Patients with cystic fibrosis experience recurrent lung infections that eventually destroy their airways, shortening their average life expectancy to 50... Read More
Penney Gilbert: I am Dr. Penny Gilbert. I’m an associate professor here at the University of Toronto in the Institute... Read More
How can the molecular makeup of liver cells point to better treatments? Can we deliver drugs directly into tumours? What... Read More
Professors Dawn Kilkenny and Penney Gilbert are the recipient of the NSERC PromoScience award valued at >$22,000. A large portion of this fund will... Read More
On July 1, four faculty members from the University of Toronto’s Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) will be... Read More
If you suffer a debilitating muscle injury, a tissue graft often offers the best hope to restore lost function. But... Read More
Can you activate a stem cell by squeezing it? A new international collaboration led by Professor Penney Gilbert aims to find out.... Read More
A scar on your skin may be insignificant, but a scar on your heart could be deadly. Scar tissue in... Read More
Professor Penney Gilbert has been named Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in an announcement made today by federal science minister Kirsty Duncan... Read More
Assistant Professor Penney Gilbert has received an Early Researcher Award (ERA) from the Government of Ontario. The ERAs provide critical support that helps promising scientists... Read More
What do ears grown on apples and a microscope built with a late-90s iMac casing found in the garbage have... Read More
Forty-one researchers from across U of T have won Connaught New Researcher Awards to help them launch their academic careers.... Read More