Congratulations to Paul O’Byrne, dean and vice-president of McMaster University’s Faculty of Health Sciences, on being appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada for his global impact on the concept and treatment of asthma. Governor General of Canada McMaster University Department of Medicine ow.ly/TrQX50QnyEi

We were delighted to attend and sponsor NanoMedicines Innovation Network's 2024 research conference last week! 👏 We also presented our poster which shows the results of a study we conducted with our friends and fellow detailed-loving geeks at ConceptLifeSciences.🧪🔬 #NMIN2024 #nanomedicine

Great to celebrate the 2024 MHMA mentorship award winners Wendy Lou University of Toronto, Meaghan Jones University of Manitoba & Theo Moraes The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) with the Harkness family Glenn Glenn Harkness & Kasey Kasey Harkness More: bit.ly/48z51qs

What an amazing gathering last week at the CHILD SickKids Foundation symposium on #birthcohorts & #PrecisionMedicine! Thanks for joining Children of the 90s COPSAC Melissa Wake More: childstudy.ca/symposium-spot…

ICYMI - a #Tweetorial of our CHILD Cohort Study COVID protocol & profile paper. If you are studying pandemic impacts in kids & families - our data are available! We asked about... - #COVID19 exposure, testing, vaccination - Healthcare access - #Mentalhealth & more!

Wasn't that a party? Sorry if you missed NMIN's 2024 Research Conference last month! Thanks to our sponsors who helped make it great: STEMCELL Technologies Moderna Cytiva Evonik Acuitas Therapeutics adMare BioInnovations GenomeBC Jazz Pharmaceuticals University of British Columbia & others Read all about it: nanomedicines.ca/2024/02/16/202…

NMIN's January 2024 Research Conference may be over, but it's not forgotten! Relive the event: check out the online photo gallery: nanomedicines.ca/2024-conferenc… Thanks to everyone for coming out & making it so vibrant & informative.

Congratulations to the winners of NMIN's 2024 Poster Competition, held at January's Research Conference in Vancouver. Meet the winners & read their abstracts: nanomedicines.ca/2024/02/16/202…

Five Canada Research Chairs have been appointed from UBC Science with foci spanning from gene therapy to air pollution and beyond. Congratulations Drs. Anna Blakney, @amandagiang, Katherine Ryan, Carolina Tropini (Carolina Tropini, PhD), and Anotida Madzvamuse! 🧐: bit.ly/3IDLxWj

VIDEO: Hear Dr. Nicolas Bertrand Université Laval discuss his research on the synthetic #polymer PEG, used in many products including #mRNA #vaccines & other #pharmaceuticals. Watch: nanomedicines.ca/nmin-lectures/…

NMIN online Lecture (Apr 16): Dr. Bowen Li Bowen LI University of Toronto will discuss a high-throughput platform that synthesizes lipid-like materials to formulate into LNPs for gene delivery. Info & register: nanomedicines.ca/nmin-lectures/…

JOIN US TOMORROW - spaces still available!

We're so proud of CHILD Deputy Director Prof. Meghan Azad, PhD for winning a prestigious 2024 Gairdner Foundation for her groundbreaking work on human breast milk & the infant microbiome. Congrats Meghan! #womeninSTEM University of Manitoba CHRIM More: childstudy.ca/meghan-wins-ga…

Find mentors who believe in you and are willing to support you in achieving your goals. Then pay it forward. #WednesdayWisdom

Congrats again to Drs Anna Blakney & Pieter Cullis whose project AVENGER: Advanced LNP RNA Vaccines... is also being funded by the CIEBH research hub #CBRFBRIF #CdnBiomanufacturing @UBCmedicine Health Canada and PHAC CIHR

Congrats to NMIN's Gang Zheng & Michael Valic Gang Zheng Lab University Health Network University of Toronto for co-founding NMIN's 7th spin-off: Nanogenix, whose novel porphysome-based photo-immune therapy platform aims to change treatment prospects for #cancer patients nanomedicines.ca/2024/05/14/nan…

Congratulations to former NMIN Scientific Director on her receipt of the Life Sciences Ontario 2024 Community Service Award -Well deserved Christine!

In this SickKids Foundation podcast, meet Hannah & hear how she finally had her #asthma correctly diagnosed thanks to CHILD Director Dr. Padmaja Subbarao Department of Medicine University of Toronto University of Toronto & a simple tool based on CHILD research. sickkidsfoundation.com/podcast/breath…

Happy #WorldMicrobiomeDay! Did you know breast milk and gut bacteria affect childhood asthma? Drs. Padmaja Subbarao and Prof. Meghan Azad, PhD’s team aim to better understand this link using findings from the CHILD Cohort Study. bit.ly/3RgfksE

A must-read for anyone in the nanomedicine field, straight from the greats Pieter Cullis and Phil Felgner themselves! nature.com/articles/s4157…