Posts Tagged: CBC
Federal government awards the University of Toronto $114-million regenerative medicine grant
On Tuesday, July 28, 2015, the federal government announced a $114-million grant to cement the University of Toronto's position as one of the world's leading centres for the design and manufacture of cells, tissues and organs to treat degenerative disease.
This announcement was covered in The Globe & Mail and Lab Products News, and by CBC.ca, CTV News and Global TV. MaRS Innovation was specifically mentioned as a commercialization partner in the Toronto Star's coverage.
As the university's commercialization agent, MaRS Innovation welcomes this ...
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Onyx Motion to appear on NextGenDen, web-based Dragon’s Den CBC show for mobile and Internet companies
UTEST company Onyx Motion, makers of an Android wear app called Swish that provides digital coaching for sports like basketball, will appear on CBC's NextGenDen.
UPDATED! You can watch the Onyx Motion/Swish episode here (jump to the 6:15 mark).
The online web series seeks to take the popular Dragon's Den model to Internet- and mobile-focused companies and features a new panel of dragons: Michael Hyatt, Michelle Romanow, Paul Miklas and Matthew Corrin.
Onyx Motion, led by CEO Marissa Wu and CTO Vivek Kesarwani, will ...
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UTEST grad TrendMD makes Canadian national media splash
TrendMD, a medical publishing company that helps doctors, researchers, and professionals in STEM-related fields to find the most relevant content amid an unending sea of daily publications, was recently featured in a Canadian Press article by Adam Miller.
The article was published on CBC.ca, CTV.ca, Waterloo Record, Sing Tao Daily, World Journal, Surrey Leader, Metro News, Winnipeg Free Press, Brampton Guardian, Ottawa Citizen, 660 News Radio, Canadian Business, Times Colonist, Yahoo News, Soo Today, Lethbridge Herald and YorkRegion.com, among other sources.
The company is ...
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BioDiaspora founder appears on CBC’s “The National” to discuss the Ebola crisis
Dr. Kamran Khan, founder of BioDiaspora, appeared on CBC's "The National" on September 23, 2014, as part of a health panel examining the current state of the Ebola outbreak in west Africa.
CBC anchor Peter Mansbridge hosted the discussion.
Watch the clip on CBC's website.
BioDiaspora, spun off from St. Michael's Hospital in partnership with MaRS Innovation, developed an easy-to-access, web-based solution that generates and communicates customized, actionable intelligence about global infectious disease threats in real-time.
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CBC’s Lang and O’Leary Exchange features Whirlscape’s Minuum keyboard
UTEST graduate Whirlscape, makers of the wearable, one-line Minuum keyboard, were recently featured on CBC's Lang and O'Leary Exchange.
Minuum has also broken the 100 billion pixels mark in screen space saved for its users. Read about it on input, the Minuum blog.
Founder and CEO Will Walmsley was interviewed by Amanda Lang. The footage was also made available on CBC News, and was included in CBC's weekly summary of the week's top business stories. Watch the video.
Here's an excerpt:
Typing on a smartphone ...
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WaveCheck co-directers talk crowdfunding commercialization research on CBC’s “The World This Weekend”
MaRS Innovation staff and WaveCheck Campaign Co-directors Dr. Fazila Seker and Elizabeth Monier-Williams spoke with the CBC's Colleen Ross about the process of crowdfunding WaveCheck's partner-based clinical studies on "The World This Weekend."
The radio segment, called "Crowdfunding Science," aired on January 25, 2014 and discussed the lack of funding researchers have access to for commercialization, making it harder to advance research that could be helping people in a variety of industries.
To listen to the full interview, click here.
WaveCheck's crowdfunding campaign is an example of ...
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MaRS Innovation’s 2013 Top 10 List
2013 was an exceptional year for MaRS Innovation. Here are the top 10 news stories from our commercialization portfolio.
1. MaRS Innovation secures a $15 million CECR funding extension
In January, MaRS Innovation was one of four Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research to be successfully extended by the Networks of Centres of Excellence of Canada.
This achievement reflects and recognizes the quality of the startups and licensable technologies within the MaRS Innovation portfolio, as well as the rigour of its business model and the achievements of its ...
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CBC News’ “The National” Features Granata Decision Systems
Amanda Lang interviews U of T prof and co-founder Craig Boutilier in segment on innovative start-ups and Canada’s future
Following an appearance on the CBC’s “Lang and O’Leary Exchange” on November 28, MaRS Innovation UTEST company, Granata Decision Systems, appeared on CBC news “The National.” The segment included an interview with Amanda Lang.
Watch Boutilier's interview with Lang for "The National" on CBC's website.
Founded by Craig Boutilier and Tyler Lu, Granata Decision Systems is one of the first six companies incubated through the UTEST program for early-stage technologies, ...
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Lang & O’Leary Exchange features Granata Decision Systems
UTEST company makes cameo through launch of OneEleven, Toronto's new data-driven accelerator for entrepreneurs
CBC's Lang & O'Leary Exchange featured Granata Decision Systems, one of the first UTEST companies incubated through that program for early-stage technologies by MaRS Innovation and the University of Toronto, in their program on Wednesday, November 28, 2013.
The data-driven company is one of eight to join the inaugural cohort for OneEleven, a new accelerator funded by OMERS Ventures, the Ontario Centres of Excellence, Ryerson University and other industry ...
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Simple test could replace surgery to diagnose male infertility
Mount Sinai’s Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute has developed a new test that could make a big difference to men facing infertility.
A study published in a leading international journal, Science Translational Medicine, details the discovery of a key biomarker that can pinpoint the cause of infertility without the need for invasive surgery.
This story was covered by BBC News, ABC News's "PM" with Mark Colvin, CTV News, CBC News, The Toronto Star, Globe and Mail, Ottawa Citizen and the Calgary Herald.
About half a million ...
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