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[Garton Lab @GartonLab]

Check out our new bioRxiv preprint reporting FAST-STEM: a set of tools that dramatically accelerate human stem cell engineering!
https://t.co/t1YrWIYNYf

[Garton Lab @GartonLab]

For the International Day of Women in Science this year, I dedicate this video to the Garton lab and everyone else, acknowledging the support we have received on this journey and sharing this support with all women in science.

Content creator: @Soheila_BME

[American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) @ChEnected]

What’s happening behind the scenes at labs & research groups around the globe? SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT! Join scientists across all levels from academia, industry, and government. Learn more about the program: https://t.co/3Vdpv1XhmP

#SBE #mSBW2024 #research

[Biomedical Engineering @ University of Toronto @bme_uoft]

Researchers at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering have successfully utilized an artificial intelligence (AI) framework to redesign a crucial protein involved in the delivery of gene therapy: https://t.co/S1RIgiQEmO

[Garton Lab @GartonLab]

Check out our new generative AI tool for gene therapy published in Nature Machine Intelligence!
Work conducted by the fantastic Suyue Lyu and @shahin_s_h

https://t.co/z8hhVb6PL6

[Aanshi Gandhi (she/her) @ag_scientist]

So proud to be a part of Myoxa & proud of our team for winning at our first ever pitch competition!

Thank you @MbD_UofT & @UofTPRiME for encouraging cutting-edge, life saving research 🫀

[Rasha Al-attar @RashaAlattar]

Awesome pitch by students from the @GartonLab
Great job guys!! 👏🏼

[Garton Lab @GartonLab]

Congratulations to Garton Lab trainees on winning $25,000 at the pitch competition!
Myoxa Therapeutics is developing new hypoxia-resistance mechanisms to improve stem-cell derived cell therapies for heart failure and beyond! 🧫🧬

[Medicine by Design @MbD_UofT]

At the Building a Biotech Venture Pitch Competition, 6 teams delivered compelling pitches & Myoxa Therapeutics (@bme_uoft) & Specifix Dx (@UofT_LMP) won $25k & $10k in funding ➡️https://t.co/gRHycUudCL

Partners: #MedicinebyDesign, @UofTPRiME, @H2i_UofT, @TalkBoutiqueInc.

[Medicine by Design @MbD_UofT]

At the Building a Biotech Venture Pitch Competition, 6 teams delivered compelling pitches & Myoxa Therapeutics (@bme_uoft) & Specifix Dx (@UofT_LMP) won $25k & $10k in funding ➡️https://t.co/gRHycUudCL

Partners: #MedicinebyDesign, @UofTPRiME, @H2i_UofT, @TalkBoutiqueInc.

[Medicine by Design @MbD_UofT]

First three teams have pitched at the Building a Biotech Venture Pitch Competition!
➡️Drug discovery team CApt Dynamics @ShanaOKelley lab.
➡️Cell therapies team Myoxa Therapeutics @GartonLab.
➡️Small molecule development team Neuropeutics @JanuceRobertson lab.

[Medicine by Design @MbD_UofT]

Michael Garton (@GartonLab @bme_uoft) is using stem cells & synthetic biology to develop therapeutic tissues that can not only replace damaged tissues but also enhance them to be better than nature: https://t.co/mxzGw9agRQ

[Garton Lab @GartonLab]

We are excited to be part of this incredible international team! Looking forward to combining synthetic biology with regenerative medicine to revolutionize heart disease treatment 🧫🫀

[UHN Research @UHN_Research]

#BREAKING: $23.6M in funding has been awarded by #NFRF Transformation program to establish an international team—led by @UHN—to develop cutting-edge regenerative therapies for heart disease. Congrats to Dr. Michael Laflamme and collaborators! > https://t.co/1QEYgbg09l

[Garton Lab @GartonLab]

New pre-print from our lab outlining the development of landing pad toolkit for delivering transgene payloads to human induced pluripotent stem cells

https://t.co/Lo00EOYcyp

[Drumatized 🇮🇷 @shahin_s_h]

New preprint

ProteinVAE: Variational AutoEncoder for Translational Protein Design https://t.co/XXXDVVlvLD

#compchem #deeplearning #MachineLearning

[Aanshi Gandhi (she/her) @ag_scientist]

First publication officially out in @BioDesignR https://t.co/mBNTw1eNNa Thank you to @shahin_s_h & Dr. Garton (@GartonLab) for their support and this opportunity to share the effective MP design methods with the major advancement of @DeepMind ’s Alpha Fold #AcademicTwitter

[Daniel Tabet, PhD @DanTabet]

Very proud to count myself among those joining the @UofTPRiME community as part of the 2022 PRiME Fellowship!! Thankful for your support @FPRoth & @GartonLab!

[Ontario Genomics @ontariogenomics]

A new academic-industry partnership between @GartonLab and Myo Palate @bme_uoft aims to lower cultivated meat costs.

We're excited and honoured to support this impactful work!
https://t.co/M4lKLyIvUW

[Canadian Space Health Research Network @space_health]

Meet Lucy Ma (Engineering Science (2T2 + PEY), Biomedical Systems), our Canadian Space Health Undergraduate Research Awardee! She is working with the @GartonLab at @UofT this summer on a controlled gene circuit for cellular radiation protection using tardigrade genes. Ad Astra!🚀

[Medicine by Design @MbD_UofT]

Michael Garton's (@GartonLab) life as a professional mountaineer was changed by a fall from Europe's tallest rock face. A year in hospital made him realize he wanted to make a positive impact through science. Read his #PeopleofMedicinebyDesign profile: https://t.co/BJtGTdLwTt

[Garton Lab @GartonLab]

Congrats Aanshi! (:

[Aanshi Gandhi (she/her) @ag_scientist]

Officially a PhD Candidate 🥳👩🏽‍🏫

A BIG thank you to all the support I’ve received in every capacity especially from Dr. Garton & lab mates @GartonLab

Extremely excited for the journey up ahead 🤩