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MaRS Discovery District is a not-for-profit corporation founded in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 2000.Its stated goal is to commercialize publicly funded medical research and other technologies with the help of local private enterprises and as such is a public-private partnership. [1]
The area includes the main campuses of the University of Toronto and Toronto Metropolitan University, as well as university affiliated health-care research hospitals including the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto General Hospital, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Women's College Hospital, and the MaRS Discovery District.
The McEwen Centre is based in the heart of Toronto's Discovery District at the MaRS Centre/Toronto Medical Discovery Tower. The current Director of the McEwen Center for Regenerative Medicine is Prof. Gordon Keller, [1] Canada Research Chair in Embryonic Stem Cell Biology.
In May, 2004, an application to the newly announced CFI Research Hospital Fund resulted in a $10.9 million award to build out lab space and consolidate all operations on the 14th and 15th floors of the Toronto Medical Discovery Tower (TMDT) in the MaRS Discovery District. TCAG was the first occupant of TMDT (in August, 2005), quickly followed ...
The Institute employs more than 300 people at its research hub at the MaRS Centre in downtown Toronto and funds more than 1,900 scientific staff at hospital-based research institutes and universities around the province. In 2018 it was the highest funder of cancer research in Canada.
The silica discovery is still one of the most important findings by the Spirit rover, which operated on Mars from 2004 to 2011. And Vasavada says it’s what inspired the team to “look behind ...
Tyler Jay Hamilton (born June 6, 1970) is a Canadian author, cleantech expert and former business and technology reporter specializing in clean technology.He is currently Director of Cleantech at MaRS Discovery District, and a former adjunct professor at York University's Faculty of Environmental Studies.
Along with Dr. John Evans, a former president of the University of Toronto, and Ken Knox, Stiller catalyzed the 2000 launch of the Medical and Related Science (MaRS) Discovery District in downtown Toronto, and then served as its director. [16]