/ en /celebrates/phd-candidate-molecular-genetics-wins-global-scholarship <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">PhD candidate in molecular genetics wins global scholarship</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>perry.king</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2019-07-18T13:25:47-04:00" title="Thursday, July 18, 2019 - 13:25" class="datetime">Thu, 07/18/2019 - 13:25</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/students" hreflang="en">Students</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-medicine" hreflang="en">Faculty of Medicine</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/graduate-students" hreflang="en">Graduate Students</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/molecular-genetics" hreflang="en">Molecular Genetics</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/ChidozieOjobor.jpg" width="1140" height="760" alt="Chidozie Ojobor"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">(photo by Perry King)</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><strong>Chidozie Ojobor</strong>, a PhD candidate in the department of molecular genetics in the Faculty of Medicine, was named one of four recipients of the Global Citizen scholarship from MPOWER Financing, a Washington, D.C.-based company that offers loans to international students.</p> <p>The $5,000 scholarships were awarded on the strength of applicants' essay submissions. Ojobor’s submission identified the need to address the threat of superbugs.&nbsp;By developing tailocins, Ojobor has been able to kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the lab. His hope is that he can genetically engineer them to overpower superbugs as cases arise – with treatments in the form of pills and other therapies.</p> <p>He is the first Canadian university student to win the scholarship. He was picked by MPOWER staff out of 1,121 eligible applications – which they cite as a record number of applicants.</p> <h3><a href="/news/u-t-phd-student-wins-global-scholarship-combating-antibiotic-resistant-superbugs">Read the <em>ÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥ News </em>story</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Thu, 18 Jul 2019 17:25:47 +0000 perry.king 160093 at /celebrates/mikko-taipale-receives-inaugural-david-dime-and-elisa-nuyten-catalyst-award-molecular <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Mikko Taipale receives inaugural David Dime and Elisa Nuyten Catalyst Award in Molecular Genetics</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>perry.king</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2019-07-15T00:00:00-04:00" title="Monday, July 15, 2019 - 00:00" class="datetime">Mon, 07/15/2019 - 00:00</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/donnelly-centre-cellular-and-biomolecular-research" hreflang="en">Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-medicine" hreflang="en">Faculty of Medicine</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/molecular-genetics" hreflang="en">Molecular Genetics</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/alumni" hreflang="en">ÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/2019--7-15-Mikko%20catalyst%20fund%20photo-resized.jpg" width="1140" height="760" alt="Assistant Professor Mikko Taipale stands between Elisa Nuyten and David Dime. Leah Cowen"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">From left: Elisa Nuyten, Mikko Taipale,David Dime and Leah Cowen, chair of the department of molecular genetic(photo by Tim Westwood)</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><strong>Mikko Taipale</strong>, an assistant professor at the University of Toronto’s Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research and the Faculty of Medicine’s department of molecular genetics, is the inaugural recipient of the David Dime and Elisa Nuyten Catalyst Award in Molecular Genetics.</p> <p>The award was established by ÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥ alumnus&nbsp;<strong>David Dime&nbsp;</strong>and his wife Elisa Nuyten&nbsp;to support exploratory research projects that are not obvious candidates for government funding. The $50,000 award will allow Taipale’s team to further develop a technology called PROTACs, for Proteolysis Targeting Chimeras, to reveal therapeutic targets in cancer cells.</p> <p>Taipale, the Canada Research Chair in Functional Proteomics and Proteostasis, received the award at a recent symposium celebrating the 50^th&nbsp;anniversary of the department of molecular genetics.</p> <h3><a href="/news/u-t-s-mikko-taipale-wins-inaugural-catalyst-award-explore-new-research-avenues-cancer-drug">Read the <em>ÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥ News</em> story</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Donnelly Centre</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Mon, 15 Jul 2019 04:00:00 +0000 perry.king 160096 at