Jun-2015
In this week’s episode of Spectrum Radio the feature interview was with Brandon Aubie, the founder and CEO of our client Q-Reserve, which is working out of The Forge. They talk about his company (which is creating a public database for researchers and science equipment), moving from academia to entrepreneurship (he has a PhD), […]
In October 2013, a 14-year-old boy by the name of Avonte Oquendo wandered away from his class and out of his school. The security cameras outside of his school captured him darting across the street until he was no longer visible. This is the last footage ever seen of him alive. After he had […]
May-2015
In August, 2012, Michael Chrostowski got his PhD in neuroscience from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont., with a thesis focused on a treatment for tinnitus, chronic ringing of the ears commonly experienced by people with hearing problems. Two months later he co-founded a company in Hamilton to turn the technology into customized sound therapy, embedded […]
Hamilton, ON (April 9, 2015) – On April 8, Hamilton’s life science community gathered at McMaster Innovation Park to take part in the Synapse Life Science Competition final showcase. The event showcased ten teams: seven through poster presentations while the top three teams presented their innovations live on stage to a panel of industry experts, […]
Apr-2015
We’ve put together a Year-in-Review document showcasing iF’s successful 2014 fiscal year that we’d like to share with you! See it here
McMaster University startup, QReserve Inc., is happy to announce the launch of their Collaborative Funding Directory as a free resource for researchers and industry to discover funding opportunities in support of collaborative research projects. Read the full Software Hamilton piece on QReserve’s new funding directory here!
Accessing the right equipment and expertise is critical to scientists and innovators, especially within a university or college setting. Although they have millions of dollars worth of equipment and thousands of researchers and technicians, it’s a challenge to find labs with specific equipment and researchers with particular expertise. This is the pressure that Brandon […]
Mar-2015
Professor Larry Roberts, director of the Human Neural Plasticity Lab at McMaster University recommended Sound Options Tinnitus Treatments Inc. as an effective and affordable choice to manage tinnitus in a recent Huffington Post article! The HuffPost piece links to the Sound Options website as follows: “Prof. Roberts points out that these devices can be fairly costly, […]
What a great night at Hamilton’s Outstanding Business Achievement Awards. See our extended thank you’s in our recent blog post.
A new partnership between BioLinc and Hamilton-based startup QReserve will give Brock researchers a new way to connect, collaborate and innovate. QReserve is a platform that connects institutional equipment databases across Canada, allowing anyone to explore available equipment and services at Canadian universities and to connect directly with laboratories and researchers. BioLinc, the Goodman […]