Connaught Innovation Award / en 14 ֱ researchers recognized with Connaught Innovation Awards /celebrates/14-u-t-researchers-recognized-connaught-innovation-awards <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">14 ֱ researchers recognized with Connaught Innovation Awards</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>rahul.kalvapalle</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2024-06-25T09:55:22-04:00" title="Tuesday, June 25, 2024 - 09:55" class="datetime">Tue, 06/25/2024 - 09:55</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/connaught-fund" hreflang="en">Connaught Fund</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/connaught-innovation-award" hreflang="en">Connaught Innovation Award</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-applied-science-engineering" hreflang="en">Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/hospital-sick-children" hreflang="en">Hospital for Sick Children</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/rotman-school-management" hreflang="en">Rotman School of Management</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/temerty-faculty-medicine" hreflang="en">Temerty Faculty of Medicine</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/university-health-network" hreflang="en">University Health Network</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Fourteen researchers at the University of Toronto are receiving 2023-24 Connaught Innovation Awards to help accelerate the development and commercialization of technologies with high potential to have a positive impact on society.</p> <p>“I would like to congratulate this year’s recipients of Connaught Innovation Awards, whose research is fostering solutions to some of the most pressing challenges of our time,” said <strong>Leah Cowen</strong>, ֱ’s vice-president, research and innovation, and strategic initiatives. “From harnessing machine learning to improve interpretation of lung function tests to developing low-cost and scalable methods to monitor methane at landfills, these scholars are advancing novel ways to utilize technology to have a transformative impact in areas of critical importance in Canada and around the world.”</p> <p>This year’s recipients are:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://chem-eng.utoronto.ca/faculty-staff/faculty-members/e-j-acosta/"><strong>Edgar Acosta</strong></a>, department of chemical engineering and applied chemistry, Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering: Lecithin-based, self- micro/emulsifying delivery systems (SM/EDS) for drug and nutraceutical delivery</li> <li><a href="https://discover.research.utoronto.ca/22110-ana-cristina-andreazza"><strong>Ana Andreazza</strong></a>, department of pharmacology and toxicology, Temerty Faculty of Medicine: Mitochondrial Isolation Device (MitoDx)</li> <li><a href="https://chem-eng.utoronto.ca/faculty-staff/faculty-members/gisele-azimi/"><strong>Gisele Azimi</strong></a>, department of chemical engineering and applied chemistry, Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering: Supercritical fluid extraction for recycling of critical materials from E-waste</li> <li><a href="https://discover.research.utoronto.ca/10004-opher-baron"><strong>Opher Baron</strong></a>, Rotman School of Management: SiMLQ: Transforming process data into actionable insights</li> <li><a href="https://discover.research.utoronto.ca/3656-chungwai-chow"><strong>Chung-Wai Chow</strong></a>, University Health Network and Institute of Medical Science, Temerty Faculty of Medicine: Machine Learning to facilitate accurate interpretation of pulmonary function tests</li> <li><a href="https://surgery.utoronto.ca/faculty/maryam-faiz"><strong>Maryam Faiz</strong></a>, department of surgery, Temerty Faculty of Medicine: Astrocyte to oligodendrocyte reprogramming (A2O) for repair in chronic multiple sclerosis (MS)</li> <li><a href="https://moleculargenetics.utoronto.ca/faculty/andrew-fraser"><strong>Andrew Fraser</strong></a>, department of molecular genetics, Temerty Faculty of Medicine: Establishing methods for single-cell metabolomics using hydrogel-embedded barcode aptamers</li> <li><a href="https://www.ece.utoronto.ca/people/genov-r/"><strong>Roman Genov</strong></a>, Edward S. Rogers Sr. department of electrical and computer engineering, Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering: Fast Pixel-Programmable Image Sensors for Cost-Effective Imaging without Motion Artifacts</li> <li><a href="https://discover.research.utoronto.ca/12577-m-cynthia-goh"><strong>Cynthia Goh</strong></a>, department of chemistry, Faculty of Arts &amp; Science: Harnessing bacterial-surface interactions for rapid pathogen identification</li> <li><a href="https://discover.research.utoronto.ca/6995-frank-gu"><strong>Frank Gu</strong></a>, department of chemical engineering and applied chemistry, Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering: Magnesium ion crosslinked hyaluronic acid hydrogels for biomedical applications</li> <li><a href="https://www.comm.utoronto.ca/~jorg/"><strong>Jörg Liebeherr</strong></a>, Edward S. Rogers Sr. department of electrical and computer engineering, Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering: Low-cost large-scale methane monitoring at landfills</li> <li><a href="https://discover.research.utoronto.ca/34676-xilin-liu"><strong>Xilin Liu</strong></a>, Edward S. Rogers Sr. department of electrical and computer engineering, Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering: Energy-Efficient Edge Machine Learning Accelerator for Neuromodulation</li> <li><a href="https://discover.research.utoronto.ca/4740-andreas-mandelis"><strong>Andreas Mandelis</strong></a>, department of mechanical and industrial engineering, Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering: Intravascular Differential Photoacoustic Catheter Imager for Quasi-Invasive Detection of Vulnerable Plaques and Calcification in Coronary Artery Atherosclerosis</li> <li><a href="/celebrates/14-u-t-researchers-recognized-connaught-innovation-awards"><strong>Hani Naguib</strong></a><a href="/celebrates/14-u-t-researchers-recognized-connaught-innovation-awards">, department of mechanical and industrial engineering, Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering: Aerogel Film Materials for Thermal Management Systems</a></li> </ul> <p>The Connaught Innovation Award, which provides one-time seed funding to support the development and commercialization of the researchers’ innovative technologies, is backed by&nbsp;<a href="https://connaught.research.utoronto.ca/">the Connaught Fund</a>&nbsp;– the&nbsp;largest internal university research funding program in Canada. Established 52 years ago through the sale of Connaught Medical Research Laboratories, which is known for the discovery and production of insulin, the fund supports ֱ scholars through programs such as&nbsp;the <a href="https://research.utoronto.ca/funding-opportunities/db/connaught-new-researcher-award">New Researcher Award</a>, <a href="https://research.utoronto.ca/funding-opportunities/community-partnership-research-program-0">Community Partnership Research Program</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://research.utoronto.ca/funding-opportunities/db/connaught-major-research-challenge-black-researchers">Major Research Challenge for Black Researchers</a>, <a href="https://research.utoronto.ca/funding-opportunities/db/mclean-award">McLean Award</a>&nbsp;and international doctoral scholarships.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Tue, 25 Jun 2024 13:55:22 +0000 rahul.kalvapalle 308298 at 12 ֱ researchers recognized with Connaught Innovation Awards /celebrates/12-u-t-researchers-recognized-connaught-innovation-awards <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">12 ֱ researchers recognized with Connaught Innovation Awards</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2023-06-01T14:09:19-04:00" title="Thursday, June 1, 2023 - 14:09" class="datetime">Thu, 06/01/2023 - 14:09</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/mississauga" hreflang="en">Mississauga</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/connaught-innovation-award" hreflang="en">Connaught Innovation Award</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-chemical-physical-sciences" hreflang="en">Department of Chemical &amp; Physical Sciences</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-chemistry" hreflang="en">Department of Chemistry</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-electrical-computer-engineering" hreflang="en">Department of Electrical &amp; Computer Engineering</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-materials-science-engineering" hreflang="en">Department of Materials Science &amp; Engineering</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-molecular-genetics" hreflang="en">Department of Molecular Genetics</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-applied-science-engineering" hreflang="en">Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/ibme" hreflang="en">IBME</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/temerty-faculty-medicine" hreflang="en">Temerty Faculty of Medicine</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/university-toronto-mississauga" hreflang="en">University of Toronto Mississauga</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p class="MsoNoSpacing">Twelve researchers at the University of Toronto are receiving Connaught Innovation Awards to help accelerate the development and commercialization of promising technologies with strong socio-economic potential that will have a positive impact on society.</p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing">“The University of Toronto congratulates this year’s recipients, whose work is addressing some of society’s most important challenges,” said <b>Leah Cowen</b>, ֱ’s vice-president, research and innovation, and strategic initiatives. “From energy-saving windows to the use of plant hormones as appetite suppressants or the development of therapeutic targets that hold promise for a broad range of neurodegenerative diseases, these researchers’ inventions have the potential to make life-changing impacts here in Canada and around the world.”</p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing">This year's recipients are:</p> <ul> <li class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://bme.utoronto.ca/faculty-research/core-faculty/julie-audet/"><strong>Julie Audet</strong>, Institute of&nbsp;Biomedical Engineering</a>: &nbsp;A tool to optimize complex formulations based on evolutionary computation accelerated by artificial neural networks</li> <li class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://physiology.utoronto.ca/faculty/denise-belsham"><strong>Denise Belsham</strong>, department of physiology</a>: The use of a plant hormone CX as an appetite suppressant</li> <li class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://moleculargenetics.utoronto.ca/faculty/alan-cochrane"><strong>Alan Cochrane</strong>, department of molecular genetics</a>: Development of broad-spectrum, host-directed antivirals</li> <li class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://golovin.mie.utoronto.ca/"><strong>Kevin Golovin</strong>, department of mechanical and industrial engineering</a>: Reducing microplastic fibre pollution using low friction polymer brush as textile coatings</li> <li class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://www.eecg.utoronto.ca/~gulak/home.php"><strong>Glenn Gulak</strong>, department of electrical and computer engineering</a>: A hardware accelerator for fully homomorphic encryption-based machine learning applications</li> <li class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/cps/people/patrick-gunning"><strong>Patrick Gunning</strong>, department of chemical and physical sciences</a>, University of Toronto Mississauga: Development of an artificial intelligence-driven platform to explore the undruggable genome</li> <li class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://mse.utoronto.ca/faculty-staff/professors/hatton/"><strong>Benjamin Hatton</strong>, department of materials science and engineering</a>: Smart building facades for scalable operational energy management</li> <li class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/people/directories/all-faculty/ronald-kluger"><strong>Ronald Kluger</strong>, department of chemistry</a>: Production and evaluation of hemoglobin-bis-tetramers for oxygen transport to increase supply of lungs for transplant by enhancing ex vivo perfusion of donor lungs</li> <li class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/people/directories/all-faculty/eugenia-kumacheva"><strong>Eugenia Kumacheva</strong>, department of chemistry</a>: A platform for safety evaluation of chemical agents</li> <li class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://lmp.utoronto.ca/faculty/janice-robertson"><strong>Janice Robertson</strong>, department of laboratory medicine and pathobiology</a>: Targeting TDP-43 aggregation as therapeutics for TDP-43 proteinopathies</li> <li class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://news.engineering.utoronto.ca/non-invasive-approach-for-electrical-nerve-stimulation-among-five-projects-supported-by-2023-connaught-innovation-awards/"><strong>Paul Yoo</strong>, Institute of Biomedical Engineering</a>: Novel electrodes for non-invasive electrical nerve stimulation</li> <li class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://mse.utoronto.ca/faculty-staff/professors/zou-yu/"><strong>Yu Zou</strong>, department of materials science and engineering</a>: Autonomous additive manufacturing system&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p class="MsoNoSpacing">The Connaught Innovation Award, which provides one-time seed funding to support the development and commercialization of the researchers’ innovative technologies, is backed by <a href="https://connaught.research.utoronto.ca/">the Connaught Fund</a> – the <a href="https://connaught.research.utoronto.ca/opportunities">largest internal university research funding program in Canada</a>. Established 50 years ago through the sale of Connaught Medical Research Laboratories, which is known for the discovery and production of insulin, the fund supports ֱ scholars through programs such as&nbsp;the <a href="https://research.utoronto.ca/funding-opportunities/db/connaught-new-researcher-award">Connaught New Researcher Award</a>, the <a href="https://research.utoronto.ca/funding-opportunities/community-partnership-research-program-0">Connaught Community Partnership Research Program</a>,&nbsp;the <a href="https://brn.utoronto.ca/opportunity/connaught-challenge/">Connaught Major Research Challenge for Black Researchers</a><b>,</b>&nbsp;<a href="https://research.utoronto.ca/funding-opportunities/db/mclean-award">the McLean Award</a>&nbsp;and international doctoral scholarships.</p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing">&nbsp;</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Thu, 01 Jun 2023 18:09:19 +0000 lanthierj 301839 at Charlene Chu recognized with Connaught Innovation Award /news-celebrates/charlene-chu-recognized-connaught-innovation-award <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Charlene Chu recognized with Connaught Innovation Award</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>Christopher.Sorensen</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2022-03-31T13:36:10-04:00" title="Thursday, March 31, 2022 - 13:36" class="datetime">Thu, 03/31/2022 - 13:36</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/connaught-innovation-award" hreflang="en">Connaught Innovation Award</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/lawrence-s-bloomberg-faculty-nursing" hreflang="en">Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/FY22_Fall-DIG_NURS-photo-credit_stephen-frost.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="Charlene Chu"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">(photo by Stephen Frost)</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Assistant Professor <b>Charlene Chu</b> of the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing has received a Connaught Innovation Award for the development of Nightingale.ai, a smartphone-based application that will increase access to gold-standard rehabilitation after orthopedic surgery. &nbsp;</p> <p><b>Leah Cowen</b>, ֱ’s vice-president, research and innovation, and strategic initiatives, praised Chu for her innovative work.</p> <p>“Professor Chu’s work is cutting-edge,” she says. “With Nightingale.ai, her team will apply data-driven research to increase patient access to rehabilitation, mobilize post-surgery care, and ultimately improve health system efficiency.”</p> <p>With support from the <a href="https://connaught.research.utoronto.ca/">Connaught Fund</a>, the Connaught Innovation Awards recognize research that helps accelerate the development and commercialization of promising technologies. Projects were selected for their strong socio-economic and commercial potential, and because they are expected to make a positive impact on society.</p> <p>There are 12 additional Connaught Innovation Award recipients across the university – <a href="/news-celebrates/nine-u-t-engineering-researchers-recognized-connaught-innovation-awards">nine from the Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering</a>, and one each from <a href="/news-celebrates/patrick-gunning-recognized-connaught-innovation-award">ֱ Mississauga</a>, <a href="/news-celebrates/shirley-wu-recognized-connaught-innovation-award">the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy</a>&nbsp;and <a href="/news-celebrates/cindi-morshead-recognized-connaught-innovation-award">the Temerty Faculty of Medicine</a>.</p> <h3><a href="https://bloomberg.nursing.utoronto.ca/news/first-nurse-researcher-to-win-u-of-ts-connaught-award-seeks-bold-solution-to-physiotherapy-access-for-older-adults/">Read more about Charlene Chu</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Thu, 31 Mar 2022 17:36:10 +0000 Christopher.Sorensen 173894 at Cindi Morshead recognized with Connaught Innovation Award /news-celebrates/cindi-morshead-recognized-connaught-innovation-award <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Cindi Morshead recognized with Connaught Innovation Award</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>Christopher.Sorensen</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2022-03-31T13:33:21-04:00" title="Thursday, March 31, 2022 - 13:33" class="datetime">Thu, 03/31/2022 - 13:33</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/connaught-innovation-award" hreflang="en">Connaught Innovation Award</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/temerty-faculty-medicine" hreflang="en">Temerty Faculty of Medicine</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/cindi02-crop.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="Cindi Morshead"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Professor <b>Cindi Morshead</b> of the Temerty Faculty of Medicine has received a Connaught Innovation Award for her team’s development of a novel gene therapy to promote the repair of the brain following injury.</p> <p><b>Leah Cowen</b>, ֱ’s vice-president, research and innovation, and strategic initiatives, praised Morshead for the potential impact of her innovative research.</p> <p>“Professor Morshead’s work is a shining example of how our researchers are tackling global health challenges,” she says. “By effectively regenerating new cells in the brain, this innovative gene therapy has the power to transform how we treat neurodegenerative disease in stroke patients.”</p> <p>With support from the <a href="https://connaught.research.utoronto.ca/">Connaught Fund</a>, the Connaught Innovation Awards recognize research that helps accelerate the development and commercialization of promising technologies. Projects were selected for their strong socio-economic and commercial potential, and because they are expected to make a positive impact on society.</p> <p>There are 12 additional Connaught Innovation Award recipients across the university – <a href="/news-celebrates/nine-u-t-engineering-researchers-recognized-connaught-innovation-awards">nine from the Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering</a>, and one each from <a href="/news-celebrates/patrick-gunning-recognized-connaught-innovation-award">ֱ Mississauga</a>, <a href="/news-celebrates/shirley-wu-recognized-connaught-innovation-award">the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy</a>&nbsp;and <a href="/news-celebrates/charlene-chu-recognized-connaught-innovation-award">the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing</a>.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Thu, 31 Mar 2022 17:33:21 +0000 Christopher.Sorensen 173893 at Shirley Wu recognized with Connaught Innovation Award /news-celebrates/shirley-wu-recognized-connaught-innovation-award <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Shirley Wu recognized with Connaught Innovation Award</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>Christopher.Sorensen</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2022-03-31T13:31:24-04:00" title="Thursday, March 31, 2022 - 13:31" class="datetime">Thu, 03/31/2022 - 13:31</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/connaught-innovation-award" hreflang="en">Connaught Innovation Award</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/leslie-dan-faculty-pharmacy" hreflang="en">Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/shirely_wu_crop.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="Shirley Wu"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Professor <b>Shirley Wu</b> of the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy has received a Connaught Innovation Award for her team’s development of a “smart” microneedle patch to detect and treat hypoglycemia in diabetics.</p> <p><b>Leah Cowen</b>, ֱ’s vice-president, research and innovation, and strategic initiatives, praised Wu for the potential impact of her innovative research.</p> <p>“Professor Wu and her team are actively working to improve the lives of future generations,” she says. “The pain-free design of this first-of-its-kind smart technology will revolutionize how we treat and care for those who have diabetes.”</p> <p>With support from the <a href="https://connaught.research.utoronto.ca/">Connaught Fund</a>, the Connaught Innovation Awards recognize research that helps accelerate the development and commercialization of promising technologies. Projects were selected for their strong socio-economic and commercial potential, and because they are expected to make a positive impact on society.</p> <p>There are 12 additional Connaught Innovation Award recipients across the university – <a href="/news-celebrates/nine-u-t-engineering-researchers-recognized-connaught-innovation-awards">nine from the Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering</a>, and one each from <a href="/news-celebrates/patrick-gunning-recognized-connaught-innovation-award">ֱ Mississauga</a>, <a href="/news-celebrates/cindi-morshead-recognized-connaught-innovation-award">the Temerty Faculty of Medicine</a>&nbsp;and <a href="/news-celebrates/charlene-chu-recognized-connaught-innovation-award">the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing</a>.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Thu, 31 Mar 2022 17:31:24 +0000 Christopher.Sorensen 173892 at Patrick Gunning recognized with Connaught Innovation Award /news-celebrates/patrick-gunning-recognized-connaught-innovation-award <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Patrick Gunning recognized with Connaught Innovation Award</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>Christopher.Sorensen</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2022-03-31T13:29:30-04:00" title="Thursday, March 31, 2022 - 13:29" class="datetime">Thu, 03/31/2022 - 13:29</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/mississauga" hreflang="en">Mississauga</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/connaught-innovation-award" hreflang="en">Connaught Innovation Award</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/u-t-mississauga" hreflang="en">ֱ Mississauga</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/DSC_3314-Edit-2-crop_0.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="Patrick Gunning"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">(photo by Lisa Sakulensky)</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Professor <b>Patrick Gunning</b>&nbsp;of the University of Toronto Mississauga has received a Connaught Innovation Award to support his team’s work on the development of HDAC2 inhibitors for the treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD).</p> <p><b>Leah Cowen</b>, ֱ’s vice-president, research and innovation, and strategic initiatives, praised Gunning for the potential impact of his innovative research.</p> <p>“DMD is a rare and debilitating disease that affects approximately one in every 3,500 newborn males,” Cowen says. “The work of Professor Gunning and his team focuses on an emerging therapy that shows great potential to effectively combat the disease and advance the field of regenerative medicine.”</p> <p>With support from the <a href="https://connaught.research.utoronto.ca/">Connaught Fund</a>, the Connaught Innovation Awards recognize research that helps accelerate the development and commercialization of promising technologies. Projects were selected for their strong socio-economic and commercial potential, and because they are expected to make a positive impact on society.</p> <p>There are 12 additional Connaught Innovation Award recipients across the university – <a href="/news-celebrates/nine-u-t-engineering-researchers-recognized-connaught-innovation-awards">nine from the Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering</a>, and one each from <a href="/news-celebrates/shirley-wu-recognized-connaught-innovation-award">the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy</a>, <a href="/news-celebrates/cindi-morshead-recognized-connaught-innovation-award">the Temerty Faculty of Medicine</a>&nbsp;and <a href="/news-celebrates/charlene-chu-recognized-connaught-innovation-award">the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing</a>.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Thu, 31 Mar 2022 17:29:30 +0000 Christopher.Sorensen 173891 at Nine ֱ Engineering researchers recognized with Connaught Innovation Awards /news-celebrates/nine-u-t-engineering-researchers-recognized-connaught-innovation-awards <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Nine ֱ Engineering researchers recognized with Connaught Innovation Awards</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>Christopher.Sorensen</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2022-03-31T13:26:20-04:00" title="Thursday, March 31, 2022 - 13:26" class="datetime">Thu, 03/31/2022 - 13:26</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/connaught-innovation-award" hreflang="en">Connaught Innovation Award</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-applied-science-engineering" hreflang="en">Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Nine University of Toronto researchers from the Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering are receiving Connaught Innovation Awards to help accelerate the development and commercialization of promising technologies.</p> <p>The winning projects were selected for their strong socio-economic and commercial potential and are expected to make a positive impact on society.</p> <p>The awards are made possible through support from the <a href="https://connaught.research.utoronto.ca/">Connaught Fund</a>.</p> <p>.“Congratulations to this year’s recipients – who are all pursuing innovative work that will address some of society’s most significant challenges,” says&nbsp;<b>Leah Cowen</b>,<b>&nbsp;</b>ֱ’s vice-president, research and innovation, and strategic initiatives.&nbsp;</p> <p>“For example, <b>Gisele Azimi</b>’s work on high-performance, low-cost aluminum-ion batteries will revolutionize the field of sustainable energy storage; <b>Benjamin Hatton</b>’s development of non-adhesive, microfluidic wound dressings will allow radical approaches for skin tissue regeneration, greatly improving a patient’s quality of recovery; and <b>David Lie</b>’s research in cybersecurity will lead to the development of new software technologies that will more effectively protect a user’s valuable personal data.”</p> <p><br> The Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering recipients are:</p> <ul> <li><b>Gisele Azimi</b> of the department of chemical engineering and applied chemistry –High-performance and Cost-effective Aluminum Battery for Electric Transportation and Renewable Energy Storage</li> <li><b>Sanjeev Chandra </b>of the department of mechanical and industrial engineering – Thermal Spray Fabrication of Liquid Cooled Heat Sinks</li> <li><b>Mark Chignell</b> of the department of mechanical and industrial engineering – Target Acquisition Games for Measurement and Evaluation (TAG-ME) of Detailed Brain Function</li> <li><b>Roman Genov</b> of the department of electrical and computer engineering – Low-cost Camera for Motion-tolerant Adaptive High-dynamic-range Imaging</li> <li><b>Benjamin Hatton</b> of the department of materials science and engineering – Smart Wound Dressings for Active Control of Wounds and Skin Tissue Regeneration</li> <li><b>David Lie</b> of the department of electrical and computer engineering – Tools and Techniques to Perform Comprehensive Security Assessments</li> <li><b>Milos Popovic</b> of the Institute of Biomedical Engineering – “Take Home” Neurostimulation for Depression: Prototype Development and Proof of Concept Clinical Trial</li> <li><b>Craig Simmons</b> of the department of mechanical and industrial engineering – Cell Culture Medium to Improve the Maturity and Utility of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-derived Cardiomyocytes</li> <li><b>Ding Yuan</b> of the department of electrical and computer engineering – CLP: Efficient and Scalable Search on Compressed Text Logs</li> </ul> <p>There are four additional Connaught Innovation Award recipients across the university – one each from <a href="/news-celebrates/patrick-gunning-recognized-connaught-innovation-award">ֱ Mississauga</a>, <a href="/news-celebrates/shirley-wu-recognized-connaught-innovation-award">the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy</a>, <a href="/news-celebrates/cindi-morshead-recognized-connaught-innovation-award">the Temerty Faculty of Medicine</a>&nbsp;and <a href="/news-celebrates/charlene-chu-recognized-connaught-innovation-award">the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing</a>.</p> <h3><a href="https://news.engineering.utoronto.ca/beyond-lithium-ion-new-battery-technologies-2022-connaught-innovation-awards/">Read the Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering story</a><i></i></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Thu, 31 Mar 2022 17:26:20 +0000 Christopher.Sorensen 173890 at Emma Master recognized with Connaught Innovation Award /celebrates/emma-master-recognized-connaught-innovation-award <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Emma Master recognized with Connaught Innovation Award</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2021-03-29T18:49:43-04:00" title="Monday, March 29, 2021 - 18:49" class="datetime">Mon, 03/29/2021 - 18:49</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/connaught-innovation-award" hreflang="en">Connaught Innovation Award</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-chemical-engineering-applied-chemistry" hreflang="en">Department of Chemical Engineering &amp; Applied Chemistry</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-applied-science-engineering" hreflang="en">Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/women-stem" hreflang="en">Women in STEM</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/Master%2C%20Emma-crop.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="Emma Master"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Professor&nbsp;<strong>Emma Master </strong>of the department of chemical engineering and applied chemistry in the Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering has received a Connaught Innovation Award to support her team’s work&nbsp;on plant-based, renewable alternatives to petrochemical compounds.</p> <p>Grounded by what Master describes as “a deep appreciation of the carbon, energy, and function embodied by Canada’s boreal forest,” her team <a href="https://www.labs.chem-eng.utoronto.ca/master/">uses biocatalysts to upgrade major plant fibre components</a> for use in renewable materials - instead of simply breaking them down into fermentable sugars.</p> <p>“Our enzyme technology presents a more resource-efficient approach that maximizes the value of naturally occurring chemical structures present in the starting material,” Master says.&nbsp;“At the same time, our enzyme technology is designed to upgrade underused residues of major agricultural and forest practices, underscoring the potential impact of the technology on increasing resource efficiency.”</p> <p>The associate director of<a href="https://www.biozone.utoronto.ca/"> BioZone, a centre of applied bioscience and bioengineering</a>, Master is also co-leader&nbsp;of <a href="https://www.genomecanada.ca/en/synbiomics-functional-genomics-and-techno-economic-models-advanced-biopolymer-synthesis">Genome Canada's SYNBIOMICS&nbsp;p</a>roject that uses enzymes to&nbsp;upgrade&nbsp;biopolymers from trees, creating higher-value materials and heads<a href="https://biozone.utoronto.ca/create-home/">&nbsp;the NSERC CREATE training program</a> in open science for industrial biotechnology in the circular economy.</p> <p>Awarded a Finland Distinguished Professor Fellowship in 2010, Master&nbsp;also received a European Research Council Consolidator grant in 2015. Last year, she was awarded a Future and Emerging Technologies Open grant to integrate bioscience, computational sciences and materials sciences for the advancement of biotechnologies in circular bio-based economies.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Mon, 29 Mar 2021 22:49:43 +0000 lanthierj 168851 at Yu Sun recognized with Connaught Innovation Award /celebrates/yu-sun-recognized-connaught-innovation-award <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Yu Sun recognized with Connaught Innovation Award </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2021-03-29T18:44:14-04:00" title="Monday, March 29, 2021 - 18:44" class="datetime">Mon, 03/29/2021 - 18:44</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-applied-science-engineering" hreflang="en">Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/connaught-innovation-award" hreflang="en">Connaught Innovation Award</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-mechanical-industrial-engineering" hreflang="en">Department of Mechanical &amp; Industrial Engineering</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/UofT4882_20121127_SunYu_002.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="Yu Sun"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">(Photo courtesy of NSERC)</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Professor <strong>Yu Sun</strong> of the department of mechanical and industrial engineering in the Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering has received a Connaught Innovation Award for his work on a minimally invasive, automated system for blastocyst biopsy.</p> <p>During <em>in vitro </em>fertilization treatment, cells often need to be removed for genetic testing when the embryo has reached the blastocyst stage – a biopsy that helps mitigate the risk of&nbsp;genetic diseases and determine a viable embryo for implantation.</p> <p>Sun’s automated system is expected to improve the blastocyst survival rate as well as the accuracy of genetic testing, compared to manual operation by skilled embryologists – and holds the potential to standardize the rapidly growing practice of blastocyst biopsy in more than 3,500 IVF clinics/hospitals worldwide.</p> <p>The Connaught support will allow the team to develop the system to “its transformative potential,” said Sun, who holds a Canada Research Chair in Micro and Nano Engineering Systems. “The new technology will reduce the invasiveness to biopsied blastocysts and ensure the integrity of the collected cells.”</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Mon, 29 Mar 2021 22:44:14 +0000 lanthierj 168839 at Shirley Wu recognized with Connaught Innovation Award /celebrates/shirley-wu-recognized-connaught-innovation-award <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Shirley Wu recognized with Connaught Innovation Award </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2021-03-29T18:13:15-04:00" title="Monday, March 29, 2021 - 18:13" class="datetime">Mon, 03/29/2021 - 18:13</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/leslie-dan-faculty-pharmacy" hreflang="en">Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/connaught-innovation-award" hreflang="en">Connaught Innovation Award</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/Shirley_Wu_7178-celebrates.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="Shirley Wu"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Professor <strong>Shirley Wu</strong> of the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy has received a Connaught Innovation Award to support her team’s work to develop an innovative nanotechnology-based platform for central nervous system diseases.</p> <p>“Financial support to move this research forward is critical. There’s very little external funding for this type of work, so this internal funding is pivotal to move forward,” says Wu. “You need a bridge like this to move from discovery to commercialization, and we appreciate this opportunity very much.”</p> <p>Wu’s research focuses on drug delivery and pharmaceutical nanotechnology. Her team’s nanoparticulate system can cross the blood-brain barrier – a protective structure that surrounds the brain – to deliver drugs or imaging agents. The platform has already been used to deliver drugs in an animal model of breast cancer brain metastasis and primary brain tumours, as well as <a href="/news/u-t-researchers-develop-nanoparticle-detect-early-stage-alzheimer-s">to deliver an imaging agent for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease</a>.</p> <p>The technology is particularly exciting from a commercialization perspective because it serves as a platform that can be loaded with different agents to image or treat different central nervous diseases.</p> <p>“We want to move forward and develop the technology for different applications, but the manufacturing process is the main bottleneck right now,” says Wu. “The Connaught Innovation Award will help us to overcome some of the barriers and prepare for commercialization.”</p> <h3><a href="https://pharmacy.utoronto.ca/news-announcements/shirley-wu-receives-connaught-innovation-award">Read the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy story</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Mon, 29 Mar 2021 22:13:15 +0000 lanthierj 168837 at