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Lumiio and MitoCanada Launch New Patient Registry Targeting Mitochondrial Disease in Canada

Building a Patient-Centered Community by Generating Meaningful Data, Enhancing Collaborations, and Accelerating Outcomes Calgary, AB – Lumiio is proud to announce the launch of MitoCanada’s mitochondrial disease patient registry. This registry will enable a fulsome understanding of mitochondrial disease patients from across Canada by capturing critical information directly from patients. These valuable insights benefit the…

Industry viewpoint: Variational AI

Data-driven drug discovery Story originally published in BioTalent Canada’s Close-up on the bio-economy: Western Canada For Vancouver-based start-up Variational AI, the future of drug discovery is most definitely digital. Its innovative machine-learning platform generates novel and optimized molecules — with the potential to eventually cut preclinical drug discovery times from years to months. The challenge…

Career preparation for tomorrow’s engineering leaders

At the Engineering Career Centre, that’s what we deliver through our flagship Professional Experience Year (PEY) Co-op Program with a proven track record going back more than 40 years. PEY Co-op is the largest co-op program in Toronto and the largest of its kind in Canada. By offering both a 12 to 16-week summer and…

National Occupational Standards: a surefire way to improve role specific talent searches

BioTalent Canada is working closely with industry experts to develop a set of National Occupational Standards (NOS) specific to Canada’s bio-economy. BioTalent Canada supports the people behind life-changing science and these NOS are just another aspect of that. If you’re an employer, wouldn’t it be great if you could eliminate some of the guesswork when…

Bioengineering start-ups get a boost from affordable internships

Bioengineering continues to emerge as an important economic sector, with more and more start-up companies coming online. For many, though, hiring the right employees can be a nightmare. Noreen Kamal is CTO and co-founder of DESTINE Health, an online health-system planning tool that computes, searches, evaluates and maps out optimal access to stroke treatments. She…

3 steps to a successful COVID-era company pivot

Article first published in CareerWise Howard Miller 2020 was one of the most trying years across the world in more than 100 years. The COVID-19 pandemic forced many businesses to get very creative. Many “non-essential” businesses had to adapt to the world of virtual offices. Kitchen tables became makeshift cubicles for many. A lot of…

The Future of Bioscience: How Manitoba is Paving the Way

Over a year ago, the world turned its attention on the bioscience industry for guidance, information and action to navigate the COVID-19 global pandemic. While the pandemic is ongoing and the effects are still being felt, a lot has changed; we have numerous vaccines approved for use, treatments have been discovered and slowly but surely…

PEI biotechnology students benefit from access to specialized skills training

In part four of our five-part series on BioTalent Canada’s leading edge training courses, we spoke with Christopher Gillis, Executive Director at the Canadian Alliance for Skills & Training in Life Sciences (CASTL), about their experiences with the program. Bio-economy employers place a high value on talent with essential and technical skills related to the…

Applied Pharmaceutical Innovation (API) leads coalition establishing significant manufacturing capacity in Alberta

The COVID-19 pandemic has further emphasized the need to have manufacturing capacity in Canada not only for vaccines, but to fill drug shortages related to supply chain disruptions. Applied Pharmaceutical Innovation (API) is leading a coalition of companies, innovators, and suppliers looking to establish significant manufacturing capacity in Alberta to ensure Canadians will have access…