L to R: Company co-founders Dr. Logan Zettle, Dr. Chirag M. Vaswani, Dr. Gilbert Walker (NMIN Scientific Director) & Dr. Samantha McWhirter (NorthMiRs CEO). Photo by Neil Ta. On 17 October 2024, NMIN spin-off company NorthMiRs was awarded the $250K first prize at ECHO PITCH 2024. At the event, which… Read More »NMIN spin-off NorthMiRs places first at ECHO PITCH 2024
On 9 October 2024, NMIN spin-off company SeraGene Therapeutics was awarded the $3000 “Coup de Coeur” prize at Sweet Pharma Day, one of only two prizes awarded. At the event, which took place in Sainte-Julie, Quebec, 16 companies, pre-selected by the organizing committee and Pharma representatives, were given 15 minutes… Read More »NMIN spin-off SeraGene wins prize at Sweet Pharma Day
The NanoMedicines Innovation Network (NMIN) is pleased to announce 36 new recipients of NMIN Advanced Training Certification (ATC), who were celebrated in an online ceremony on 18 June 2024. NMIN’s Advanced Training Certification, or ATC, recognizes an individual’s engagement in diverse capacity-building activities offered by NMIN, its partners, and other… Read More »Thirty-six new recipients of NMIN’s Advanced Training Certification (ATC) announced
The NanoMedicines Innovation Network (NMIN) is pleased to announce the 8 recipients of the its 2024 Doctoral-level Graduate Awards. Recipients hail from five universities and research centres in three provinces. The goal of NMIN Graduate Awards is to enable exceptional students to pursue nanomedicine academic research training with Canadian experts.… Read More »Meet the NMIN 2024 Graduate Award winners
Photo: Michael Valic pitching (inset) and holding the first-place prize cheque (2nd from L). On 27 March 2024, NMIN HQP Michael Valic won first place in Medicine by Design’s 2024 Building a Biotech Venture Pitch Competition on behalf of the prospective venture Twenty-nine Therapeutics. Emerging from the University Health Network… Read More »NMIN HQP-Entrepreneur wins pitch competition
In a formal ceremony that took place in downtown Vancouver, BC, on 13 April 2024, NMIN’s Founding Scientific Director Dr. Pieter Cullis was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame (CMHF). The CMHF selected Dr. Cullis as a 2024 inductee in recognition of his being “a leader in creating… Read More »Pieter Cullis celebrated at CMHF 2024 Induction ceremony
The NanoMedicines Innovation Network (NMIN) is pleased to announce the 14 recipients of the its 2023 Masters- and Doctoral-level Graduate Awards, and the four recipients of its 2024 Undergraduate Studentships. Recipients hail from three universities in three provinces. The goal of NMIN Graduate Awards is to enable exceptional students to… Read More »Meet the NMIN 2023 Graduate & Undergraduate Award winners
Dr. Pieter Cullis, NMIN’s Founding Scientific Director, has been named as a 2024 inductee into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame (CMHF). “I am incredibly honoured,” said Dr. Cullis. “The lipid nanoparticle (LNP) technology enabling the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines reflect the efforts of literally hundreds of people. I have been… Read More »Pieter Cullis named 2024 Canadian Medical Hall of Fame inductee
Bottom left: Vega Bioimaging’s Julien Fillion & Arnaud Latreille hold the Student Entrepreneurship Prize trophy Two of NMIN’s six spin-off companies received external validation in July 2023, in the form of a funding commitment for one and an entrepreneurship prize for the other. As reported by CPE News on 24… Read More »Funding, prize for NMIN spin-offs Liberum Bio & Vega BioImaging
NMIN’s Founding Scientific Director Dr. Pieter Cullis has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences and the oldest science academy in continuous existence. Dr. Cullis is one of 80 new Fellows selected “for their substantial contribution to the advancement of science.” Past Fellows… Read More »Pieter Cullis elected Fellow of Royal Society