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Donnelly Centre @donnellycentre.bsky.social · 4d

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.

Donnelly Centre @donnellycentre.bsky.social · 10d

Congratulations to this year's eight Yip Award winners! Read the full list of the 2025 awardees and their projects in this brief 2-minute read:

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The 2025 Yip Award winners' projects: from engineering Bioink to investigating the ribonucleosome

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Donnelly Centre @donnellycentre.bsky.social · 11d

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."

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Donnelly Centre @donnellycentre.bsky.social · 12d

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...

Donnelly Centre @donnellycentre.bsky.social · 13d

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...

Donnelly Centre @donnellycentre.bsky.social · 17d

A group of University of Toronto researchers are exploring past the status quo of optogenetic stimulation, into an approach that mimics our brain's natural firing patterns.

Read about it on our website: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/mimicki...

Mimicking the brain’s natural firing patterns could be the next phase of neural mapping

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Donnelly Centre @donnellycentre.bsky.social · 19d

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-...

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Donnelly Centre @donnellycentre.bsky.social · 26d

The Donnelly Centre is thrilled to welcome Dr. Khalid Al-Zahrani to our community! Read about his journey, his research, and his plans for the future in our most recent article:

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How Khalid Al-Zahrani will shape his space at the Donnelly Centre

Dr. Khalid Al-Zahrani’s new lab at the University of Toronto will use novel CRISPR applications and functional genomics to identify the genes that drive cancer growth, and develop targeted therapies. ...

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Donnelly Centre @donnellycentre.bsky.social · Sep 30

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.

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Donnelly Centre @donnellycentre.bsky.social · Sep 29

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...

Donnelly Centre @donnellycentre.bsky.social · Sep 23

Congratulations to Peter Roy and Molly Shoichet for being recognized by the Derrick Rossi Innovation Awards! Read more about their discoveries and the work going on underneath Donnelly's roof in this U of T News article:

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Five researchers recognized with inaugural Derrick Rossi Innovation Awards

Five University of Toronto researchers have been recognized with the inaugural Derrick Rossi Innovation Awards for leading innovative projects with strong potential to transition research into real-wo...

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Donnelly Centre @donnellycentre.bsky.social · Sep 23

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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Donnelly Centre @donnellycentre.bsky.social · Sep 18

Jacob L. Fine, a PhD student conducting research at the Donnelly Centre, has been awarded the 2025 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada!

Read more here: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/donnell...

Donnelly Centre PhD candidate Jacob Fine named 2025 Vanier Scholar

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Donnelly Centre @donnellycentre.bsky.social · Sep 18

Happy Postdoc Appreciation Week! The Donnelly Centre is thrilled to have so many talented and hardworking minds under one roof.

Donnelly Centre @donnellycentre.bsky.social · Sep 9

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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Donnelly Centre @donnellycentre.bsky.social · Jul 22

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

Composite of headshots of Hannes Röst and Mohammed Alhigaylan

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Donnelly Centre @donnellycentre.bsky.social · Jul 18

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...

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Donnelly Centre @donnellycentre.bsky.social · Jul 14

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

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bioRxiv SysBio @biorxiv-sysbio.bsky.social · Jul 2

A global genetic interaction map of a human cell reveals conserved principles of genetic networks https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.30.662193v1

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Donnelly Centre @donnellycentre.bsky.social · Jun 12

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

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Lab on a Chip @labonachip.rsc.org · Jun 11

In the latest issue of @labonachip.rsc.org
A compartmentalization-free microfluidic digital assay for detecting picogram levels of protein analytes
#OpenAccess from Aaron Wheeler et al @wheelerlab.bsky.social‬ @chemuoft.bsky.social @donnellycentre.bsky.social
Read here:
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A compartmentalization-free microfluidic digital assay for detecting picogram levels of protein analytes

Digitalizing the signals generated from single protein molecules has significantly improved the sensitivity of immunoassays compared to traditional analog “bulk” measurements. The single molecule arra...

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Donnelly Centre @donnellycentre.bsky.social · Jun 4

The Donnelly Centre is excited to announce the Cloud Research Lab!

The new lab uses @amazonwebservices.bsky.social cloud computing and #AI to shave years off data analysis for large-scale biomedical research. #UofT

Learn more 👉 uoft.me/CloudResearc...

Composite image of (left) two researchers sitting in front of a computer with the one on the left holding and pointing to a 3D-printed model of a virus and (right) a man in a grey blazer and brown tie leaning against a railing

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Donnelly Centre @donnellycentre.bsky.social · May 29

Congratulations to Donnelly Centre faculty member Charles Boone on his election to the National Academy of Sciences! 👏

Dr. Boone was one of 24 international members elected in 2024 and was inducted into the Academy earlier this month. #UofT

Learn more 👉 uoft.me/CharlesBoone...

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Donnelly Centre @donnellycentre.bsky.social · May 28

Congratulations to Donnelly Centre faculty member Stéphane Angers on being funded by Brain Cancer Canada! 👏

The $85,000 grant will support research on recurrent glioblastoma, one of the most challenging forms of #BrainCancer to treat.

Learn more 👉 thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/brain-c...

Stéphane Angers leaning on concrete pillar

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Donnelly Centre @donnellycentre.bsky.social · May 26

Congratulations to @donnellycentre.bsky.social faculty member Benjamin Blencowe on his election to the Academy of Medical Sciences! 👏

Dr. Blencowe is one of 54 #biomedical and health scientists elected as a Fellow this year. #UofT

Learn more 👉 thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/u-t-fac...

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