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PRiME successfully hosts the 4th Annual Symposium

28 October 2022

Thank you for attending the 4th Annual PRiME Symposium! This year’s symposium featured new and established PRiME faculty speaking about their research, lightning talks from our 8 ‘high risk, high reward’ PRiME fellows, an industry session featuring ecosystem partners, and ended off with an engaging and thoughtful panel discussion on how to build something big […]

4th Annual PRiME Symposium

21 September 2022

Building Community for Therapeutics Discovery and Precision Medicine AGENDA INCLUDES: Academic and Industry Keynote Speakers Lightning talks from our 2022 Fellows Early, Mid & Senior Career faculty talks Lunch & poster session Panel discussion with key opinion leaders Networking with academic & industry professionals View Agenda POSTER SESSION Submit Abstract by Tuesday, October 13th, 2022, […]

PRiME Participates in the 42nd Annual Terry Fox Run

19 September 2022

On Sunday, September 18th, 2022 members and supporters of PRiME participated virtually in the 42nd annual Terry Fox Run by running, walking and biking in various locations around Ontario. In 1980, Terry said, "Nobody is ever going to call me a quitter”. Terry Fox, after being diagnosed with osteogenic sarcoma and receiving initial treatment and […]

2022 PRiME Fellowship Awardees Announced

1 September 2022

Congratulations to the winners of the 2022 PRiME Fellowship Competition! PRiME Fellows represent the next generation of scientific leaders, testing bold ideas that enable interdisciplinary research in precision medicine. The 2022 cohort of awardees are exceptional trainees working on projects that combine expertise across the four PRiME Faculties, applying molecular biology, genomics, computational biology, and […]

PRiME Partners with Let’s Talk Science to Host Medical Innovation Discovery Day

On April 8, 2022, PRiME and Let’s Talk Science (LTS) hosted the first annual Medical Innovation and Discovery Day for over 30 grade 10 students from schools across Toronto. One of PRiME’s central tenets is the training of the next generation of scientists to develop new solutions that address unmet needs in the treatment of […]

Jump Start Workshop: Accelerate Innovation in Precision Medicine

Event Date: Wednesday, May 18th, 2022; 4:00 - 5:00 pm This event is hybrid, and will be taking place on Zoom, as well as in the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy Building in Room 850. Registration required. During this session our panelists will discuss early activities that researchers should engage to accelerate innovation […]

Jump Start Workshop: Demystifying early-stage drug, device and platform development in academic settings

25 February 2022

Event Date: March 16th, 2022 - 3-4pm During this session our panelists will present and discuss the scientific and business activities that can transform an invention developed during academic research into a business opportunity that can attract investment and industry partnerships. You will learn from real-world examples about the steps that increase likelihood of success […]

Jump Start Workshop: Leveraging target validation data to create valuable partnerships

28 January 2022

Event Date: February 16th, 2022 - 1-2pm During this session our speakers will present and discuss the significance of target validation for early-stage drug discovery and development in academic settings using adMare BioInnovations and U of T IPO and TIAP approaches (e.g., Bright Angel Therapeutics, Encycle Therapeutics, Zucara Therapeutics). You will learn how target validation […]

Jump Start Workshop: How to do market research and why this is important?

Kicking off 2022, we would like to invite you to PRiME's Jump Start Market Research Workshop in Precision Medicine, taking place on Thursday, January 20th. The goal of PRiME's Jump Start: Early-Stage Technology Development in Precision Medicine" Workshop Series is to provide a deep dive into all steps in development of pre-clinical drugs, devices and […]

PRiME Trainees Awarded Industry-Partnered Fellowships

22 November 2021

Dr. Louis-Philippe Picard (left), a postdoctoral fellow in Prof. Scott Prosser’s lab, and Dr. Jiaxi Peng (right), a postdoctoral fellow in Prof. Aaron Wheeler’s lab, are recipients of the PRiME Industry-Partnered Fellowship Program. The PRiME research community is working on cutting edge technologies to advance drug discovery and therapeutic development. Partnerships and internships for trainees […]

PRiME 3rd Annual Symposium

12 October 2021

PRiME will be holding its 3rd Annual Symposium virtually on October 25th, 2021. This year's agenda includes exceptional keynote speakers from industry and academia and will also feature the diverse expertise of four new PRiME Faculty members. Additionally, Lightning Talks from our 2021 PRiME Fellows and an Innovation Showcase of technology platforms and companies will […]

2021 PRiME Fellows Announced

1 September 2021

PRiME Fellows represent the next generation of scientific leaders, poised to tackle some of the biggest challenges in health and disease. The 2021 cohort of awardees are exceptional trainees working on projects that combine expertise across the four PRiME Faculties, applying molecular biology, genomics, computational biology, and bioengineering towards diagnostic and therapeutic solutions. This year, […]

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