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Nov 20, 20242 min read
Dr. Anne-Claude Gingras: Pioneering Proteomics
By Larissa Fong, Research Team Member Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/nmeth.2569 Dr. Anne Claude Gingras is an expert in mass...
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Nov 18, 20242 min read
Uncovering BRCA1: The Breakthrough Gene Discovery That Transformed Cancer Genetics
By Jahnavi Dalmia, Research Team Member Source: https://foreignpolicy.com/gt-essay/prevention-is-the-best-medicine-mary-claire-king-cance...
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Nov 6, 20242 min read
mRNA Magic: How Katalin Karikó's Groundbreaking Research Transformed Modern Medicine
By Jahnavi Dalmia , Research Team Member Source: https://today.ucsd.edu/story/nierenberg-prize-awarded-to-biochemist-katalin-kariko-for-p...
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Oct 28, 20242 min read
Discovering DNA Structure: Rosalind Franklin
By Eshal Rizvi , Research Team Member Today, it is no secret that women in STEM have had to deal with their work being stolen and...
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Oct 7, 20242 min read
Donna Strickland: Shattering Light and Glass Ceilings
By Larissa Fong, Research Team Member Dr. Donna Strickland Photo Credit: Discovery West Donna Strickland is the third woman to win The...
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Apr 18, 20242 min read
Dr. Nina Shah and the Promise of CAR T-cell Therapy
By Fabiha Saddat, Research Team Member Dr. Nina Shah, an associate professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco...
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Apr 18, 20243 min read
Save the Breast! How Dr. Vera Peters Revolutionized Breast Cancer Treatment By Sanaa MahmudÂ
By Sanaa Mahmud, Research Team Member Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers for women in the world. Approximately 1 in 8 women...
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U of T Scientista
Apr 18, 20242 min read
From Faucet to Glass: Unveiling Water’s Hidden Dangers
By Sierrah Agustin, Research Team Member The world belongs to those who shape it. And however uncertain that world may feel at a given...
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Feb 27, 20242 min read
Eunice Newton Foote: The Invisible Women Who Demonstrated Climate Change First
By Sanaa Mahmud, Research Team Member Climate change has been a pressing issue for the past few decades, yet there are many who don’t...
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Feb 22, 20242 min read
Celebrating Black History Month: Dr. Ruth E. Moore, A Pioneer in Science and Education
By Fabiha Saddat, Research Team Member Dr. Ruth E. Moore. Photo credit: The Ohio State University. In honor of Black History Month, we...
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Feb 22, 20242 min read
The Connection of Human Health and Microbes
By Sierrah Laurent, Research Team Member Many of us these days are familiar with the microbiome, the billions of bacteria that reside on...
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Feb 7, 20244 min read
Unmasking Bias in AI: The Influential Journey of Joy Buolamwini
By Sanaa Mahmud, Research Team Member The rapid development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) has taken over the technological...
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Jan 29, 20242 min read
The Journey for Transformational Care to Canada’s Health Care
By Sierrah Agustin, Research Team Member Canada’s universal healthcare paradigm is supported by many, however, what happens when it fails...
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Jan 28, 20242 min read
Dr. Maia Majumder’s Impactful Journey in Public Health and Epidemiology
By Fabiha Saddat, Research Team Member Dr. Maimuna (Maia) Majumder has recently emerged as a leading luminary in computational...
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Nov 20, 20234 min read
How Dorothy Hodgkin Discovered Important Biochemical Structures While Battling Arthritis
By Sanaa Mahmud, Research Team Member Dorothy Hodgkin may not be a household name, but her contributions to the field of biochemistry...
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Nov 20, 20232 min read
A Physicist’s Unique Perspective on Cancer Research
By Sierrah Laurent, Research Team Member The unfortunate tale of cancer diagnoses is that it brings pain and sorrow whenever it strikes....
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Nov 15, 20233 min read
From Ph.D. Dreams to Humanitarian Streams: Dr. Rana Dajani's Inspiring Journey in STEMM and Beyond
By Fabiha Saddat, Research Team Member Dr. Rana Dajani is a Palestinian-Syrian woman in STEMM whose incredible determination has left an...
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U of T Scientista
Nov 6, 20233 min read
Nergis Mavalvala: Breaking Boundaries in Astrophysics and LGBTQ+ Acceptance
By Sanaa Mahmud, Research Team Member Award-winning physicist, professor, PhD holder, and the Dean of MIT’s School of Science: Nergis...
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Nov 1, 20233 min read
Female Pioneer of Gene Editing
By Sierrah Laurent, Research Team Member The discipline of science performs several tasks for the benefit of our society, including the...
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Oct 23, 20232 min read
16-year old girl wins $50,000 award for shaping the landscape for the future of research in suicide
By Fabiha Saddat Imagine a young mind tackling one of society’s most heartbreaking phenomena- Natasha Kulviwat, a 16-year old high school...
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