Canadian innovation needs to benefit the many, not the few. Yet in Canada, the richest top 1% hold 16.7% of all wealth vs. the bottom 60% who hold 12.4%. Learn more about how inclusive Canada’s innovation ecosystem is inclusiveinnovation.ca Innovation Policy Lab @ Munk School of UoT @dk_munro Munk School

Looking for love during the pandemic💕? Heartcade is a new blind-dating game experience looking to foster meaningful connections through unbiased conversations. Liem Vu speaks with Heartcade's founder and CEO @AmyMichelleGe for details.

We’re using #selfdriving labs to accelerate the design and discovery of materials needed to build a more sustainable, prosperous and healthy future. Led by Alan Aspuru-Guzik University of Toronto, we’re a global network of govt, academia, industry and start-ups. Learn more. bit.ly/AC-launch

Since January 2021, OCAD University graduate students from the Inclusive Design Multisensory Museum course have been exploring how to translate art into immersive experiences that engage the senses through 👀 , 👂 , 👃 , 👅 , & 🤚 . bit.ly/3ahJKoY

Interested in working with the best and brightest in accelerated #molecular and #materials discovery University of Toronto and around the world? Apply to be one of up to 5 #postdoc fellows with the Acceleration Consortium! 👉 bit.ly/ac-fellowships

#ICYMI our new website soft launched a little while ago, but we’re officially ready for our close-up: acceleration.utoronto.ca. Here are a few areas you might want to explore first 🧵:

The Acceleration Consortium is excited to welcome industry members: Genentech (Genentech), a member of the Roche Group (Roche), and Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany (EMD). Learn more 👉bit.ly/AC-industry

📽️This #EarthDay, learn more about how the AC is working to realize the age of materials-on-demand using #SelfDrivingLabs. Imagine a world where we can rapidly develop sustainable, inexpensive + high-performance molecules/materials that we need the most. vimeo.com/693570141

🎟️ Tix to our first Accelerate Conference go on sale soon! Join us Aug 30–Sept 2 in #Toronto to hear from #changemakers in academia, industry and government at the very forefront of accelerated #discovery. RSVP now for early access to tix zr2z766pxls.typeform.com/accelerate

Thanks to CBC News for featuring new research by Alan Aspuru-Guzik Michael Levitt Insilico Medicine's Alex Zhavoronkov, PhD (aka Aleksandrs Zavoronkovs) using #AI and #AlphaFold to accelerate the discovery of a potential new liver cancer drug—in under a month. Learn more 👉 bit.ly/AlphaFold-AC University of Toronto

📅 Aug 22–25, 2023: Save the date for our second annual Accelerate conference to explore how AI and automation are revolutionizing the way we do science. Learn more 👉 bit.ly/accelerate23 Alan Aspuru-Guzik Vector Institute CIFAR U of T Arts & Science Chemistry at UofT U of T Data Sciences Institute (DSI) University of Toronto

We’re excited to announce that the Acceleration Consortium (Acceleration Consortium (AC)) at University of Toronto has received $200 million from the Canada First Research Excellence Fund (TIPS_SPIIE) to further our work revolutionizing materials and molecular #discovery. Learn more: bit.ly/AC-CFREF

From fast-tracking cancer treatment drugs to developing materials that are corrosion-resistant, this Canadian lab is on a roll.  trib.al/SCTTXWX

#UofT receives $200-million grant to support Acceleration Consortium's ‘self-driving labs’ research 🍁 uoft.me/9bR

A million thanks to the AC leadership team which includes Sean Caffrey Padraic Foley Halle Warner and Brandon Sutherland.

How AI-driven labs will fast-track the future of everything. Learn more about how the Acceleration Consortium @uoft is transforming materials and molecular #discovery with Alan Aspuru-Guzik at the helm. Via Ivan Semeniuk for The Globe and Mail. theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…

"Largest-ever federal university grant awarded for AI and robotics research, as part of $1.4B fund" ➡️ THAT'S US! Learn more about our new $200M research grant from #CFREF TIPS_SPIIE for accelerated materials #discovery via Natasha O'Neill for CTV News bit.ly/40XSrMH

📅 Aug 22–25, 2023, join us for the second annual Accelerate #conference in Toronto to explore how #AI and automation are transforming science. Follow the link on the site to be notified as soon as registration and our call for abstracts open next week! 👉 accelerate23.ca

We're scaling! To support our historic $200M award for #AI for science from Canadian First Research Excellence Fund (TIPS_SPIIE), we are #hiring for a number of new positions. Apply now! See links below.

Early-bird #registration is now open for our 2023 Accelerate #conference, along with our call for abstracts. We hope to see you in #Toronto, Aug 22-25, where we'll explore the latest breakthroughs in accelerated materials + molecular discovery. Learn more: accelerate23.ca