Congratulations to Prof. Emma Master, one of five recipients of the prestigious Derrick Rossi Innovation Award! Her team has developed a novel enzymatic process that converts forestry and biofuel residues into high-value biochemicals, advancing sustainable manufacturing while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Exciting news from NSERC CREATE at BioZone! 🎉 Ethan Agena, Joel Howard, and Connor Bowers have been awarded CREATE Entrepreneurship funding to drive the growth of their startup, SymBL Innovations Inc. Congratulations to our awardees—we can’t wait to see SymBL make a powerful impact!
Big news from U of T Engineering! Prof. Emma Master is the first-ever Robert Korthals Chair in Sustainability, driving innovation in turning renewable resources into eco-friendly textiles & packaging — and helping Canada lead the circular bioeconomy.
Read it more here: https://news.engineering.utoronto.ca/professor-emma-master-named-the-robin-korthals-chair-in-sustainability/
BioZone invites you to an exciting event hosted alongside Nucleate Canada, a non-profit student-led global biotech accelerator!
This will be a great opportunity to strengthen the BioZone community, celebrate our driven researchers and alumni, and expand our reach to the broader environmental biotech network.
If you are a founder interested in presenting a lightening talk on your startup, please reach out to Adam Shedeed to be featured in the startup showcase.
Exciting news! We would like to welcome Rachel Gregor, PhD to BioZone and the University of Toronto‘s Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry!
The Gregor Lab will harness 🦠 microbiology, 🧪 chemistry, and 🌍 ecology to understand and engineer microbial communities for natural product biosynthesis. Read more here: https://www.gregorlab.com/
We look forward to seeing your team grow within BioZone and the exciting collaborations ahead!
BioZone alumna Sofia Bonilla, PhD was recently featured in UofT Engineering News for her start up ALT PRO Advantage – Next Gen Pet Nutrition. Congrats Sofia on this well deserved recognition! 👏 🐾