Get ready for the 4th Probe Hackathon! Graduate students will get the chance to collaborate with experts and assess chemical probes to identify the most and least effective compounds for use in biological research. Merck Chemical Probes Portal chemicalprobes.org/hackathons/mer…

Read about the latest findings from Canada’s largest #research hospital in University Health Network’s Research Spotlight newsletter >> uhnresearch.ca/news/research-… In this issue: ▶️Cardiac Immunity ▶️Radiation Complications ▶️Brain Recovery ▶️Virtual Reality for Rehabilitation

Brilliant speaker lineup for the 2024 CRANIA Conference in Toronto!🧠 Bratislav Misic - The Neuro Angelique C Paulk - Harvard University d_markovic - UCLA Jonathan C. Lau - Western University SarmaLab - Johns Hopkins University Registration open to all: tinyurl.com/CRANIA24 Krembil Brain Institute Biomedical Engineering @ University of Toronto KITE Research Institute

Congratulations Dr. Cheryl Arrowsmith, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Research Senior Scientist, who received UBC Medicine's Dr. Chew Wei Memorial Prize in Cancer Research for advancing scientific knowledge to help facilitate the discovery of new medicines to treat #cancer. Read more ⬇️

A huge congratulations to Cheryl Arrowsmith, an inspiring and terrific colleague to so many.

Safe to say we can move past the refrain that "there have been no new psychiatric treatments for 50 years". Brain stimulation, i.e. rTMS, has been a massive breakthrough. Few treatments of any kind are 5.5x more effective for patients with more severe forms of illness.

🌟Have you heard how Sawyer Thompson is using tech to fight cancer after his dad's diagnosis? Through Sawyer’s Cancer Fighting Network, he’s donated over 1,000 years of computing power—and counting. Together, we can all make a difference! 💻 bit.ly/4dzwVob

It's finally here! Celebrate the accomplishments of UHN summer students at the UHN STAR Program Research Day! Watch poster presentations and meet the next generation of bright minds! 🗓️ August 13th ⏰ 1:00 PM ET

Congratulations to Dr. Cheryl Arrowsmith (University Health Network) on receiving the 11th annual Dr. Chew Wei Memorial Prize in Cancer Research for her wide-ranging research into human chromatin regulatory proteins & contributions to drug discovery & cancer therapeutics. 🎉 bit.ly/3WVcXyY

CIHR project grants Fall 2024 ** Note re resubmission- look at footnotes of NOR (not NOD) to see if you received a warning about format violation Note re Fall 2024 - NO hot hyperlinks/URLs allowed in any section, incl references. DOI ok for pubs but websites must be cold

(2/2) In this video about her research on pain and the brain, Karen Davis draws comparisons between facing adversity in sports and in science. Check it out: bit.ly/3YAU85a Krembil Brain Institute

It has been a pleasure having these fantastic students participate in our high school summer research program. 💡

Thank you Canadian Science for featuring our incredible research at University Health Network!🏆 Cheer on Dr. Karen Davis (Karen Deborah Davis), Krembil Brain Institute Senior Scientist, as she seeks to understand pain and the brain 🧠⬇️

How many Canadian sectors with an annual spend of $340 billion a year invest less than 0.5% of that in R&D? A sector that is surrounded by new technologies and increasing demographic challenges. No wonder we are struggling. #HealthcareInnovation

SAM2 just came out last week & Bo Bo Wang group comes out with a banger ! Congratulations to you & the team Bo ! Blistering pace 🔥🔥🔥

#RegulatoryScienceLab

3 DAYS LEFT to register for the 3rd International Workshop on the Epigenetics of #OA, taking place on SEP 4-5, 2024, in Toronto, featuring world leading experts in the fields related to #epigenetic mechanisms associated with #osteoarthritis. View our program ->

#DYK studies have found that naturally occurring genetic mutations, including those linked to future cancers, appear in all studied organs of the body?🧬 Read more in this The Globe and Mail article co-authored by Keith Stewart Director of Princess Margaret Cancer Centre tgam.ca/3AuxIIM

So I wrote some words in defence of in-person peer review. jwoodgett.medium.com/in-praise-of-t… #peerreview #AMCGremlin #JDVance

📢One week left to submit your abstracts for the UHN Postdoc Symposium!! Calling all UHN postdocs to take this opportunity to present their excellent work and get a chance to win a prize of $100 for the best talk! (awards for both 10min standard talk and 3min flash talk)