Edmonton – The Alberta Glycomics Centre announced today that it will receive a tuberculosis (TB) biomarkers grant through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Grand Challenges in Global Health program, Continue reading
Edmonton, Alberta – Dr. Todd L. Lowary, a glycomics R&D leader, has been named the new Director of the Alberta Glycomics Centre, succeeding Dr. David R. Bundle. Continue reading
Edmonton, Alberta – The Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Carbohydrate Science (AICCS) has grown substantially in reputation, scope and profile in its nine years of Alberta-based operation. In recognition of its place in the Alberta Innovates family and its focus on health research in the emerging area of Glycomics, the Centre is being renamed. Continue reading
Edmonton – Dr. Ratmir Derda, Associate Investigator at the Alberta Glycomics Centre and Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Alberta, is one of the 19 recipients of a Grand Challenges Canada grant. The Canadian Rising Stars in Global Heath Initiative provides grants to early-stage career innovators to develop novel solutions to health problems in developing countries. Continue reading