With a mission to support novel approaches to managing and preventing heart failure, the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research uses its Innovation Fund to propel emerging research with great potential. The 2024-25 Innovation Fund Seed Grants are currently open and you...
The Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research is delighted to welcome Iris Cohn as the new Innovator in Genomic Translation - also recently promoted to Director of the Pharmacogenetics (PGx) Program at The Hospital for Sick Children. A trained pharmacist, Iris established...
NorthMiRs Inc., an innovative cardiovascular biotech start-up, has won $250,000 in funding from the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research’s Entrepreneurship for Cardiovascular Health Opportunities (ECHO) PITCH 2024 competition. Since its launch in 2018, the ECHO...
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most commonly occurring birth anomaly. Despite a strong genetic basis, almost 90% of cases remain genetically undiagnosed. However, the surge of new technology is enabling a search for hidden gene defects not detectable on...
Entrepreneurship for Cardiovascular Health Opportunities (ECHO) is a 12-month national training program supporting cardiovascular research commercialization through education, mentorship, networking, and funding. Led by a diverse team of experts, ECHO fosters...
Entrepreneurship for Cardiovascular Health Opportunities (ECHO) is a 12-month national training program supporting cardiovascular research commercialization through education, mentorship, networking, and funding. Led by a diverse team of experts, ECHO fosters...
Please join us for an ECHO (Entrepreneurship for Cardiovascular Health Opportunities) seminar featuring Dr. Jennifer Moody (Chief Operating Officer, Morphocell Technologies) on Tuesday January 28, 2020 (11 am – 12 pm) in the TBEP lounge (MaRS West Tower, 661 University Ave, 14th floor).
Dr. Moody’s presentation entitled, “Engineering Liver Function: Using Stem Cells to Improve How we Treat Liver Failure”, will feature an overview of Morphocell Technologies, its technologies and the story behind its success. Morphocell Technologies is a regenerative medicine company focused on the development and commercialization of stem cell therapies and engineered tissues aimed at treating liver diseases.
Light refreshments will be served.
ECHO is an entrepreneurship training program, funded and organized in a partnership between (i) the Translational Biology and Engineering Program (TBEP), the University of Toronto component of the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research, and (ii) the Health Innovation Hub (H2i).