2024

Chou lab receives a two-year funding from Cancer Research Society to work on cancer vaccines

See UofT news coverage here

Nov 5, 2024
Farshad Murtada one of six BME PhD students to win National CGS-D Scholarship

Congratulations Farshad, and all BME CGS-D awardees. See UofT news coverage here

Sep 24, 2024
Our article on rewireable DNA computing building blocks has been published online today in JACS

Ryan’s work on combining PCR synthesis, solid-phase immobilization, and microfluidics to create DNA computers from reusable building blocks is now published online in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. A big thanks to Prof. Nadanai Laohakunakorn and his lab at University of Edinburgh for help with microfludics. Congratulations Ryan!

Sep 10, 2024
Lab retreat at Woodbine beach
Aug 12, 2024
Lab retreat at Woodbine beach
Farshad presenting his work on using DNA nanostructures for antigen-specific T cell capture at the annual NSERC CREATE/CRBI conference
Jul 22, 2024
Farshad presenting his work on using DNA nanostructures for antigen-specific T cell capture at the annual NSERC CREATE/CRBI conference
Chou and the Treanor labs awarded a 5-year CIHR grant on using DNA origami to study B cells
see the CIHR grant database
Jul 16, 2024
Chou lab members presenting at the annual ToBE departmental symposium
May 10, 2024
Chou lab members presenting at the annual ToBE departmental symposium
Our origamiFISH-Flow article has been published online today in Small

Shana, Wendy, Eric, and Travis’ work on combining highly sensitive HCR in situ hybridization with flow cytometry to detect DNA origami in cells and tissues is now published online in the journal Small. Congratulations team!

Apr 30, 2024
Chou lab one of twelve labs at UofT awarded grant from Accelerate Consortium

see announcement here

Mar 6, 2024
Celebratory lab brunch

Brunch to celebrate recent CIHR project grant proposal approved for funding

Feb 9, 2024
Celebratory lab brunch