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To ensure future space for its burgeoning startup and innovation community, the University of Toronto is turning to the Toronto waterfront. In…
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How can regenerative medicine researchers move innovative discoveries out of the lab efficiently and effectively to benefit patients…
Dr. Miriam Rossi was a key player in the drive to make the University of Toronto's Faculty of Medicine more diverse, while acting as a mentor, role…
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When it comes to the mating game, it’s true that size does matter for North American male dance flies, who are most attracted to mates who display the…
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Luna Yu is passionate about not wasting food. “I was taught at an early age by my grandparents never to waste food since it was throwing away the…
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When you enter the translational biology and engineering program (TBEP) labs in the west tower of MaRS, there is no telling where one researcher’s…
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In our technological age, it has become much easier to feel connected to people and places around the world, making geography seem much less…
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Canada has all the ingredients needed to take advantage of the coming artificial intelligence revolution – a shift that promises to supercharge the…
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Stephen Scherer has had a finger on the pulse of genomic research for over 20 years. But that didn’t prepare him for what happened while he was…
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In the movie The Intern, a 70-year-old played by Robert De Niro decides to make a career change and lands an internship at an online fashion startup…
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The University of Toronto’s division of research and innovation will take important steps to promote equity, diversity and inclusion in research…
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Leila Keshavjee sometimes feels like the odd woman out among tech-minded University of Toronto entrepreneurs – she makes ice pops – but that…