Sylleta, which has been participating in the accelerator program Start-Up Chile, was awarded first place in Start-up Chile's DemoDay competition! This event involved presentations to more than 60 investors by Start-Up Chile participants. As winners of the competition, Sylleta will [...]
Cassandra Phillips won a best poster award at the Southern Ontario Undergraduate Student Chemistry Conference (SOUSCC), held on March 29, 2014 at the University of Windsor. Congratulations, Cassandra!
Macroblock, the eco-friendly antifouling treatment developed by Sylleta was highlighted in the October 2013 issue of Fish Farming International.
On the heels of their Clean50 award, Gilbert and Nikhil's clean antifouling technology, Macroblock, was featured in the UofT Bulletin. Read the article by Kim Luke, and view images of nets with and without Macroblock treatment here: http://news.utoronto.ca/clean-cost-effective-solution-fishing-industry. Net [...]
Congratulations! Nikhil and Gilbert have won a 2014 Clean50 Award, in the area of Research and Development! This award identifies and recognizes 50 individuals (or small teams) who have made the greatest contributions to sustainable development or clean capitalism in [...]
"MaRS client SYLLETA fishes for business in Chile" Gilbert Walker, Nikhil Gunari, and Ana Valdivia visited Chile in July to discuss their antifouling technology with government and business officials. Their trip was recently highlighted in the MaRS blog. Read more [...]
On May 31, 2013, Gilbert Walker served as panelist in an event titled "Chile: A regional hub for entrepreneurship & innovation," hosted by MaRSDD, with event participation by the President of Chile, Sebastián Piñera. Gilbert discussed opportunities for aquaculture biofouling innovations in [...]
Gilbert Walker and Nikhil Gunari have received a UofT Inventor of the Year Award for their development of eco-friendly antifouling coatings. The Inventor of the Year Award recognizes the best innovations at the University of Toronto. Read the news release. [...]
The Walker Group, May 2, 2013. A beautiful spring afternoon in Toronto, outside Robarts Library. Walker Group, April 2013Back row (L to R): Duncan Halverson-Smith, Gilbert Walker, Nikhil Gunari, Adrienne Tanur, Christina MacLaughlin, Weiqing Shi; Front row (L to [...]
Melissa Paulite's recent article, “Full spectroscipic tip-enhanced Raman imaging of single nanotapes formed from beta-amyloid(1-40) peptide fragments,” has been highlighted in an ACS Nano perspective. Read the full review here.
