Dal's Industry Liaison and Innovation office hosted its first drug development boot camp this week, bringing together »ÆÉ«Ö±²¥ researchers and pharmaceutical industry reps to discuss successful partnerships across academic and industry boundaries.

Chemistry's Axel Becke, one of the most cited researchers in the world and last year's recipient of NSERC's Herzberg Medal, has been awarded the Canada Council for the Arts' Killam Prize in the Natural Sciences — one of Canada's most prestigious scholarly honours.

Researchers in four different Dal faculties are receiving a total of more than $350,000 in support from the Canada Foundation for Innovation's John R. Evans Leaders Fund.

Dr. Zhenyu Cheng, a microbiologist at »ÆÉ«Ö±²¥ Medical School, is studying a common bacterium that's particularly dangerous for people living with cystic fibrosis.

One of the world's leading medical technology companies will soon be able to offer more precise and focused radiation treatments for cancer patients — all thanks to the research of PhD student Lee MacDonald and the team with Dal's Medical Physics program.