Genetics

Nicole Novroski, a professor of forensic science, in a white lab coat, standing in front of shelves and desks in a science lab

Police Are Using Your Publicly Available DNA to Solve Crimes. That’s a Good Thing.

But it’s also crucial for people to give informed consent to have their genetic information used this way Read More

A grassy field full of white clovers in a Toronto park, surrounded by trees and condo buildings in the distance

Cities Are Driving Evolution

Globally crowdsourced study shows that white clovers are biologically adapting to city life, demonstrating the profound impact of urbanization Read More

A collage showing a researcher working in the lab, a hospital bed, orange cells attached to human ears, a culture growing in a petri dish and people walking on a striped road

The Deadly Global Fungus

Prof. Leah Cowen’s lab aims to understand how C. auris works and how to stop it Read More

Untangling Alzheimer’s

A U of T centre is hunting down the genes that cause this debilitating brain illness, and moving us closer to a cure Read More

Bright Lights, Big Ideas

They’re brilliant. They’re bold. They’re young. And they have the national research community applauding Read More

Pass the Tomato … and the Salt

Researchers create tomato that thrives in salty irrigation water Read More

The Miracle Workers

They are on the cutting edge. And they are doing their work right here. A chronology of medical breakthroughs at U of T over the past 20 years Read More

Mad About Science and Math

Rachel Tyndale, Vincent Tropepe, Deborah Fels, Shaf Keshavjee, Ed Doolittle, Akiko Iwasaki Read More

Samuel McLaughlin, shown at his desk in 1954

A Driving Force

The R. Samuel McLaughlin Centre will fuel genetic solutions for the prevention and treatment of disease Read More