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Advancing discovery, medicine and health

Donnelly Centre is a global research hub where scientists from diverse fields explore the power of genomic technology to advance discovery, medicine and health.
map of genetic interactions
Michael Costanzo
A global map of genetic interactions showing how thousands of genes work together to sustain cellular fitness.
Apr 19, 2024
An international team led by researchers at the University of Toronto has mapped the movement of proteins encoded by the yeast genome throughout its cell cycle. This is the first time that all the proteins of an organism have been tracked across the cell cycle, which required a combination of deep learning and high-throughput microscopy.
Apr 16, 2024
A team of researchers from the University of Toronto, Insilico Medicine and Zapata AI have for the first time used a Quantum computer to discover cancer drug candidates.
Apr 11, 2024
A study published in the Journal of Cell Science, led by Professor Penney Gilbert (BME) and Jo Nguyen at the University of Toronto, sheds light on the impact of culture substrate stiffness and extracellular matrix (ECM) ligands on the contractility, proliferation and various cellular processes of human myoblasts.