by Stacey Johnson | Nov 6, 2020
We heard it first. If you attended the virtual Vancouver version of the 2020 Till & McCulloch Meetings, you had the opportunity to hear from Dr. Janet Rossant, Chair of the Expert Panel on the Approval and Use of Somatic Gene Therapies in Canada, giving us a...
by Stacey Johnson | Oct 20, 2020
I read somewhere, probably Twitter, that today is World CRISPR Day. I’m willing to play along since now is an excellent time to think about CRISPR. After all, Drs. Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna received the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry earlier this month...
by Stacey Johnson | Oct 16, 2020
The news that Health Canada has approved gene therapy Luxturna to treat blindness couldn’t come at a better time, as October is Blindness Awareness Month. You don’t have to look far to find other high impact research on blindness happening right here in Toronto,...
by Farah Qaiser | Oct 8, 2020
In 2019, Canada’s first Communicating Science workshop (ComSciConCAN) series took place. I attended and later shared tips and tools I learned there, which you can read here. Now, one year later, ComSciConCAN alumni have hosted events across Canada, including...
by Stacey Johnson | Oct 2, 2020
In a year during which systemic racism is a talking point and Black Lives Matter is a rallying cry, the ideals of equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) should be a priority in everyone’s organization. Earlier this week, Centennial College hosted “STEM Reimagined:...
by Stacey Johnson | Sep 25, 2020
It’s been a busy week for 3D printing news. Here are some stories that caught my attention. Milking the advantages of direct ink writing Researchers from the Singapore University of Technology and Design published research demonstrating they have developed a method...
by Stacey Johnson | Sep 18, 2020
You know the expression “a moment on the lips, forever on the hips?” I can think of something else that takes only a moment and can cause a lasting positive effect. With one quick and painless cheek swab, your DNA gets added to a stem cell registry. If you are found...
by Jovana Drinjakovic | Sep 9, 2020
In 2015, Jason Moffat walked into Sheila Singh’s office at McMaster University and gave her a small vial of clear liquid. The vial contained ten milliliters, or two teaspoons, of an injectable antibody, created in Moffat’s lab in Toronto, with a street value of around...
by Stacey Johnson | Sep 4, 2020
In 2016, I stumbled upon the concept of a “blog carnival” and I was excited to give it a whirl. It was so much fun and such a success that, five years later, it is now a regular summer feature on Signals. You can look forward to it in the same way that...
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