Synapse News
McMaster gets $13.4 million to equip research facilities
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…
Adapsyn Bioscience Completes Financing to Advance its Small Molecule Natural Product Platform and Pipeline; Announces Research Collaboration with Pfizer Inc.
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…
Focus on research paying off for McMaster
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…
CPDC’s collaborative partner ARTMS Products Inc. raises $3 Million USD to advance a safe alternative way to locally produce medical isotopes and avoid future supply disruptions
CPDC’s collaborative partner ARTMS Products Inc., the leader in the development of novel technologies which enable the production of the world’s most-used diagnostic imaging isotope, announced it has raised $3 million USD. The investment comes from Quark Venture Inc. and GF Securities, through their Global Health Science Fund, which…
Ground-breaking project aims to minimize complications after cardiac surgery
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.…
McMaster University Ranks First in Corporate Research Income
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…
Spectator Profile of Hamilton Professionals: Alex Muggah
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
Call for applications for the Canada-Chicago Mentoring Program (C2MP)
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…
McMaster students win international prize for skin cancer-detecting device
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 […]