Posted by George @ MaRS, June 30th, 2008
A recent market research study done by Lux Research found that the VC investments in nanotechnologies dropped in 2007 for the first time in the past five years.
According to their study, in the past two years VCs have focused their money on environment and energy sectors, in spite of the generous returns generated by some of the nano-tech startups (over 200 times the initial investment in average for health science applications).
This is just one more proof that global warming can be bad for your health and your wealth!
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Posted by John McCulloch @ MaRS, June 27th, 2008
Singapore: Asia’s technopolis
MaRS Discovery District is now an affiliate member of the Singapore-based Technology Transfer Network (TTN).
The TTN is a newly-formed collaborative alliance of technology transfer organizations created to enhance the effectiveness of technology transfer to industry. The network’s vision is to enhance, expand and equip technology transfer activities worldwide.
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Posted by Lincoln @ MaRS, June 26th, 2008
Charles Taylor, Montreal Philosopher
Photo by Padraic
What does a philosopher from Montreal and a molecular biologist from Toronto have in common? They are the first two Canadians ever to win Japan’s most prestigious lifetime achievement award, the Kyoto Prize, largely referred to as Japan’s Nobel Prize.
Drs. Anthony Pawson and Charles Taylor were just announced as the winners of the prize which was created to recognize that “[humankind] has no higher calling than to strive for the greater good of society, and that mankind’s future can be assured only when there is a balance between our scientific progress and spiritual depth.”
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Posted by Chris @ MaRS, June 24th, 2008
If the global nonprofit sector were a single industry, it would be the world’s fifth largest, employing 4.5% of the world’s population. This and many other dramatic insights were unveiled by Kim Klein in a recent presentation on Canada’s nonprofit sector at the Laidlaw Foundation.
The data, compiled from Imagine Canada, the National Survey of Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations, Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Civil Society Studies and the Association of Fundraising Professionals, map the nonprofit sector’s size, composition, and finance structure, and offer international and inter-provincial comparisons.
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Posted by John McCulloch @ MaRS, June 24th, 2008
Canada and California come together over stem cell research
Last week, a bold initiative brought together the world’s leaders in cancer stem cell research. The Governments of Canada and California announced a major three-year research agreement to begin a common search for ways to evaluate, fund and monitor cancer stem cell research projects.
Minister Tony Clement (Canadian Minister of Health) pledged $100 million over three years to the Cancer Stem Cell Consortium (CSCC). The CSCC will collaborate closely with the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM).
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