Genome Canada has now launched the 2012 Large Scale Applied Research Project Competition in the area of Genomics and Personalized Health. This competition intends to support applied genomics health research that will contribute to a more evidence-based approach to health and a more cost-effective health-care system. A maximum of $67.5 million is available to support competitive [...]
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Labour economics can provide a valuable perspective in addressing the supply of doctors and access to care, says an article in the December 6 issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ). “Understanding and accurately predicting the response of physicians to incentives is essential if governments wish to increase the supply of physician services,” says [...]
The Engage Grants (EG) Program is intended to give companies that operate from a Canadian base access to the unique knowledge and expertise available at Canadian universities (see the List of Eligible Institutions). This program is intended to foster the development of new research partnerships between academic researchers and companies that have never collaborated together [...]
Professor David Rayside comments
When Jamie Hubley, a 15 year old from Ottawa, committed suicide on Oct. 14, attention was turned again to bullying among young people. Jamie was openly gay. Taunting from others about his sexuality played a major role in his suicide. Professor David Rayside spoke with us about the challenges lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) [...]
www.library.utoronto.ca/gerstein/ – for access in the All field enter Henry Stewart Talks The Henry Stewart Talks collection provides immediate access to over 1,300 online seminar style talks presented by many of the world’s leading experts. In fact, the 2011 Nobel Prize in Medicine was announced this week and awarded one half jointly to Bruce Beutler [...]
Computer Scientist Eugene Fiume says Jobs pioneered integration, usability
The death of Steve Jobs left many people reflecting on the history of computing—and wondering about its future. We spoke to Eugene Fiume on the legacy Jobs left. Fiume is a professor in the Department of Computer Science and co-director of the Dynamic Graphics Project. In addition to numerous research accomplishments, he has long been [...]
The Challenge Motion synchronization addresses the cooperative or coordinated schemes of multi-composed systems when they work in an integrated fashion and are required to show the same kind of dynamic behaviour. It requires high accuracy regulation of motion states such as the position, velocity and orientation. Therefore, the challenge lies in its synchronized control strategy [...]
Background Sysomos was incorporated in 2007 to solve the challenge of continuous social media monitoring as well as its correlation with traditional media. Sysomos offers the first solution capable to scalably deliver results in real time over multi-terabytes of information. Moreover Sysomos offers powerful data analytics capabilities and unique ways to correlate user generated and [...]
Background Seemingly identical cells are often quite heterogeneous in their chemical composition and biological activity, and in the timing and magnitude of their responses to external stimuli. Determining the chemical composition of individual cells and measuring how that composition changes in response to external stimuli, is therefore key to better understanding basic cellular functions and [...]
Overview These novel amino aldehydes have cost-reducing potential for the fine chemical and medicinal chemistry sectors. Companies currently involved in the fine chemical and pharmaceutical industries could benefit from significant reduction in processing steps and the generation of advanced intermediates for drug or chemical manufacturing. This chemistry can be implemented to produce novel organic molecules [...]
