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December 2018Research is essential in the natural products space, where consumers need evidence that products are effective and safe. But for a small company, doing research isn’t simple. - 0
September 2017“The Mitacs program offered us an opportunity to get support for our project as well as the tools, resources, and people we needed to advance our technology,” - 0
June 2017Hamed Hanafi is a busy researcher these days. During the week, the Dalhousie University postdoc is interning with a Halifax-based medical company through a Mitacs Accelerate research project. During the evenings and weekends, he’s pursuing a personal goal of becoming an entrepreneur and getting a passion project off the ground. - 0
October 2016“I don’t think I realized I was an entrepreneur at first,” says Jeremy Koenig, founder of Halifax-based genomics start-up, Athletigen. “But then as I got more experience, I started to realize how my background in research could be an asset to me in founding a company — so I did just that.” - 0
June 2016This summer, Brazil is at the centre of a worldwide epidemic of Zika virus, a mosquito-borne illness now confirmed to be a cause of microcephaly (underdeveloped brains) in newborns. - 1
January 2016Hugo Vihvelin, a master’s student in the School of Biomedical Engineering at Dalhousie University is one of two recipients of the 2015 Mitacs Master's Award for Outstanding Innovation. - 0
October 2015But while the Halifax-based startup had worked-out the mechanical design of its brace, its team knew they needed people with expertise in body movement and rehabilitation to test it. That’s where Mitacs Accelerate came in. - 0
July 2015She hadn’t considered going abroad as part of her education, but discovering the Globalink Research Internship online prompted a change of heart. - 0
April 2015“Mitacs gives us access to really good people, as well as to equipment and infrastructure at universities that we — as a small company — could never think of getting otherwise.” - 0
October 2014It has been really good to see the strong relationship between researchers and companies in Nova Scotia. I am really happy that Mitacs has given us good connections to industry in Canada so we can see how our research would work in real life. - 0
November 2013The Mitacs Accelerate internship provided a fantastic opportunity to grow as an engineer in training and to become familiar with the challenges faced in realizing the commercial potential of my research. - 0
July 2013If successful, the scope and application of these drugs will be profound, and will have a significant impact on stroke patients.
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