Graduate Office

Ph.D. Reading Committee Meeting – U. S. Akhtar
Date of Meeting: Wed. July 2, 2014 in WB115 at 4 pm
Committee: Chair: Prof. E. J. Acosta; Supervisor: Prof. G. J. Evans, Prof. J. A. Scott; Other Member(s): Prof. C-W. Chow

Ph.D. DEPARTMENTAL ORAL – M. McGuire
Date of Meeting: Thursday, July 3, 2014 in WB215 at 10 am
Thesis Title: CHARACTERIZING THE ORIGINS OF ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOL THROUGH RECEPTOR-MODELING OF TIME-SCALE CHEMICAL SPECIATION MEASUREMENTS
Committee: Chair: Prof. A. Chan; Supervisor(s): Prof. G. Evans; Other Member(s): Prof. J. Brook, Prof. C. Q. Jia

Research Office

CQDM-OCE Explore Program – Support for innovative drug discovery in Ontario

Consortium Québécois sur la Découverte du Médicament (CQDM) and Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) are pleased to announce a new and exciting program that supports unconventional and highly innovative research projects with strong potential to impact the drug discovery process.

CQDM’s Explore program has now been extended to the scientific community of Ontario, and is designed to fund early concept validation of cutting-edge technologies, computational tools, novel approaches, techniques and devices that address the most crucial needs in drug discovery and/or development.  The research scope is broad and includes biological and health sciences, chemistry, engineering, nanotechnologies, computational sciences, medical devices, imaging, biosensors, etc.

The ultimate goal of this CQDM-OCE collaboration is to challenge established practices and conventional wisdom in the drug R&D process.
Grants will be for a maximum of $300,000 over a two-year period.

Deadline for submission of letters of intent:
Internal Deadline: Sep 18, 2014
Sponsor Deadline: Sep 25, 2014
For detailed information about eligibility, application requirements, etc. please visit: http://www.research.utoronto.ca/research-funding-opportunities/cqdm-oce-collaboration-innovative-drug-discovery-program/

Publications

Green-sensitive organic photodetectors with high sensitivity and spectral selectivity using subphthalocyanine derivatives
Lee, K.-H., Leem, D.-S., Castrucci, J.S., Park, K.-B., Bulliard, X., Kim, K.-S., Jin, Y.W., Lee, S., Bender, T.P., Park, S.Y.
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 5(24) pp. 13089-13095

Mechanism of intra- and inter-molecular CC bond formation of propanal on Brønsted acid sites contained within MFI zeolites
Lin, F., Chin, Y.-H.
Journal of Catalysis 2014, 311 pp. 244-256

Eh-pH diagrams from 333.15 to 453.15 K for lithium-titanium composite oxides and their synthesis in aqueous solution
Li, L., Li, Y., Xu, C., Papangelakis, V.G., Chu, G., Li, G., Wang, X., Kong, L.
Hydrometallurgy 2014, 142 pp. 131-136

Comparison of three nanoparticle sizing instruments: The influence of particle morphology
Zimmerman, N., Godri Pollitt, K.J., Jeong, C.-H., Wang, J.M., Jung, T., Cooper, J.M., Wallace, J.S., Evans, G.J.
Atmospheric Environment 2014, 86 pp. 140-147

Novel lightweight sandwich-structured bio-fiber-reinforced poly(lactic acid) composites
Du, Y., Yan, N., Kortschot, M.T.
Journal of Materials Science 2014, 49(5) pp. 2018-2026

Design of algal film photobioreactors: Material surface energy effects on algal film productivity, colonization and lipid content
Genin, S.N., Stewart Aitchison, J., Grant Allen, D.
Bioresource Technology 2014, 155 pp. 136-143

Chem Eng Events

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June 30 and July 1, 2014 - Presidential Holiday and Canada Day: The university will be closed.

July 2, 2014 - Departmental Seminar: Dr. Ajay K. Dalai, Conversion of agricultural crops to bio-based fuels and chemicals – Technical and Economic challenges in Canadian biofuel Industry, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, WB215