The Banting Research Foundation and the Rick Hansen Institute are pleased to announce a funding partnership to support research by early career investigators focused on areas relevant to spinal cord injury (SCI). The human and economic costs of...
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Janet Rossant, CC, PhD, FRS, FRSC, 2016 Friesen Prize winner (Photo: Martin Lipman/FCIHR) The Banting Research Foundation sponsored the 2016 Friesen Prize program, where Dr Janet Rossant was awarded the Henry G Friesen International Prize in...
Read more16 prizes awarded for top abstracts and posters at CSCI-CITAC Young Investigators Forum
The Banting Research Foundation awarded 16 prizes for top oral abstracts and posters at the Young Investigators Forum at the 2016 annual meetings of the Canadian Society for Clinical Investigation (CSCI) and the Clinician Investigator Trainee...
Read moreBanting’s Legacy – Art & Science of Discovery
In September 2016, the Banting Research Foundation welcomed 60 guests to a celebration of Banting’s Legacy, the Art and Science of Discovery. Frederick Banting’s accomplishments as a scientist and an artist inspired the theme for the...
Read moreMoriarty lab shows how Lyme disease bacteria spread through the body
Tara Moriarty PhD and PhD student Rhodaba Ebady at the University of Toronto have developed an imaging system that is able to show how bacterial cells move through blood vessels to infect other parts of the body. Using the bacteria that causes...
Read moreJeanette Boudreau, PhD
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University Directing natural killer cell cytotoxicity to the tumour’s susceptibilities Natural killer (NK) cells are white blood cells that kill tumours. The potential of each NK cell to...
Read moreChristopher Dennison, PhD
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta Impact severity metric for focal head and diffuse brain injury (Photo: Richard Siemens) Whether or not today’s helmets protect the wearer from mild diffuse brain injuries, sometimes...
Read moreJeffrey Gagnon, PhD
Department of Biology, Laurentian University Investigating the role of H2S in the regulation of ghrelin secretion Ghrelin, a hormone produced in the endocrine cells of the stomach, regulates several aspects of metabolic health, including appetite...
Read moreKaitlyn McLachlan, PhD
Department of Psychology, University of Guelph Evaluating novel neurobiomarkers in the identification of adults with FASD using portable eye tracking and EEG technology Individuals with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) are overrepresented...
Read moreNoam Miller, PhD
Department of Psychology, Wilfrid Laurier University Exploring neural mechanisms of social behavior using zebrafish (Danio rerio) (l to r) Ramy Ayoub, Mackenzie Schultz, Noam Miller, Chelsey Damphousse This research study uses zebrafish, a small...
Read moreRoxane Paulin, PhD
Department of Medicine, Université Laval Targeting ErbB2 by TAK-165 reverses pulmonary hypertension in vitro and in vivo Roxane Paulin and her Groupe de Recherche en Hypertension Pulmonaire, Université Laval In pulmonary hypertension (high blood...
Read more2016 Discovery Award Recipients
Congratulations to the Banting Research Foundation 2016 Discovery Award recipients. Six grants were funded in the 2016 competition out of 50 applications. The successful Discovery Award recipients are: Jeanette Boudreau, PhD, Dalhousie University...
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