Every day, Mariya Goncheva, PhD, and Corby Fink, PhD, step inside ImPaKT – a world-class bio containment level-3 facility designed specifically to study deadly viruses and bacteria. Protected from head to toe and connected to a positive pressure powered air respirator, they work with live SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Every day, Mariya Goncheva, PhD, and Corby Fink, PhD, step inside ImPaKT – a world-class bio containment level-3 facility designed specifically to study deadly viruses and bacteria. Protected from head to toe and connected to a positive pressure powered air respirator, they work with live SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Alzheimer’s researcher Jane Rylett, PhD, is leading the country’s research efforts around healthy aging and providing opportunities that attend to the complex needs of aging Canadians.
Aaron Fenster, PhD, is converting conventional ultrasound machinery into 3D-imaging technology. A world first, it’s inexpensive, non-invasive and non-surgical and provides a comprehensive and accurate diagnostic picture of disease. This research recently received $2.6 million from the Ontario Research Fund.