiving a $1.2M grant from the Ontario Together Fund, announced today by the Government of Ontario. The funding will support McMaster University’s Centre of Excellence in Protective Equipment and Materials (CEPEM) in making next generation PPE by expanding […]