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The Donnelly Centre has selected Molly Shoichet and Mikko Taipale as the winners of the 2025 Terrence Donnelly Innovation Award, funding $375,000 in support of research projects with a focus on knowledge mobilization and potential for commercialization.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The Donnelly Centre has selected Molly Shoichet and Mikko Taipale as the winners of the 2025 Terrence Donnelly Innovation Award, funding $375,000 in support of research projects with a focus on knowledge mobilization and potential for commercialization.
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Today we're highlighting Gary Bader, who we recently interviewed for our 20-Year Anniversary retrospective series. Read the full story below:
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December 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Today we're highlighting Gary Bader, who we recently interviewed for our 20-Year Anniversary retrospective series. Read the full story below:
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Gary Bader was early in his career when he realized the widespread need to visualize biological pathway data. Learn about how he filled the gap with the visualization software platform Cytoscape.
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Get the full story: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/power-d...
November 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Gary Bader was early in his career when he realized the widespread need to visualize biological pathway data. Learn about how he filled the gap with the visualization software platform Cytoscape.
Get the full story: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/power-d...
Get the full story: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/power-d...
Today we're highlighting Jack Greenblatt and the Greenblatt Lab, recently featured in the first instalment of our 10-part retrospective news series highlighting two decades of breakthroughs at the Donnelly Centre:
Read the full story here: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/jack-gr...
Read the full story here: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/jack-gr...
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Today we're highlighting Jack Greenblatt and the Greenblatt Lab, recently featured in the first instalment of our 10-part retrospective news series highlighting two decades of breakthroughs at the Donnelly Centre:
Read the full story here: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/jack-gr...
Read the full story here: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/jack-gr...
A huge congratulations to Donnelly PI Philip Kim, for being awarded the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair position in Machine Learning in Protein and Peptide Science!
November 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
A huge congratulations to Donnelly PI Philip Kim, for being awarded the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair position in Machine Learning in Protein and Peptide Science!
Two decades ago, the environment surrounding molecular biology was moving so quickly, University of Toronto professor Jack Greenblatt could only keep up if he predicted its direction.
Read the full story here [5-minute read]: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/jack-gr...
Read the full story here [5-minute read]: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/jack-gr...
November 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Two decades ago, the environment surrounding molecular biology was moving so quickly, University of Toronto professor Jack Greenblatt could only keep up if he predicted its direction.
Read the full story here [5-minute read]: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/jack-gr...
Read the full story here [5-minute read]: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/jack-gr...
Our next Science Snapshot comes from the research of Ameer Sarwar, a PhD Candidate out of the Gillis Lab developing computational methods to improve and derive biological insights. This figure was in a paper recently published in Genome Biology, available here:
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November 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Our next Science Snapshot comes from the research of Ameer Sarwar, a PhD Candidate out of the Gillis Lab developing computational methods to improve and derive biological insights. This figure was in a paper recently published in Genome Biology, available here:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Some of our favourite images from last Wednesday, courtesy of photographer Dewey Chang. Read the highlights of Donnelly's 20th Anniversary celebration here: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/donnell...
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Some of our favourite images from last Wednesday, courtesy of photographer Dewey Chang. Read the highlights of Donnelly's 20th Anniversary celebration here: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/donnell...
Yesterday, we gathered in the Donnelly Centre atrium and raised a glass to an incredible milestone: the Donnelly Centre has served as a global hub of collaboration for twenty years!
Read about our celebration: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/donnell...
Read about our celebration: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/donnell...
November 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Yesterday, we gathered in the Donnelly Centre atrium and raised a glass to an incredible milestone: the Donnelly Centre has served as a global hub of collaboration for twenty years!
Read about our celebration: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/donnell...
Read about our celebration: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/donnell...
Today, we're celebrating a two-decade milestone: on November 5th, 2005, we broke ground at the Donnelly Centre!
Thank you to everyone who has made Donnelly the building it is today!
Thank you to everyone who has made Donnelly the building it is today!
November 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Today, we're celebrating a two-decade milestone: on November 5th, 2005, we broke ground at the Donnelly Centre!
Thank you to everyone who has made Donnelly the building it is today!
Thank you to everyone who has made Donnelly the building it is today!
The Donnelly Sequencing Centre team takes pride in two things: A uniquely quick turnaround time, and their ability to take on the difficult projects most sequencing centres refuse.
Read about the DSC in our most recent news story: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/new-ins...
Read about the DSC in our most recent news story: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/new-ins...
November 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The Donnelly Sequencing Centre team takes pride in two things: A uniquely quick turnaround time, and their ability to take on the difficult projects most sequencing centres refuse.
Read about the DSC in our most recent news story: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/new-ins...
Read about the DSC in our most recent news story: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/new-ins...
Our latest snapshot comes from PhD student Cheng Xing, from the Bader Lab. This image shows a 3D reconstruction of human liver tissue, with a labelled map of four different organelles found in the sample.
October 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Our latest snapshot comes from PhD student Cheng Xing, from the Bader Lab. This image shows a 3D reconstruction of human liver tissue, with a labelled map of four different organelles found in the sample.
Congratulations to postdoctoral fellow Athanasios Litsios of the Andrews-Boone Lab!
The Weill Institute at Cornell University hosted the select group of eight scholars for a symposium. Litsios presented "The spatiotemporal proteome of the eukaryotic cell division cycle."
The Weill Institute at Cornell University hosted the select group of eight scholars for a symposium. Litsios presented "The spatiotemporal proteome of the eukaryotic cell division cycle."
October 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Congratulations to postdoctoral fellow Athanasios Litsios of the Andrews-Boone Lab!
The Weill Institute at Cornell University hosted the select group of eight scholars for a symposium. Litsios presented "The spatiotemporal proteome of the eukaryotic cell division cycle."
The Weill Institute at Cornell University hosted the select group of eight scholars for a symposium. Litsios presented "The spatiotemporal proteome of the eukaryotic cell division cycle."
From long non-coding RNAs to metabolites, read about the individual research of awardees Oliver (Lingfeng) Ma, Jeremy Chan, and Kenny Rebelo.
Learn more in the latest story by Donnelly News: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/2025-do...
Learn more in the latest story by Donnelly News: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/2025-do...
October 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
From long non-coding RNAs to metabolites, read about the individual research of awardees Oliver (Lingfeng) Ma, Jeremy Chan, and Kenny Rebelo.
Learn more in the latest story by Donnelly News: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/2025-do...
Learn more in the latest story by Donnelly News: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/2025-do...
We interviewed Dr. Derek van der Kooy for our latest news story "Mimicking the brain’s natural firing patterns could be the next phase of neural mapping" available to read here: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/mimicki...
October 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
We interviewed Dr. Derek van der Kooy for our latest news story "Mimicking the brain’s natural firing patterns could be the next phase of neural mapping" available to read here: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/mimicki...
Last Friday, the CBC interviewed Dr. Artem Babaian about how American funding cuts have impacted his research at the Laboratory for RNA-Based Lifeforms (RNAlab) at Donnelly.
Listen to the full 8-minute interview here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Listen to the full 8-minute interview here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
October 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Last Friday, the CBC interviewed Dr. Artem Babaian about how American funding cuts have impacted his research at the Laboratory for RNA-Based Lifeforms (RNAlab) at Donnelly.
Listen to the full 8-minute interview here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Listen to the full 8-minute interview here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
A warm welcome to Donnelly's newest Faculty member, Dr. Khalid Al-Zahrani! Our next news story will talk about his research and his journey; from elementary school trips to Canada Science and Technology Museum, to the first time he did bench work.
September 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
A warm welcome to Donnelly's newest Faculty member, Dr. Khalid Al-Zahrani! Our next news story will talk about his research and his journey; from elementary school trips to Canada Science and Technology Museum, to the first time he did bench work.
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...
Read it here: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/anatomy...
September 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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...
Read it here: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/anatomy...
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:
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Learn more through the following links:
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jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
September 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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-...
Learn more through the following links:
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
Happy Postdoc Appreciation Week! The Donnelly Centre is thrilled to have so many talented and hardworking minds under one roof.
September 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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:
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Apply by November 4th through the following link:
thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/charles-h-be...
September 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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...
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
The program helped underrepresented scientists develop programming skills for research.
Learn more 👉 uoft.me/OpenMSProgram
July 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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
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...
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...
July 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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...
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
The award will support his research to determine metabolic differences between individual #BreastCancer cells from the same growth.
Learn more 👉 uoft.me/2025ComynAward
July 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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
The award will support his research to determine metabolic differences between individual #BreastCancer cells from the same growth.
Learn more 👉 uoft.me/2025ComynAward
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
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
June 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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
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