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Prof. Lars Barquist. Story title: One the Map: Experimental Research Uses Cultured Mini-Organs to Study Infections

Could lab-grown mini-organs help scientists research a range of infections? A new study published in Nature Genetics shows how researchers have mapped how the Shigella bacterium infects the human gut.

Read our interview with study co-author — and UTM Biology prof — Lars Barquist at uoft.me/bI7.

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📬 The May issue of SURGE is hitting inboxes! Check out this month's newsletter to learn about SpinUp's one-year anniversary, funding opportunities, new equipment & spaces available to UTM researchers, upcoming webinars, and more!

Find it online at bit.ly/SURGE-05-25.

Partnerships & Innovation | Research and Innovation UTM’s Office of the Vice-Principal Research and Innovation (OVPRI) supports impactful discovery in student and faculty research by serving as a key resource for UTM researchers and their partn

💡Did you know? Our office serves as a key resource for UTM researchers and their partners in their efforts to create, formalize and foster collaborative research projects and initiatives with external partners.

Learn how we can help at uoft.me/buF.

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🤝 APR 24 | 1-2PM Interested in a research collaboration — but not sure where to start? Join our partnerships team for part 1 of 2 virtual sessions on resources and strategies for identifying and establishing successful collaborations.

Register at tinyurl.com/2c5wprj3. @uoftmississauga.bsky.social

Professor Owen Ware. Background is a sunlit British landscape. Text reads: "A New Mythology: Philosophy Professor Highlights Modern Parallels with British and German Romantics"

🕯️We sat down with Philosophy prof Owen Ware to hear about Return of the Gods, his newly published book with Oxford University Press.

Read how the Romantics believed in overcoming isolation through art—and why he thinks we can learn a lot from the period: uoft.me/bu2. | @uoftmississauga.bsky.social

Headshot of Baohua Liu. In the background, a closeup of a blue human eye. Quote reads "We hope to understand what causes the disease and how much recovery we can see by reintroducing the gene. This will give us more confidence in how likely gene therapy will be able to effectively cure the disease in human patients.” - Professor Baohua Liu, Department of Biology

Professor Baohua Liu was recently awarded funding from Fighting Blindness Canada for his work on using gene therapy for CSNB2A — a rare genetic eye condition that causes trouble seeing in the night or even during the day.

Learn about his #VisionResearch at uoft.me/bty.
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Verecan Funds a Research Chair for Dr. Lisa Kramer of the University of Toronto to Support Financial Education Verecan Group of Companies (“Verecan” or “Company”), a comprehensive wealth management group, is pleased to announce it has funded a research chair for Dr. L...

📢 Wealth Management Group Verecan is funding a research chair for #UTM professor Lisa Kramer to support financial education. Dr. Kramer will serve as a liaison between academia, the financial services industry and the public. | @uoftmississauga.bsky.social @utmmanagement.bsky.social @lisakramer.com

Earth Science professor Lindsay Schoenbohm on Myanmar quake University of Toronto Earth Science Professor Dr. Lindsay Schoenbohm speaks to CHCH's Matt Ingram on the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that rattled Myanmar and Thailand in the early hours of March 28.

Professor Lindsay Schoenbohm speaks to CHCH's Matt Ingram about the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that rattled Myanmar and Thailand on March 28. @uoftmississauga.bsky.social
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Renowned neuroscientist Melanie Woodin has been named #UofT’s 17th president — and asks the community to join in her in “dreaming big.” #UofT alumna Woodin starts her five-year term July 1st. ➡️ uoft.me/uoftpres17

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Melanie Woodin, an internationally recognized neuroscientist who studies the mechanisms underlying learning and memory in the brain, has been named #UofT’s 17th president. ➡️ uoft.me/uoftpres

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#UofT is ranked first in Canada & among the top 20 universities in the world across all five broad subject areas tracked by the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025. 🌐 uoft.me/bpq

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📬 Our newsletter is hitting inboxes! Browse the March issue to learn about new resources for #UTM researchers, opportunities, events, announcements, and more. Read it at bit.ly/SURGE-3-25.

Loving our report cover? So are we! 😍

Huge thanks to this year's cover designer, Naomi Wee. Naomi is a biomedical illustrator and animator, and a graduate of the the Biomedical Communications (@mscbmc.bsky.social) program here at UTM.

🎨 You can check out Naomi’s portfolio at naomiwee.com.

Annual Report cover features a colourful illustration highlighting the various events the OVPRI hosts each year.

📣 Our Annual Report for 2024 is now live! We’re thrilled to share highlights from this past year — and it was a big one!

From our office rebrand to opening the New Science Building, launching SpinUp, and much more, learn how we're supporting and celebrating #UTM's research community at uoft.me/bpB.

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University of Toronto

💫 We're pleased to share that 26 faculty members from #UofT have been awarded Canada Research Chairs! View the announcement at uoft.me/bpm.

Warm congratulations to #UTM researchers:

🔹Amanda Hargrove | Chemical & Physical Sciences
🔹Sonia Kang | Management
🔹Iva Zovkic | Psychology

Event details include photo of Dr. Christopher Caputo, Chief Science Officer at Skin Compatible Technology at BIC

MAR 28 | 11-12 Interested in #ResearchPartnerships? Hear the story behind Inkbox — the Toronto-based startup that pioneered semi-permanent tattoos and was acquired by BIC.

Dr. Chris Caputo, CSO at BIC talks research collaborations in this hybrid session. Register at uoft.me/ovpri-inkbox.

Rembrandt painting called The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp, 1632. Men standing over a man's body as one of the men direct their gaze to a dissected arm. The text overlay is The Theatre of Science 2024-25 UTM/JHI Annual Seminar. Taking place in the Collaborative Digital Research Space, MN 3230 on select Fridays from 1pm-4pm during the Fall and Winter.

👉 MAR 21 | 1-4PM Join us for discussion on Indigenous science! Seminar includes a screening of the National Film Board’s series North Star, which is about Dr. Rousseau-Nepton — the first Indigenous woman in Canada to earn a PhD in astrophysics.

Register at bit.ly/TS03-21