On June 16, Christina MacLaughlin successfully defended her PhD dissertation, "Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Nanoparticles as Optical Labels for Imaging Cell Surface Proteins"! Congratulations to Christina, who will soon begin a postdoctoral fellowship at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health [...]
Congratulations to Christina MacLaughlin, who has been awarded the F.E. Beamish Prize in Physical Chemistry for 2013/14! This prize is awarded annually to one student in the Department of Chemistry in recognition of their excellent work.
Following on the heels of winning the Start-Up Chile competition, Nikhil Gunari was interviewed by Jennifer Stoneburgh of MaRS Discovery District! Read the article here. Nikhil Gunari and Gilbert Walker at AquaChile
Sylleta, which has been participating in the accelerator program Start-Up Chile, was awarded first place in Start-up Chile's DemoDay competition! This event involved presentations to more than 60 investors by Start-Up Chile participants. As winners of the competition, Sylleta will [...]
Cassandra Phillips won a best poster award at the Southern Ontario Undergraduate Student Chemistry Conference (SOUSCC), held on March 29, 2014 at the University of Windsor. Congratulations, Cassandra!
Macroblock, the eco-friendly antifouling treatment developed by Sylleta was highlighted in the October 2013 issue of Fish Farming International.
On the heels of their Clean50 award, Gilbert and Nikhil's clean antifouling technology, Macroblock, was featured in the UofT Bulletin. Read the article by Kim Luke, and view images of nets with and without Macroblock treatment here: http://news.utoronto.ca/clean-cost-effective-solution-fishing-industry. Net [...]
Congratulations! Nikhil and Gilbert have won a 2014 Clean50 Award, in the area of Research and Development! This award identifies and recognizes 50 individuals (or small teams) who have made the greatest contributions to sustainable development or clean capitalism in [...]
"MaRS client SYLLETA fishes for business in Chile" Gilbert Walker, Nikhil Gunari, and Ana Valdivia visited Chile in July to discuss their antifouling technology with government and business officials. Their trip was recently highlighted in the MaRS blog. Read more [...]
On May 31, 2013, Gilbert Walker served as panelist in an event titled "Chile: A regional hub for entrepreneurship & innovation," hosted by MaRSDD, with event participation by the President of Chile, Sebastián Piñera. Gilbert discussed opportunities for aquaculture biofouling innovations in [...]
