The Government of Canada has announced that it will fund the NanoMedicines Innovation Network (NMIN) as a Network of Centres of Excellence. NMIN represents a strong partnership between academia, government, and industry that centers on the innovation and commercialization of [...]
Congratulations to Shell Ip and coworkers on their publication in Langmuir: Ip, S.; MacLaughlin, C. M.; Joseph, M.; Mullaithilaga, N.; Yang, G.; Wang, C.; Walker, G. C. Dual-Mode Dark Field and Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Liposomes for Lymphoma and Leukemia Cell [...]
Collaborative work between the Walker and Xu groups, as well as Bruker Nano and ENERGETIQ, has resulted in a journal article in ACS Photonics: Wagner, M.; Jakob, D. S.; Horne, S.; Mittel, H.; Osechinskiy, S.; Phillips, C.; Walker, G. C.; [...]
Congratulations to Chris Walters and coworkers on their publication in Advanced Materials: Walters, C. M; Pao, C.; Gagnon, B. P.; Zamecnik, C. R.; Walker, G. C. Bright Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering with Fluorescence Quenching from Silica Encapsulated J-Aggregate Coated Gold Nanoparticles. [...]
Congratulations to Kris Kim, who has been awarded the Norman Stuart Robertson Fellowship! This SGS University-wide award is given to students in the sciences on the basis of academic merit.
Congratulations to Kris Kim, who has been awarded the David H. Farrar Graduate Scholarship in Chemistry! The David H. Farrar Graduate Scholarship is awarded to graduate students in the Department of Chemistry who have distinguished themselves both academically and for their [...]
Researchers from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) in Mumbai, the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, and the Walker Lab at the University of Toronto have identified the shape of the amyloid beta protein that is believed to trigger Alzheimer's [...]
Congratulations to PhD student Kris Kim, who has been awarded a University of Toronto TATP TA Teaching Excellence Award! Kris is one of only four winners of this award across all of the University of Toronto for 2015. The Teaching [...]
Christopher Walters was awarded 3rd prize at the physical symposium of the Southern Ontario Undergraduate Student Chemistry Conference (SOUSCC), held at the University of Toronto-Mississauga on March 21, 2015, for his poster "Hybrid Plasmonics and Resonant SERS." Congratulations, Christopher!
The recent Nature Communications paper by Xiaoji Xu et al, “One-dimensional Surface Phonon Polaritons in Boron Nitride Nanotubes,” has been highlighted by Nature Materials! Read the News & Views column here .