BioZone's own Assistant Professor Chris Lawson has been named the 2022 recipient of the International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME)/International Water Association (IWA) Rising Star Award. This award is a collaboration between the International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME) and the…
BioZone Professor Grant Allen has been recognized with a Sustained Excellence in Teaching award for his exceptional contributions as a teacher and administrative leader. “Allen joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor in 1987. He served as Associate Chair, Graduate…
University Professor Elizabeth Edwards appointed to the Order of Canada Story by Carolyn Farrell University Professor Elizabeth Edwards (ChemE) has been named an Officer of the Order of Canada, one of the country’s most prestigious honours. The second cohort of new appointees…
Professor Krishna Mahadevan has been awarded a Canada Research Chair in Metabolic Systems Engineering. This news was made public after a historic announcement by the federal CRC program which includes $195 million for 259 new and renewed Chairs attracting global…
With funding from the University’s COVID Action Fund Initiative, SGC and BioZone have established the Toronto Open Access COVID-19 Protein Manufacturing Center Please order your proteins here: https://dev.biozone.utoronto.ca/covid-19-protein-manufacturing-center/ Our protein purification team at BioZone or SGC will produce any SARS-CoV-2…
Congratulations to the U of T iGEM team for their gold medal and “Best Manufacturing Project” nomination at this year’s iGEM competition! Check out their project here, entitled “Accelerating Industrial Plastic Degradation with PETase”. BioZone has been supporting iGEM students at…
Contamination-eating microbes are ready for action By Tyler Irving August 7, 2019 (link) For years, Professor Elizabeth Edwards (ChemE) and her team have been developing a potent mix of microbes that can chow down on toxic chemicals. Now, they are…
Three U of T Engineering CREATE grants accelerate translation from lab to market ByTyler Irving July 11, 2019 Researchers Kylie O’Donnell (ChemE PhD 1T8) and Maryam Arefmanesh (ChemE PhD candidate) use gel electrophoresis to analyze DNA fragments in the…
https://news.engineering.utoronto.ca/ Elizabeth Edwards (ChemE) has been appointed to the rank of University Professor. This is the University of Toronto’s highest academic rank, recognizing unusual scholarly achievement and pre-eminence in a particular field of knowledge. The number of such appointments is…
ix U of T Engineering researchers, including Professor Krishna Mahadevan (ChemE), are among nine teams awarded $1.2 million in funding from Medicine by Design to support critical new ideas in regenerative medicine. Medicine by Design’s New Ideas and Seed Fund awards supports translational…
Congratulations to Christian Euler who was awarded the The Professor Douglas Reeve Leaders of Tomorrow Award from the Troost Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering. The Leaders of Tomorrow (LOT) Awards recognize students in Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry who…
Professor Levente Diosady (ChemE) has been named an Officer of the Order of Canada (https://news.engineering.utoronto.ca/u-of-t-engineering-professor-and-alumnus-named-to-the-order-of-canada/) Diosady was honoured “for his contributions to the science of food engineering, which has improved the lives of millions of people around the world.” He…
Alison McGuigan elected to the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists Professor Alison McGuigan (ChemE, IBBME) has been named to the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. Established in 2014, the College is…
26 Ontario companies awarded seed funding for innovation commercialization http://www.bioenterprise.ca/index.cfm?page=newsItem&id=494 Twenty-six Ontario companies, including Ardra Bio, a spin out from BioZone, have been selected to receive seed funding from Bioenterprise Corporation and its delivery partner Innovation Guelph, the fourth round…
Prof. Levente Diosady has received the 2018 Engineers Canada Gold Medal Award, the organization’s highest honour, recognizing exceptional individual achievement and distinction in engineering. A world-renowned food engineer, Diosady has spent much of his career developing techniques for fortifying staple foods with micronutrients…
https://www.genomecanada.ca/en/news-and-events/news-releases/genomics-researchers-partner-industry-further-innovation-health The Genomic Applications Partnership Program (GAPP) funds translational research and development projects that address real-world challenges and opportunities as identified by industry, government, not-for-profits, and other “receptors” of genomics knowledge and technology. Five projects have been selected for funding…
http://www.chem-eng.utoronto.ca/news/alison-mcguigan-wins-connaught-fund-mclean-award/ Professor Alison McGuigan is the 2017 winner of the Connaught Fund, McLean Award. This $125,000-award is presented annually to support an emerging research leader conducting basic research in physics, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, engineering sciences, and the theory and…
BioZone PIs are leading two Ontario Research Fund – Research Excellence (ORF-RE) round 8 applications. Each project is worth $12M over 5 years with a $4M contribution from the Ministry of Research and Innovation. The goal of the Biochemicals…
Krishna Mahadevan wins 2017 Biochemical Engineering Journal Young Investigator Award The Editors of the Biochemical Engineering Journal, in cooperation with Engineering Conferences International and Biochemical and Molecular Engineering XX, are very pleased to announce the selection of Professor Krishna Mahadevan…
Alison McGuigan is the 2017 Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering Lectureship Award winner. The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering Lectureship Award is awarded to a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant who has made an outstanding contribution to chemical engineering, demonstrating…
At the 10th Annual Celebrating Engineering Excellence Awards, our very own Susie was awarded the Faculty’s Quality of Student Experience Award. Left to right: Professor Ramin Farnood, Professor Grant Allen, Dean Cristina Amon, Professor Will Cluett, Endang (Susie) Susilawati, Pauline…
Getting hands-on with microbes: Elizabeth Edwards wins a 2017 Faculty Award for outstanding teaching and research http://bit.ly/2nj7JMR It’s the magic of chemistry – combine two substances and they transform into a third that’s completely different. Elizabeth Edwards, a pioneering researcher…
Each year BioZone recognizes the students, research associates, technicians, faculty, and staff that have made an outstanding contribution to the BioZone community. These awards are voted on by all BioZone members. The 2016 recognition awards were presented to: Mabel Wong…
BioZone member Emma Master has been awarded one of 13 Genome Canada Large-Scale Applied Research Project grants for a project entitled “SYNBIOMICS: Functional genomics and techno-economic models for advanced biopolymer synthesis“. Emma is leading a team that includes co-leader Harry…
Professor Alison McGuigan (ChemE) – Erwin Edward Hart Professor in Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry Professor McGuigan received her PhD at the University of Toronto and completed postdoctoral research at Harvard University and Stanford University before joining U of T…
BioZone’s Elizabeth Edwards along with partners from SiREM and Federated Co-operative LTD has been awarded a Genome Canada Genomics Applied Partnership Program (GAPP) grant. Please see the UofT News story below: New funding from Genome Canada will help Elizabeth Edwards…
Elizabeth Edwards is one of the five recipients of this year’s Killam Prizes, presented by the Canada Council for the Arts. (Photo: Jen Hsu) Professor Elizabeth Edwards (ChemE) has been named among this year’s Killam Prize winners. Presented by…
Three students from BioZone received awards at the Annual Chemical Engineering Dinner this year. Darren Rodenhizer – Frank Howard Guest Bursary Olivia Molenda – Diran Basmadjian Graduate Scholarship in Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry Mabel Wong – William E. Graydon…
Professor Levente Diosady (6T6, PhD 7T2) has been elected fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) on the basis of his exceptional contributions to Canadian intellectual life. The Society’s mission is to recognize scholarly, research and artistic excellence, to…
Tyler Irving Paper or plastic? This seemingly mundane question captures one of our biggest sustainability challenges: although paper is renewable and biodegradable, for many uses non-degradable plastic still wins out due to its resilience and versatility. Now, thanks to a…
The Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry received 4 NSERC strategic grants with one of them being awarded to the Professor Grant Allen from BioZone. The objective of NSERC’s strategic grants program is to increase research and training in targeted…
Eleven U of T researchers have been awarded a grand total of $933,800 from the university’s own research funding source, the Connaught Fund. Professor Radhakrishnan Mahadevan from BioZone has been funded for his project titled, “Production of bio-based 1,3-butanediol.” Founded in 1972,…
A major new Canadian initiative on the use of enzymes for environmentally sound manufacturing processes was announced today and will be led by ChemE Professor Elizabeth Edwards. The Industrial Biocatalysis Network (IBN) is a 5-year, $5 million project involving nine researchers from U…
