Have you ever wanted to peek behind the curtain of a hackathon? Our most recent article covers everything, from the creation of the winning projects to the private judging deliberations. Read it here: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/anatomy...

Congratulations to Peter Roy and Molly Shoichet for being recognized by the Derrick Rossi Innovation Awards! Read more about their discoveries and the work going on underneath Donnelly's roof in this U of T News article: www.utoronto.ca/news/five-re...

We are excited to announce that we are seeking two colleagues: an Assistant Professor and an Associate Professor in the area of Aging, Senescence, and Tissue Regeneration. Learn more through the following links: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-... jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

Jacob L. Fine, a PhD student conducting research at the Donnelly Centre, has been awarded the 2025 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada! Read more here: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/donnell...

Happy Postdoc Appreciation Week! The Donnelly Centre is thrilled to have so many talented and hardworking minds under one roof.

Are you a driven PhD graduate ready to tackle big questions? Applications for the Charles H. Best Postdoctoral Fellowship are now open, awarding $45,000/year for up to two years. Apply by November 4th through the following link: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/charles-h-be...

Donnelly Centre faculty member Hannes Röst and graduate student Mohammed Alhigaylan led a global initiative to increase #diversity in mass spectrometry. The program helped underrepresented scientists develop programming skills for research. Learn more 👉 uoft.me/OpenMSProgram

Congratulations to faculty member Mikko Taipale for his #promotion to Professor! 👏 Professor Taipale joined the Donnelly Centre in 2014 with a vision for conducting large-scale, long-term projects across a wide range of #biomedical areas. Learn more 👉 uoft.me/TaipalePromo...

Congratulations to Brandon Lieng for winning the 2025 Jennifer Comyn Graduate Award for Cancer Research! 👏 The award will support his research to determine metabolic differences between individual #BreastCancer cells from the same growth. Learn more 👉 uoft.me/2025ComynAward

A global genetic interaction map of a human cell reveals conserved principles of genetic networks https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.30.662193v1

Congratulations to Jessica Lacoste, who has been named our 2025 Best Fellow! 👏 The #fellowship will support her research to find drugs that are bioactivated by cytochrome P450 enzymes to target infectious diseases. #UofT Learn more 👉 uoft.me/2025BestFellow

In the latest issue of @labonachip.rsc.org A compartmentalization-free microfluidic digital assay for detecting picogram levels of protein analytes #OpenAccess from Aaron Wheeler et al @wheelerlab.bsky.social‬ @chemuoft.bsky.social @donnellycentre.bsky.social Read here: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

The Donnelly Centre is excited to announce the Cloud Research Lab! The new lab uses @amazonwebservices.bsky.social cloud computing and #AI to shave years off data analysis for large-scale biomedical research. #UofT Learn more 👉 uoft.me/CloudResearc...

Congratulations to Donnelly Centre faculty member Charles Boone on his election to the National Academy of Sciences! 👏 Dr. Boone was one of 24 international members elected in 2024 and was inducted into the Academy earlier this month. #UofT Learn more 👉 uoft.me/CharlesBoone...

Congratulations to Donnelly Centre faculty member Stéphane Angers on being funded by Brain Cancer Canada! 👏 The $85,000 grant will support research on recurrent glioblastoma, one of the most challenging forms of #BrainCancer to treat. Learn more 👉 thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/brain-c...

Congratulations to @donnellycentre.bsky.social faculty member Benjamin Blencowe on his election to the Academy of Medical Sciences! 👏 Dr. Blencowe is one of 54 #biomedical and health scientists elected as a Fellow this year. #UofT Learn more 👉 thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/u-t-fac...

Congratulations to @donnellycentre.bsky.social faculty member Artem Babaian on being named a CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar! 👏 Dr. Babaian is one of 12 emerging research leaders who will join the 2025-2027 cohort. #UofT Learn more 👉 thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/12-rese...

Professor @garybader.bsky.social is a faculty member at the Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research. Check out our new Q & A series with our faculty to learn more about the researchers driving innovation in health and #medicine. #UofT Learn more 👉 uoft.me/MeetGaryBader

REMINDER: #Seminar with Steven L. Salzberg at the Donnelly Centre on Thursday! Link below to register. 👇

Join us at the Donnelly Centre for our next #seminar series speaker: @stevensalzberg.bsky.social from Johns Hopkins University! 📅 Thursday, May 15 at 11am ET 📍 Red Seminar Room at Donnelly Centre | Zoom Save your spot 👉 uoft.me/StevenLSalzb...

The @donnellycentre.bsky.social 2024 #AnnualReport is now available! Check it out for highlights from our faculty and trainees, including: ⭐️ Our biggest research stories 💲 Funding milestones 🏆 Appointments and awards See the report 👉 uoft.me/DC2024Annual...

The @donnellycentre.bsky.social welcomes Dr. Lea Harrington as a new faculty member! 🎉 Professor Harrington joins our experts in Stem Cells, Regenerative Medicine and Aging, with a research focus on the molecular mechanisms of #aging. #UofT Learn more 👉 uoft.me/LeaHarrington

REMINDER: #Seminar with Sorana Morrissy at the Donnelly Centre on Thursday! Link below to register. 👇

REMINDER: #Seminar with Joseph A. Loo at the Donnelly Centre on Thursday! Link below to register. 👇

Congratulations to @donnellycentre.bsky.social faculty member Aaron Wheeler on receiving the Connaught Innovation Award! 👏 Dr. Wheeler is one of 18 #UofT researchers who received the 2024-25 awards to advance technologies. Learn more 👉 www.utoronto.ca/celebrates/1...

Join us at the Donnelly Centre for our next #seminar series speaker: Sorana Morrissy from @ucalgarymed.bsky.social! 📅 Thursday, April 24 at 11am ET 📍 Red Seminar Room at Donnelly Centre | Zoom Save your spot 👉 uoft.me/SoranaMorrissy

Congratulations to @donnellycentre.bsky.social faculty member Brenda Andrews for being awarded the 2025 Friesen Prize! 👏 The Henry G. Friesen International Prize in Health Research recognizes exceptional innovation by a visionary #health leader. #UofT Learn more 👉 uoft.me/FriesenPrize

Join us at the Donnelly Centre for our next #seminar series speaker: Joseph A. Loo from UCLA! 📅 Thursday, April 17 at 11am ET 📍 Red Seminar Room at Donnelly Centre | Zoom Save your spot 👉 uoft.me/JosephALoo

REMINDER: #Seminar with @edchuong.bsky.social at the Donnelly Centre on Thursday! Link below to register. 👇

Join us at the Donnelly Centre for our next #seminar series speaker: @edchuong.bsky.social from the University of Colorado Boulder! 📅 Thursday, April 3 at 11am ET 📍 Red Seminar Room at Donnelly Centre | Zoom Save your spot 👉 uoft.me/EdwardBoyiCh...

Congratulations to Donnelly Centre faculty member Aaron Wheeler on his renewed Canada Research Chair appointment! 👏 Dr. Wheeler holds a Tier 1 Chair position in Microfluidic Bioanalysis. #UofT Learn more 👉 utoronto.ca/celebrates/2...

Congratulations to Gary Bader for being one of the first funding recipients of the Developing Medicines through Open Science Program. 👏 Dr. Bader is collaborating with @uhntoronto.bsky.social researchers to advance new treatments for a rare liver disease. Learn more 👉 uoft.me/DMOSprogram

Congratulations to Donnelly Centre faculty members Liliana Attisano, Andrew Fraser, Peter Roy and Mikko Taipale for securing funding from #CIHR! 👏 Their funded projects will advance drug discovery and technological innovation. #UofT Learn more 👉 uoft.me/FallCIHRFund...

REMINDER: #Seminar with Allison B. Sekuler at the Donnelly Centre on Thursday! Link below to register. 👇

Researchers at @uoft.bsky.social led the discovery of a ginger compound that can treat inflammatory bowel disease. While scientists have known of the compound for decades, its functions or targets in the body were not determined until now. #UofT Learn more 👉 uoft.me/GingerCompound

REMINDER: #Seminar with Daniel J. Drucker at the Donnelly Centre on Thursday! Link below to register. 👇

Join us at the Donnelly Centre for our next #seminar series speaker: Allison B. Sekuler from @uoft.bsky.social and @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social! 📅 Thursday, February 27 at 11am ET 📍 Red Seminar Room at Donnelly Centre | Zoom Save your spot 👉 uoft.me/AllisonBSeku...

AI + quantum computing used to target 'undruggable' cancer protein #UofT 💻 uoft.me/bfi

Join us at the Donnelly Centre for our next #seminar series speaker: Daniel J. Drucker from @uoft.bsky.social and @sinaihealth.bsky.social! 📅 Thursday, February 20 at 11am ET 📍 Red Seminar Room at Donnelly Centre | Zoom Save your spot 👉 uoft.me/DanielJDrucker

Quantifying metabolites using structure-switching aptamers coupled to DNA sequencing - @donnellycentre.bsky.social go.nature.com/42BbXTQ

Researchers at @uoft.bsky.social have invented a method that uses #DNA sequencing to measure metabolites. The new platform, called “smol-seq”, enables rapid and precise analysis of biological compounds that are critical for health. #UofT Learn more 👉 uoft.me/Metabolites

REMINDER: #Seminar with @facundof.bsky.social at the Donnelly Centre on Thursday! Link below to register. 👇

Join us at the Donnelly Centre for our next #seminar series speaker: @facundof.bsky.social from the Georgia Institute of Technology! 📅 Thursday, February 6 at 11am ET 📍 Red Seminar Room at Donnelly Centre | Zoom Save your spot 👉 uoft.me/FacundoFerna...

Seminar alert! 🎉 PRiME Connaught Global Speaker Series seminar: “Estrogenic regulation of memory consolidation: Neural mechanisms and implications for menopause and Alzheimer’s disease,” with Dr. Karyn Frick @donnellycentre.bsky.social on Feb. 6 at 2:00 Register: public.eve.utoronto.ca/events/5348

REMINDER: #Seminar with Kristin Hope at the Donnelly Centre on Thursday! Link below to register. 👇

Congratulations to Celestine Hong and Evan Kerek, our 2024 Charles H. Best Fellows! 🎉 The #fellowship will support their research on drug delivery to treat eye disease and protein mislocalization in the cell. #UofT Learn more 👉 uoft.me/2024BestFell...

Join us at the Donnelly Centre for our next #seminar series speaker: Kristin Hope from @uoftmedicine.bsky.social and @uhnresearch.bsky.social! 📅 Thursday, January 23 at 11am ET 📍 Red Seminar Room at Donnelly Centre | Zoom Save your spot 👉 uoft.me/KristinHope

⌛️ Time is running out to apply for the Assistant Professor position in functional #genomics with the @donnellycentre.bsky.social! Don't miss your chance to join one of the top interdisciplinary institutions in the world in medicine and health. #UofT Learn more 👉 uoft.me/DCAssistantProfessor

A team led by @uoft.bsky.social researchers has created a platform, called SIMPL2, that revolutionizes the study of protein-protein interactions. SIMPL2 can fast-track drug discovery for targeted treatment of diseases like #cancer. #UofT Learn more 👉 uoft.me/SIMPL2