There has been $19 million in new funding for blue sky thinking at McMaster university. It’s part of a $372-million federal investment in health research from coast to coast. This means 22 studies will be supported, including the work of scientist Cathy Hayward who has been unraveling the mystery presented by a rare genetic disease known as […]
McMaster University is getting more than $13.4 million from the province to build and equip research facilities for large-scale, collaborative projects. The money from the Ontario Research Fund will help pay for more than $44.1 million in new infrastructure needed by McMaster scientists to develop products, including potential medical treatments. “It’s super exciting,” said Eric […]
Adapsyn Bioscience Inc., a biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of novel medicines derived from evolved small molecule natural products, today announced that it has completed a round of financing that was co-funded by Pfizer R&D Innovate and Genesys Capital. In addition, the company has announced a research collaboration with Pfizer Inc. Natural […]
Dec-2017
McMaster University has received a couple of notable accolades for research — one for making an international splash with a journal article about dieting and the other about grant funding. The academic article — that criticized the effectiveness of low-fat diets — was listed first in 2017 by an international ranking system of scholarly publications. Three other […]
A ground-breaking project is underway at Hamilton Health Sciences’ Population Health Research Institute (PHRI) to address a major medical issue in Canada and around the world: too many patients develop complications after having cardiac and vascular surgery, resulting in re-admission to hospital soon after they have been discharged home. The SMArTVIEW system uses wireless, wearable technology that […]
Research Infosource provides an overview of university corporate research partnerships as measured by grants or contracts received from corporate sources during the FY2012-2016 period, and finds that McMaster University has the highest level of corporate research income in Canada, at $479.5 million dollars. At the same time, McMaster is also ranked first in corporate research income as a […]
The Hamilton Spectator ran a profile of Synapse Consortium Director Alex Muggah. In addition to learning about his role supporting the Hamilton life science ecosystem, we discovered that he likes having a beer at the Shed Brewery. To read the full profile, click here
The Consulate General of Canada in Chicago with the support of the province of Ontario is partnering once again with the Chicago Innovation Mentors (CIM@MATTER https://matter.health/) to provide a comprehensive mentoring program for FIVE Canadian life sciences and healthcare entrepreneurs. CIM@MATTER encourages innovation, catalyzes tech commercialization and creates stronger entrepreneurs through an institutionalized mentor/mentee program. CIM@MATTER is unique in Chicago […]
A group of four McMaster University students has won a $50,000 prize to develop their idea for a handheld device that detects skin cancer. The recent grads — all students in electrical biomedical engineering at the Hamilton university — earned the International James Dyson Award for their final year project, called The sKan. They say […]
What started as a final year engineering class project at McMaster University is now an internationally recognized improved solution for the early detection of melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer. Michael Takla, Rotimi Fadiya, Prateek Mathur and Shivad Bhavsar, all graduates of McMaster’s Electrical and Biomedical Engineering program, have received the prestigious James Dyson […]