Gilbert Walker and Nikhil Gunari have received a UofT Inventor of the Year Award for their development of eco-friendly antifouling coatings. The Inventor of the Year Award recognizes the best innovations at the University of Toronto. Read the news release. [...]
The Walker Group, May 2, 2013. A beautiful spring afternoon in Toronto, outside Robarts Library. Walker Group, April 2013Back row (L to R): Duncan Halverson-Smith, Gilbert Walker, Nikhil Gunari, Adrienne Tanur, Christina MacLaughlin, Weiqing Shi; Front row (L to [...]
Melissa Paulite's recent article, “Full spectroscipic tip-enhanced Raman imaging of single nanotapes formed from beta-amyloid(1-40) peptide fragments,” has been highlighted in an ACS Nano perspective. Read the full review here.
This past summer, the New College New Dragons dragon boat team participated in the 2012 Club Crew World Championships in Hong Kong, winning 5 gold medals at this elite competition held by the International Dragon Boat Federation! Kelly Wu, an [...]
The recent paper by Christina MacLaughlin, Edward Parker, Gilbert Walker and Chen Wang has been featured in the issue highlights of Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine. Read the paper here: Evaluation of SERS labeling of CD20 using optical microscopy and [...]
Gilbert Walker & Isaac Li's work on hydration free energy was highlighted in a Chemical & Engineering News article on the research of Dor Ben-Amotz, who studies the structure of the hydration shell around hydrophobic molecules. Read the full article [...]
Fall convocation was held on Friday, November 16 2012, and the Walker Group's 4 newly minted PhDs were all in attendance! Left to right: Melissa Paulite, Claudia Grozea, Adrienne Tanur, and Isaac Li
Alex Kumachev has completed his MSc with the Walker Group, having submitted his thesis, "Generation of Cell-laden Biopolymer Microgels with Tunable Mechanical Properties for Cancer Cell Studies" and is now attending medical school at the University of Toronto. Congratulations, Alex!
