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. [...]
Caroline Pao has been awarded the Huguette J. Cohen award by the Department of Chemical & Physical Sciences at the University of Toronto. This award is given to outstanding graduate students in the Analytical, Biological, or Organic Chemistry streams, as judged [...]
Professor Xiaoji Xu has been named one of only ten 2018 Beckman Young Investigators by the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation! This prestigious grant is awarded to the most promising young faculty members in the early stages of their academic [...]
Doctoral student Kevin Ho has been awarded the Queen Elizabeth II/Martin Moskovits Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology. This program is designed to encourage excellence in graduate studies in science and technology by awarding scholarships based on academic merit and [...]
Doctoral students Samantha McWhirter and Caroline Pao are recent recipients of Ontario Graduate Scholarships (OGS)! This program provides merit-based scholarships to Ontario’s best graduate students in all disciplines of academic study. Recipients are chosen based on academic merit and research [...]
Congratulations to Caroline Pao for being awarded the Walter C. Sumner Memorial Fellowship. This fellowship is awarded to exceptional doctoral students in Chemistry, Physics, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science. Great job, Caroline!
Congratulations to Maria Karcz for being awarded the Joseph Bazylewicz Fellowship by the School of Graduate Studies (SGS) at the University of Toronto! This award is given to graduate students with Polish citizenship on the basis of financial need and [...]