Posts Tagged: MI Member Institutions
New Partnership to Develop Treatment for Rett Syndrome
Toronto, ON, July 15, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MaRS Innovation announced today that it is partnering with Dr. James Eubanks at the University Health Network (UHN) to develop a new treatment for Rett syndrome, a rare developmental disorder found almost exclusively in girls and women.
Infants with Rett syndrome develop and grow normally until the age of 8 to 12 months when symptoms begin appearing. Although the symptoms vary in type and severity, most of the girls and women with the disorder ...
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LAB150 adds two projects: Cystic Fibrosis and Respiratory Syncytial Virus
Toronto, ON, Feb. 27, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MaRS Innovation announced today the concurrent launch of two new LAB150 projects. These projects build on breakthroughs in disease-focused scientific research by prominent teams at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and the University of Toronto, both of which are Members of MaRS Innovation. LAB150 is a partnership between MaRS Innovation and Evotec AG with the goal of accelerating academic research towards commercial outcomes by providing funding and access to pharmaceutically validated platforms ...
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2017 Year in Review
MaRS Innovation looks back at the year that was: a summary of the main events of the past 12 months, including creation of LAB150, collaboration with strategic partners and significant investment events into our portfolio companies. For the full report, please follow the link: Year in Review 2017-18
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Triphase Accelerator announces new cancer collaboration with Sunnybrook Research Institute
TORONTO and SAN DIEGO (Feb. 26, 2015) — Triphase Accelerator Corporation has entered into an academic center collaboration with Sunnybrook Research Institute (SRI), the research arm of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, a MaRS Innovation member institution. MaRS Innovation is also a Triphase investor.
Under the agreement, SRI will assist in the development of Triphase’s novel, first-in-class, fully human bi-specific antibody TRPH 011 and evaluate the role of bifunctional targeting of VEGFR-2 and TIE 2 receptors in cancer. TRPH 011 binds and neutralizes VEGFR-2/KDR ...
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UTEST gets a mention in TechVibes piece on Canada’s growing start-up scene
TechVibes gave UTEST, an incubator program jointly run by MaRS Innovation and the University of Toronto, a mention in Laura Leslie's "Canada’s Startup Communities Shining Brighter Than the California Sun," published November 24, 2014, which explores the ecosystem-wide supports in place to encourage entrepreneurship in Canada.
Leslie writes:
Silicon Valley may be the first place that comes to mind when you think of tech startups, but when considering resources, financial support, and a welcoming atmosphere, Canada has been steadily putting itself on the map. ...
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MaRS Innovation Industry Access Program (MI-IAP) accepting applications until April 10
Researchers working in orphan indications, drug delivery devices, big data and other key areas invited to submit a brief Statement of Interest
The MaRS Innovation Industry Access Program (MI-IAP) is a simple, formalized process for marketing early-stage technologies to MI's industry partners: Baxter, LifeLabs (formerly CML Healthcare), GSK, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer and Merck.
The program's goal is to secure funding for researchers within MI's membership through these collaborative, strategic R&D partnership programs.
First run in November 2013, the MI-IAP allows researchers to easily ...
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Bioprinter covered on CTV’s Canada AM
The Bioprinter project, a three-way initiative from MaRS Innovation, the University of Toronto and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, was featured on Canada AM on January 29 during a segment with Dr. Marla Shapiro, the program's Health and Medical Expert.
The Bioprinter, whose commercial applications are being developed by MI's Fanny Sie, is a 3D printer than can print on organic material, including skin.
Click here to watch the full segment on CTV's Canada AM.
Shapiro visited Dr. Marc Jeschke and his team in his lab at Sunnybrook to ...
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MaRS Innovation and Pfizer fund Bio-Manufacturing Technology
Technology developed by Dr. Stuart Berger at UHN is first project funded through partnership
TORONTO, Dec. 11, 2013 - MaRS Innovation, a Centre of Excellence for Commercialization and Research, has announced the first project funded through the Pfizer Inc. and MaRS Innovation strategic partnership.
Dr. Stuart Berger, senior scientist at University Health Network, has developed a potential innovation for the bio-manufacturing sector, which is a rapid-growth area.
This announcement was covered by BetaKit.
His technology generates cell lines with improved protein production and survival properties, important in the ...
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MaRS Innovation launches streamlined funding program
Applications invited for MI’s Industry Access Program, which matches early-stage, high-potential technologies to partners and funding
MaRS Innovation (MI) has launched a unique funding program to match researchers with industry partners while advancing early stage technologies: the MaRS Innovation Industry Access Program (MI-IAP).
This program provides a simple mechanism to connect researchers with MI’s industry partners. The process and application form are intentionally brief to save researchers time and allow MI's partners to review a wide range of remarkable technologies within the Toronto academic ...
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