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Mar 19, 2024
Our Career Advisor guides MoGen grad students through the transition from academia to professional careers. Sun Ooi, the new career advisor for the Department of Molecular Genetics, provides valuable insights highlighting her new role and the opportunities she offers to MoGen Graduate students.
Mar 18, 2024
The Ontario government has granted $10 million to the U of T's high containment facility (THCF), which is managed by Scott Gray-Owen. He serves as both the academic director of the facility and a professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics. This funding is a direct investment in supporting the department's research in infectious diseases, and it will facilitate training for researchers, while also enhancing Canada's health security.
Feb 29, 2024
Researchers from the University of Toronto's Department of Molecular Genetics, led by Dr. Xi Huang and Dr. Weifan Dong, have developed a groundbreaking designer peptide therapy targeting glioblastoma (GBM). Their innovative approach disrupts a tumour-specific potassium channel complex, offering promising advancements in GBM treatment.

The Department Of Molecular Genetics has six major research fields

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