Synapse News
Ringing in the ears? This business offers help
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
Sound Options wins second annual Synapse Life Science Competition
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
Innovation Factory’s 2014 Year-in-Review
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
QReserve launches collaborative funding directory
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!
Connecting researchers to the equipment they need
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
More Of Us Will Likely Be Troubled By Tinnitus
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
Innovation Factory wins in Not-for-Profit category at OBAA’s
What a great night at Hamilton's Outstanding Business Achievement Awards. See our extended thank you's in our recent blog post.
BioLinc is bringing QReserve, the University Research Equipment Database, to campus
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
St. Joe’s researcher invents revolutionary infection test
State of the art lab tests currently take at least four hours to diagnose most illnesses. During that time, patients can transmit infections to others – or go home with the wrong medication. One Hamilton doctor is very close to changing that. Dr. James Mahoney, a researcher at St. Joe’s in Hamilton, has created a prototype test that