Dr. Pieter Cullis, NMIN’s Founding Scientific Director, has been named as a 2024 inductee into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame (CMHF). “I am incredibly honoured,” said Dr. Cullis. “The lipid nanoparticle (LNP) technology enabling the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines reflect the efforts of literally hundreds of people. I have been… Read More »Pieter Cullis named 2024 Canadian Medical Hall of Fame inductee
Bottom left: Vega Bioimaging’s Julien Fillion & Arnaud Latreille hold the Student Entrepreneurship Prize trophy Two of NMIN’s six spin-off companies received external validation in July 2023, in the form of a funding commitment for one and an entrepreneurship prize for the other. As reported by CPE News on 24… Read More »Funding, prize for NMIN spin-offs Liberum Bio & Vega BioImaging
NMIN’s Founding Scientific Director Dr. Pieter Cullis has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences and the oldest science academy in continuous existence. Dr. Cullis is one of 80 new Fellows selected “for their substantial contribution to the advancement of science.” Past Fellows… Read More »Pieter Cullis elected Fellow of Royal Society
The NanoMedicines Innovation Network (NMIN) is pleased to announce 19 new recipients of NMIN Advanced Training Certification (ATC), who were celebrated in an online ceremony on 30 May 2023. https://youtu.be/5d5OQoSc9pQ Watch the presentation ceremony NMIN’s Advanced Training Certification, or ATC, recognizes an individual’s engagement in diverse capacity-building activities offered by… Read More »Nineteen new recipients of NMIN’s Advanced Training Certification (ATC) announced
Dr. Pieter Cullis (centre) is flanked by Dr. Laurel Schafer (R), who nominated him for the award, and NMIN researcher Dr. Christine Allen (L), who is Vice-President, Ecosystem Development, for adMare Bioinnovations. Inset: Dr. Julia Levy. On 18 April 2023, NMIN’s Founding Scientific Director Dr. Pieter Cullis was presented the… Read More »Pieter Cullis wins 2023 Julia Levy Award
On March 15, 2023, NMIN’s Founding Scientific Director Dr. Pieter Cullis was announced as a recipient of a 2023 Killam Prize. “The achievements and aspirations of the 2023 Killam Laureates have a significant impact on our society,” Maydianne Andrade, Chair, National Killam Selection Committee, was quoted as saying in the… Read More »Pieter Cullis wins 2023 Killam Prize
The NanoMedicines Innovation Network (NMIN) is pleased to announce that NMIN HQP Dr. Nashmia Zia has won the 2023 PRiME-Unity Health Toronto Clinical Catalyst award. Dr. Zia is a Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Toronto and NMIN’s Theme 3 (Diagnostics) Research Accelerator. The award supports a Postdoctoral or Clinical Fellow… Read More »NMIN HQP Dr. Nashmia Zia wins 2023 PRiME-Unity Health Toronto Clinical Catalyst award
The NanoMedicines Innovation Network (NMIN) is pleased to announce eight new recipients of NMIN Advanced Training Certification (ATC). NMIN’s Advanced Training Certification, or ATC, recognizes an individual’s engagement in diverse capacity-building activities offered by NMIN, its partners, and other recognized organizations, where the learning involved goes “above and beyond” the… Read More »Eight more NMIN Advanced Training Certification (ATC) recipients announced
Back, L to R: Josh Friesen, Isabelle Largillière, Parnian Mehinrad, Daniel Berard, Tyler Thomson. Front, L to R: Nashmia Zia, Amélie Baron, Samantha McWhirter, Alexandra Birkenshaw, Abishek Wadhwa, Yulin Mo. Missing: Michael Valic. NMIN is proud to acknowledge the NMIN trainees who won top prizes at the Poster Competition of… Read More »2022 Poster Competition Winners Announced
https://youtu.be/bwn8SYpkmv0 At a gala celebration in Toronto on 29 September 2022, NMIN Founding Director Dr. Pieter Cullis was announced as the winner of the 2022 Bloom Burton Award. “We are honoured to recognize Pieter Cullis with the award,” said Jolyon Burton, President of Bloom Burton & Co., a firm dedicated… Read More »Pieter Cullis wins 2022 Bloom Burton Award