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The Insulin Story: Part 1
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MaRS Leadership Team
Richard W. Ivey
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St. Stephen's Conflict Resolution Service (CRS)
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Employment Opportunities
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OICR - Scientific Associate, Project Leader (Computational Cancer Biology)
OICR - Web Developer - Clinician Oncology e-Learning
Profound Medical Inc - Clinical Applications Scientist
THE MaRS CENTRE
Our Tenants
AIM Therapeutics Inc.
Ambit Biosciences
ArcticDx Inc.
AstraZeneca Canada Inc.
Axela Inc.
BioDiscovery Toronto
BioFinance Canada
BioQuest Innovations Inc.
The Biotechnology Initiative
Cascade Therapeutics Inc.
Cassandra Capital L.P.
Celtic House Venture Partners
ConnectedN
CVCA - Canada’s Venture Capital & Private Equity Association
Diagnostic Systems Laboratories
Distility Branding
Elastin Specialties Inc.
Fluorinov Pharma Inc.
Format Earth Corporation
GlaxoSmithKline Inc.
htx.ca - The Health Technology Exchange
Highland Therapeutics Inc.
Innovate LLP
The Innovations Group, University of Toronto
iLOOKABOUT Inc.
Innovation Institute of Ontario
Interface Biologics
In Vitro Drug Safety & BioTechnology
Kalgene Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Kanata Chemical Technologies
Larial Proteomics
MaRS Innovation
About MaRS Innovation: Backgrounder
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Partners
The Martin Prosperity Institute
McLaughlin Centre for Molecular Medicine
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health
Merck Frosst Canada Ltd.
Miami Mice Corporation
NeurAxon Inc.
Ontario Cancer Biomarker Network (OCBN)
Ogilvy Renault LLP
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
Ontario Geonomics Institute
Ontario Innovation Trust
Ontario Society for Excellence in Techology Transfer
Ozmosis Research
PointerWare Innovations Ltd.
RBC Royal Bank
RBC Venture Partners
Rosetta Capital (Canada) Limited
Receptor Therapeutics Inc.
Science HA, Inc.
Segasist Technologies
Sigma Analysis & Management Ltd.
Skymeter Corporation
Spin Analytics
STTARR Research Program
Toronto Region Research Alliance
Transition Therapeutics
University Hospital Network Technology Development & Commercialization Office
University Health Network
University of Toronto Asset Management Corporation
WORLDiscoveries™, The University of Western Ontario
XYZ Interactive Technologies Inc.
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EVENTS
MaRS Event Series
NEWS
Blog
MaRS Newsletters
Newsletter Archives
MaRS Convergence: Winter 2008/09
The Crisis Within A Crisis: VC Financing In Canada
CBC Picks Up 'Science At The Summit'
Bananas For Biotech
MaRS Tenant Partners With Cisco For Asian Traffic Trial
Making A Difference While Making A Living
Dragon Power Propels Tech Firm
Cape Farewell Bridges Art, Science, Climate Change
Bridging The Gap
Listening To Leaks... The Sound Of Disappearing Water
New Canadians Welcomed At MaRS
MaRS Team Draws National Awards
Directors Update
Water: The Next Big Tech Wave
Supporting Innovation In Ontario
MaRS Convergence: Spring 2008
Lab Giant to Distribute Protein Assay Platform
Private Equity Backs Experimental Asthma Drug
Alzheimer's and Diabetes Drugs Move into Phase II
The Evolution of the MaRSDD Website
MaRS Captures Entrepreneurial Spirit
Octopz Reach Extends to OCAD
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research Expands
Genomics Star Moves to MaRS
Canadian First at MaRS for Social Innovation
Going Green(er) at MaRS
New Tenants Call MaRS Home
Vision + Passion = Leadership
It Takes a Community to Commercialize a Technology
Ontario@MaRS
Premier's Summit Awards Recognize Leaders in Genomics and Lung Cancer
MaRS Innovation Links Research Powerhouses
2006/07 Annual Support of MaRS
We're Not Just Dreaming Anymore
TiEQuest Prize for Innovative LED Display
Reforms Streamline European Patent Requirements
MaRS Convergence: Fall 2007
Artists Converge at MaRS, too
Flagship Program Supported
Advancing Regenerative Medicine
Governator Pumps Up Research
Pain Research Attracts Financing
Not Just a Pretty Façade
Phase II: MaRS Goes Global
Toronto Lures Florida
Venture Capital Moves to MaRS
Tenant Profile: Octopz
Social Innovation Network to be Anchored at MaRS
MaRS Convergence: Winter 2006/07
Global CONNECT Comes to MaRS
Thinking Like a Citizen of the World
Heritage Building Recognized
Building a Successful Global Company
Creating a Culture of Innovation
Ushering in a "Medical Revolution"
MaRS Educating Future Entrepreneurs
Tenant Profile: AXS envisions what we can't see
MaRS Joins Give a Day to AIDS Campaign
MaRS and OCE Introduce Market Readiness Program
MaRS Attracts International Attention
MaRS Blog Takes Off
MaRS Convergence: Fall 2006
Global Think Tank Recognizes MaRS
Creative Cities Initiative Launched at MaRS
MaRS - Year One
MaRS Puts India on Centre Stage
New Award Recognizes Ontario's Top Medical Researchers
XVI International AIDS Conference
New Forum Focuses on Women in Technology
MaRS Director Awarded Prestigious Fellowship
Tenant Profile: Transition Therapeutics CEO Tony Cruz
XPLANE Explained - A Workshop on Visual Thinking
MaRS Convergence: Winter 2005
First Steps on MaRS Only Months Away
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Takes Research Centre-Stage
Donnelly CCBR/MaRS Scientific Symposium
Ontario Offers a Wealth of Resources for High Tech Entrepreneurs
Tips from Enterprise Toronto Seminars
Unique Global Centre for Theoretical Physics Opens Doors
MaRS eNewsletter Registration
Science & Business Headlines
Success Stories
Interface Biologics
AXS: A Convergence Success Story
KCT: A MaRS Incubator Success
Sysomos buzz-tracker
InDanio and the in vivo revolution
VitalSines sensor
Heliotrope's learning game
MaRS in the Media
Cluster growth through collaboration
Biotechnologies au Canada: l'exemple de l'Ontario
News Releases
2009
MaRS Innovation celebrates the appointment of its Board of Directors
MobileMonday partners with MaRS to inform and connect wireless professionals
Richard W. Ivey joins Board of Directors at MaRS
Online fundraising innovator named Canada’s first certified B Corporation – a new corporate structure for our times
Ontario’s emerging tech companies get a boost
Green IT on the rise: MaRS tenant Skymeter Corp. named one of Top Ten Green IT Companies to Watch
MaRS commends provincial budget: key economic initiatives strengthen innovation
Innovate Collaborate Change Net Change Week June 8-12, 2009
Science at the Summit: $5 million Premier’s Summit Awards to Ontario leaders in cancer and gastrointestinal research
Michael H. McCain joins MaRS Board, Founder Dr. John Evans passes chairmanship to RBC CEO Gordon Nixon
Toronto's MaRS Discovery District wins national Creative City Award
MaRS Innovation Appoints President and CEO
MaRS Innovation selects umbilical cord stem cell technology from Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital as its first commercialization opportunity
MaRS Innovation selects diabetic wound healing technology from The University of Toronto as its second commercialization opportunity
MaRS Innovation Backgrounder
Ontario start-ups get an opportunity to target major Silicon Valley influencers and investors at AlwaysOn Stanford Summit 2009
Toronto-area cleantech companies target influential Boston forum
Save energy, make money: MaRS advisor shares Planet Traveler story at TEDxTO
MaRS clients clean up at Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Awards
Customer engagement? Ask Harry
Countdown on for the Ontario Innovation Summit: The Business of Aging
MTS Allstream and MaRS partner to showcase innovative green technologies at the 2009 Allstream Global Forum: An Evening with Vice President Al Gore
MobileMonday Toronto to Feature Anthony Lacavera, Chairman and CEO of Globalive
Physicist pairs with pharmaceutical scientist to design nano-particles for cancer imaging
MaRS Innovation and CDRD Announce Strategic Collaboration
2008
Ottawa Funds MaRS Innovation
Distinguished Business Leaders to Join MaRS Board, Including Canada's "Outstanding CEO of the Year"
Canada’s Regenerative Medicine Landscape Ripe With Commercial Potential: MaRS Industry Report
It’s not all in the DNA: RNA biologists converge on Toronto
Science at the Summit: $5 million Premier’s Summit Awards to Toronto leaders in genomics, lung cancer research
Ontario government helps bring award-winning CPRGlove™ to market
Entrepreneurs, corporate leaders, scientists join RH Adrienne Clarkson to welcome new Canadians at MaRS Citizenship Ceremony
New life science Entrepreneurs-in-Residence join MaRS Venture Group
MaRS Founding Chair honoured for national biotech leadership
MaRS appoints Vice President, Real Estate
MaRS Innovation partnership launched across 16 Toronto institutions
MaRS selects OCRI entrepreneur program as best in class
MaRS Director to Chair Canada Council for the Arts
MaRS client SoftShell appears on CBC TV's Dragon's Den
MaRS client partners with Cisco Systems for Asian traffic study
University of Alberta President joins MaRS Board
Toronto psychiatrist named Innovator of the Year for web-based mental health tool
2007
MaRS & Cluster Sign Innovation Partnership Agreement
CIBC Contributes to MaRS in Support of Entrepreneurial Education
MaRS Selects Alexandria Real Estate Equities to Expand the MaRS Centre
New Partnership Will Accelerate Social Innovation
Photos of Gov. Schwarzenegger Highlighting California-Canada Partnership
Landmark Awards in Medical Research Announced
Premier McGuinty Announces Research and Innovation Award Winners
MaRS Board Chair, Dr. John Evans, Wins Prestigious Friesen Prize in Health Research
MaRS Recognized as a Laureate by Computerworld Honours Program
New Partnership Leverages Promising Canadian Stem Cell IP
MaRS Chair Awarded Friesen International Prize in Health Research
MaRS names community advocate to lead new social innovation initiative
2006
Global CONNECT 2006 Conference to Host Ontario Premier and Leading Thinkers at MaRS
MaRS and Stockholm Science City Deepen Canada-Sweden Innovation Ties
MaRS Signs Partnership Agreement With Biolink Canada-Ireland
Stephen Lewis, Dr. James Orbinski and Dr. Jane Philpott Launch Give a Day at the MaRS Centre
MaRS Discovery District Signs Comprehensive Services Agreement with IDC Canada
MaRS and Global CONNECT Partner in International Conference for Innovation and Commercialization
MaRS Partners with ORION to Multicast XVI International AIDS Conference to Global Research Networks
MaRS Announces Preliminary Guidelines for Premier's Summit Awards
MaRS Wins Intelligent Building of the Year
Leading Ontario Technology Centres Unite to Promote Innovation and Commercialization
Winning Business Ideas by Researchers Recognized and Rewarded
Premier Unveils Expansion Plans for the MaRS Discovery District
MaRS Strategist Wins Global Youth Fellowship
MaRS and TechAlliance partner to create "MaRS London"
MaRS Entrepreneurship 101 for Researchers: Up-Start Competition Winner Announced
MaRS Puts India on Centre Stage
2005
Over 250 Scientists Converge at MaRS Centre to Learn the Basics of Building a Technology Business
MaRS Discovery District Connects to ORION and Global Grid
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MaRS Presents at Third Annual Global CONNECT Conference in Taiwan
2004
MaRS Discovery District Appoints New CEO
MaRS Takes Big Step in Establishing Toronto as a Major Global R&D
2003
Leading Ontario Bioscience Clusters form Ontario BioAlliance – Members Working Jointly on Marketing Initiatives for BIO2003
MaRS Discovery District Launches
Biotechnology Council of Ontario:
Press Kit
RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
MaRS Recommended Reads
Building Biotechnology: Starting, managing and understanding biotechnology companies
Science Business
The Cleantech Revolution
Term Sheets & Valuations - A Line by Line Look
Capitalism 3.0
Finding Business “Idols”: A New Model to Accelerate Start-Ups
A Whole New Mind
The Imagination Challenge
4-Hour Work Week
How to Kill Creativity
A Short History of Progress
Why Mexicans Don't Drink Molson
Infotopia
The Design of Things to Come
The Strategy Paradox
Municipal Mind
What Got You Here Won't Get You There
The Medici Effect
Smart World
The Long Tail
The Economics of Climate Change
Seed Magazine
Dragon's Den
Getting to Maybe
Innovation Canada
Dragon's Den - UK
VentureTalk Radio
Worldchanging
The Well-Designed Global R&D Network
gagglescape
BusinessWeek - Innovation of the Week
The Global Innovation Outlook from Supernova
So What? Who Cares? Why You?
Towards 2020 Science
The Double Helix
As the Future Catches You
Open Innovation
The New Atlantis
The Buzz of the Week
Stanford Technology Ventures podcasts
Winning at Collaboration Commerce
The Singularity is Near
How Can Start-Ups Grow?
Confronting Reality
The Innovator's Solution
The World is Flat
Blue Ocean Strategy
The Tipping Point
The Servant Leader: How to Build a Creative Team, Develop Great Morale, and Improve Bottom-Line Performance
The Wisdom of Crowds
The Rise of the Creative Class
Making Innovation Work
The Business of Healthcare Innovation
The Opposable Mind
Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative Thinking Techniques
The Cult of the Amateur
Who's Your City?
Innovation Nation: How America Is Losing Its Innovation Edge...
Innovation Nation: Canadian Leadership from Java to Jurassic Park
Best Practices in Biotechnology Business Development
The Power of Unreasonable People: How Entrepreneurs Create Markets That Change the World
Managing Global Innovation: Uncovering the Secrets of Future Competitiveness
Angel Financing for Entrepreneurs: Early-Stage Fundig for Long-Term Success
The Imagination Challenge: Strategic Foresight and Innovation in the Global Economy
Communicating Science: A Primer for Working with the Media
Energy for Sustainability: Technology, Planning, Policy
Wikinomics
MaRS Reports
Commercialization Resources
Expert Panel on Commercialization
Open Source Business Resource (OSBR)
Report on Interviews on the Commercialization of Innovation
Industry Canada's Commercialization Portal
Patent Website Links
Your Health Research Dollars at Work
Commercialization of Innovative Technologies: Bringing Good Ideas to the Marketplace
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor
Canadian Intellectual Property Office
Entrepreneurship Resources
FoundRead
Stonewood Group: Enhancing Board Effectiveness in Hiring
The Founder Syndrome, from Stonewood Group
Open Culture
eVenturing
Rites of Passage: Managing CEO Transition in Venture-Backed Technology Companies
The Skoll Foundation
Canadian Business Entrepreneur
strategy + business
Knowledge @ Wharton
Rotman
The Boston Consulting Group
The McKinsey Quarterly
Ivey Business Journal
INC.com
Canada-Ontario Business Service Centre
Entrepreneurship Research Portal
Business Edge: Ontario Business News- With An Edge
BioEntrepreneur
Northern Light Search
Infomine
Funding & Financing Resources
Premier's Summit Awards
Sustainable Development Technology Canada
Ontario BioAuto Investment Fund
Creating an Early Stage Series A Pitch
Ernst & Young Venture Capital Insight Report
Small Business Profiles: Informally Financed Entrepreneurs
The Economic Impact of Venture Capital
Profitability of Venture Capital Investment in Europe and the United States
The Path to Prosperity: Canada's Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
CIHR
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada: Opportunity Program
Valuing Pre-revenue Companies
Returns of Angel Investors in Groups
Ontario Centre for Environmental Technology Advancement (OCETA)
CGA Ontario's Tax Tips for R&D
SME Financing Data Initiative
Global Trends in Venture Capital
Ministry of Research and Innovation
VCReporter
Global Market Reports
Private Equity Canada 2005
Compendium of Patent Statistics
Comparing High Tech and Life Science Investing
Toronto Regional FactBase
Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2007
Export Source Market Reports
Canadian Industry Statistics
Small Business Quarterly
Market Research Library
Global Edge
Virtual International Business and Economic Sources
Info Export
Conference Board of Canada
IDC
Unified Communications in Canada
Science & Innovation Resources
Innovation Policy
Creative Cities
Canada's Hub Cities
Imagine a Toronto
Artscape
Project for Public Spaces
Creative Class
Canadian Urban Institute
Creative Cities Network
Creative Clusters
Ourtopias
The Conference Board of Canada
Innovations Systems Research Network
Characteristics and Trends in North American Research Parks
Connecting the Dots Between University Research and Industrial Innovation
The Hill Times Innovation Policy Briefing
Biotechnology Resources
Emerging Technology Brief - Combination Products: Biologic/Drug/Device Convergence
BioSynergy
Life Sciences Gateway
Collaborate and Discover: Ontario's Biopharma Cluster
Canadian Life Sciences Industry Forecast 2009
Cleantech
China Cleantech Venture Capital Investment Report
Clean Ventures
2006: A Year of Expansion
Greentech Media
Cleantech Growth & Go-to-Market Report
Agriculture
MaRS Landing - FFNHP Directory
IP Management in Health and Agricultural Innovation
Medical Resources
Cochrane Library
Neurotechnology Report 2009
Open Medicine
Molecular Diagnostics Report 2009
OICR Oncology Asset Map
Multidisciplinary Resources
Plos Biology
RAND: Global Technology Revolution 2020
Science Daily: Your Source for the Latest Research News
Xconomy
Nanotechnology
EU Nanotech Gateway
The MIT Technology Review
Global Technology Revolution 2020
Dream Nanomachines
The Dance of Molecules
Nanochemistry
NaNO: Nanotechnology Network of Ontario
Regenerative Medicine
Regenerative Medicine Report 2009
McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine
Stem Cell Network
International Society for Stem Cell Research
Ontario Regenerative Medicine Asset Map
Information & Communications Technology
IT and the East
Smart Start-Ups
Social Networking 2009 Market Snapshot
Enterprise Applications 2009 Market Snapshot
Social Innovation Resources
The Kings of Philanthropy
Centre for Social Innovation
Beyond Charity: Recognizing Return On Investment
Social Entrepreneurship Consortium, Inc
Rotman NeXus
The Virtual Handshake
Homeland International, Inc
Future Leaders of Greater Toronto
Imagine Canada
Canadian Policy Research Networks
Ode Magazine
Social Entrepreneurship: The art of mission-based venture development
Centre for Community Based Research
Ashoka
social innovation eXchange
Social Venture Network
Interview: Muhammad Yunus
Social Entrepreneurship White Paper
Scientific Service Providers Directory
Information and Communication Technology
Applied Optical Technologies
Institute for Optical Sciences University of Toronto
Genomics
The Centre for Applied Genomics (TCAG)
Drug Discovery Technologies
NoAb BioDiscoveries
Imaging & Devices
Institute for Optical Sciences University of Toronto
Laboratory for Applied Biophotonics
Lab Services
Core Cryolab Inc.
Larial Proteomics Inc.
Stiller Centre Convergence Laboratory
ToxTest
Lauritech Flow Cytometry Services
Proteomics
Custom Biologics™
Regional Development Centres
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