Ontario Genomics

What part of the cell would you be? Read our caption and then comment your pick below 👇   If you want to see more content like this, follow us on Instagram! We’ll be sharing more videos like this where we can laugh over and appreciate our love of science together: https://lnkd.in/gNr-E6ai It seems that 🇨🇦Irsa Wiginton, John Abousawan, Bi-ru Amy Yeung, Timothy Caulfield, Jessica Sacher, Laura Katz, and Abdulrahman Khogali are all team mitochondria.   Louis Lo, PhD, on the other hand, definitely DOES NOT want to be the mitochondria. Mike Dorrington threw in a curveball with his love for the major histocompatibility complex. 🤯   What’s your pick? Comment below and let us know why! 💭💭

We were busy in 2024! Discover how we were “Up for the Challenge” in our 2023-2024 Annual Report.   🚀 This year, we highlight how Ontario Genomics continues to transform challenges into opportunities, driving breakthroughs across health, agriculture, cleantech, and beyond.   🥳 As we prepare to celebrate our 25th year, we reflect on over $1.5 billion in investments and our pivotal role in unlocking Ontario’s share of the global BioRevolution. Together, we are fostering a sustainable, inclusive bioeconomy, cementing Ontario’s place as a global leader in genomics innovation.   Read our report here: https://bit.ly/3NTvVk5

Our weekly roundup of genomics positions and funding opportunities: The Weekly Genepool 🧬 Check out our social media pages for this weekly post every Friday! Today’s Weekly GeePool: 🖥 Job Opportunities 🖥 For Future grads: Health Graduate Program 2025 - Avalere Health (start Sept 2025): https://bit.ly/3AqOdpH 💵 Funding opportunities 💵 Ontario Institute for Cancer Research Innovation to Implementation Awards (LOI due Dec 5), See here for scope of projects: https://bit.ly/3BW2Qlj . Mastercard x Pier Five Small Business Fund (due Nov 3), $10,000: https://bit.ly/3UkuNtm . Ontario Centre of Innovation Collaborate 2 Commercialize (due Nov 21), 1:1 contribution industry partner and OCI: https://bit.ly/40rYwV0 📆 Events 📆 New Harvest - Working Sessions: Developing a Cultured Meat Safety Research Action Plan. Apply to join if you are interested in actively working on or advising research on cultured meat and seafood safety! https://bit.ly/3UzeclM . NextGreatBigIdeas Summit 2024 - NGBi is the place to meet leaders, innovators, and disruptors in Canada’s life sciences community. Nov 12: https://bit.ly/3NPamRF

Last week we took a moment to celebrate scientific innovations at the 2024 Gairdner Foundation Awards Gala! This year’s winners have made tremendous contributions to the field of genomics and beyond, including: 🧬 Shankar Balasubramanian, David Klenerman, and Pascal Mayer paved the way for Next Generation DNA sequencing technology which makes DNA sequencing faster, cheaper, and more accurate. 🔬 Christian Landry’s work seeks to answer: how do mutations change the way cells work? Landry’s research uses cutting-edge methods to understand how complex diseases are developed. 🧫 Michel Sadelain and Zelig Eshhar have done trailblazing research on CAR T-cell therapy which is a type of cancer therapy that genetically engineers immune cells to be able to target and destroy cancer cells. 🍼 Meghan Azad’s work has studied over 3,000 children to understand how infant feeding practises, and breast milk components influence health and disease. 🦠 Gagandeep Kang’s work has helped us better understand the interactions between the environment and infections in children. As always, it’s lovely to connect with our colleagues over at Genome Canada and Génome Québec

Our weekly roundup of genomics positions and funding opportunities: The Weekly Genepool 🧬 Check out our social media pages for this weekly post every Friday morning at 10 am! Today’s Weekly GeePool: 🖥 Job Opportunities 🖥 Pharma Technical Intern - Roche: https://bit.ly/4hmOdYo . Data Scientists in Residence - Genome Canada: https://bit.ly/3Yjawpo . Postdoctoral Research Program of the Government of Canada - Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) in collaboration with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada/ Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada https://bit.ly/3C0yBtB 💵 Funding opportunities 💵 Ontario Institute for Cancer Research Innovation to Implementation Awards (LOI due Dec 5), See here for the scope of projects: https://bit.ly/3BW2Qlj . Bioenterprise Canada Sustainable Growth and Adoption Program (due Oct 30), up to $100k of project costs: https://bit.ly/3UjzUdu . Mastercard x Pier Five Small Business Fund (due Nov 3), $10,000: https://bit.ly/3UkuNtm . Grain Farmers of Ontario Grains Innovation Fund (due Nov 1), funding that covers 60% up to $50,000 of a project: https://bit.ly/4eZ7I7P

Did you know that up to 60% of the physical inputs of the world’s economy could be produced by biological means? 🤯 In a new blog post, we discuss the power of biomanufacturing to accomplish a greener and more sustainable future. Biomanufacturing uses living things, mostly in the form of micro-organisms (bacteria, yeasts, algae etc.), cells, or enzymes, to produce a wide range of products, including chemicals, fuels, materials, food and ingredients, and even medicines. Biomanufacturing emerged as a revolutionary approach with the potential to transform industries while minimizing their environmental impact. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/gyfRm57G #sustainability #genomics #carbonfootprint

At Canadore College today, acting as a mentor in the #CanadoreInnovationChallenge Excited to support students coming together from across college faculties to pitch innovative solutions to pressing issues in Northern Ontario and beyond! Ontario Genomics

Our weekly roundup of genomics positions and funding opportunities: The Weekly Genepool 🧬 Check out our weekly post every Friday morning at 10 am! Today’s Weekly GenePool: 🖥 Job Opportunities 🖥 Data Scientists in Residence - Genome Canada: https://lnkd.in/gGWhha2F . Postdoctoral Research Program of the Government of Canada - Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) in collaboration with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada/ Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada - https://lnkd.in/gevdQjTa 💵 Funding opportunities 💵 Mastercard x Pier Five Small Business Fund (due Nov 3), $10,000: https://lnkd.in/gmH5gmsF) . Grain Farmers of Ontario Grains Innovation Fund (due Nov 1), funding that covers 60% up to $50,000 of a project: https://lnkd.in/grnuMJpm . AbbVie Biotech Innovator’s Award at SpinUp at UTM (due Jan 17, 2025), startup will receive a year of lab space at no cost: https://lnkd.in/gaVTBAUu

Last week was an exciting week, as we hosted the 6th edition of Canada SynBio, and the 2024 Nobel Prizes were awarded! 🎉 We wanted to take a moment to share some of our thoughts on Canada SynBio 2024 and how this year's scientific Nobel Prizes were integral and relevant to the conversations we had last week. Please take a moment to read our article and share your reflections on Canada SynBio 2024 with us! 💭

Our team is very excited to be at the third international stakeholder meeting organized by the FAO in collaboration with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada/ Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada here in Toronto. This meeting discusses cell-based food and precision fermentation with stakeholders from around the world, including members of our team. The meeting aimed to capture the state of both the commercial and regulatory landscapes of cell-based food and precision fermentation in 2024, with a focus on food safety in the latest developments of technologies and techniques. You can learn more here: https://lnkd.in/eugahx9C