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Development of specific inhibitors and activators to assess the role of human Ephrin Receptors in health and disease

Signaling through the Eph family of cell surface receptors is crucial for embryonic development and the maintenance of adult tissues. Given the central role of the 14 Eph receptors in controlling cell fate, it is not surprising that they also play a central role in oncogenesis and other pathological conditions. However, the signaling mechanisms of Eph receptors are extremely complex, and developing an effective therapeutic intervention for a particular disease requires a comprehensive understanding of Eph function. The goal of this project is to generate a collection of synthetic antibody molecules that block and activate every Eph receptor. This toolkit of antibody reagents will allow researchers to identify the best approach for targeting Eph receptors individually or in combination to counteract a particular disease state. This collection of Eph-modulating antibody reagents will expand the existing antibody portfolio of the Centre for the Commercialization of Antibodies and Biologics (CCAB).

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jason Moffat

Student:

Partner:

Centre for the Commercialization of Antibodies and Biologics;University of Toronto

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Elevate

Développement d’une caméra grand angle miniature

Parmi les systèmes optiques, les lentilles ayant un très grand champ de vue, dites panoramiques, sont des dispositifs extrêmement difficiles à miniaturiser, notamment à cause de leur nombre d’éléments optiques, leur forme et leur complexité. Les techniques actuelles de miniaturisation, utilisées avec succès pour les optiques de téléphones cellulaires, ne permettent pas de miniaturiser suffisamment la lentille grand angle classique. Ces systèmes sont pourtant utiles dans de nombreux domaines puisqu’ils permettent d’emmagasiner de l’information sur une grande portion de l’espace environnant, diminuant le besoin en mouvement et en captures multiples. En s’inspirant de certaines propriétés optiques retrouvées chez l’oeil humain, il est possible de développer des systèmes grand angle beaucoup plus compact, adaptés à des applications précises en imagerie médicale ou en inspection. L’objectif de ce stage sera précisément le développement de ce genre d’outil dans le but de répondre à des problématiques concrètes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Simon Thibault

Student:

Partner:

6115187 Canada Inc

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Development and validation of a tool for the measurement of hearing aid sound quality

Hearing aids are now fully digital, advanced signal processors. Studies show that the sound quality of today’s hearing aids is important, and may impact how a hearing aid user enjoys music. Few tools are available for clinicians to measure hearing aid sound quality in daily practice. In this project, we will develop and implement a tool for this purpose.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Susan Scollie

Student:

Partner:

Audioscan

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Western University

Program:

Accelerate

CYPRESS Video Analytic Framework

High definition acquisition devices have been commonly used in video capture. Millions of videos are recorded and stored daily. Due to the rapidly growing volume, effectively searching and matching the desired video clips from archives has become increasingly challenging. It may need days and weeks to locate the target information, such as suspected criminals, traffic violated vehicles, or accidental fall in care homes. While Google engine is designed for web searching, we propose to build a framework for efficient video searching. We will evaluate various approaches, in particular state-of-the-art machine learning techniques, parallel computing, real-time transmission and big data storage. By exploiting these technologies, we expect to deliver a real-time video searching and matching system, which is robust and can be deployed in a large application domain.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Irene Cheng

Student:

Partner:

Istuary Innovation Labs Inc (Vancouver, BC);Eyexpo Technology Corp;eChaperone.AI

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

Adapting methods for assessing the impacts of innovation support programs for application to Canada’s clean energy innovation ecosystem

This research project is being undertaken in partnership with The Evidence Network Inc. It will extend the company’s scientifically-based method of assessing the impact of innovation support programs to the clean energy innovation sector. To keep this kind of assessment method scientifically sound requires customization for each particular industry. The established methods have been widely applied in the IT and medical fields, but not yet in the energy sector. When assessing success in a new sector, it is critical to account for differences in program goals, stakeholders, and the nature of the sector – as this project will do. As Canada increases it commitment to clean energy innovation, this project will help The Evidence Network extend its services to this sector and contribute to making our clean energy innovation support programs more effective.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jatin Nathwani

Student:

Partner:

The Evidence Network Inc

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Deciphering the role of the tumor suppressor p53 in regulating treatment-induced ovarian cancer cell fate decisions in vivo

As the most lethal gynaecological cancer, ovarian cancers not only threaten lives of many women worldwide, but health side effects also burdens the life of millions patients following treatments. Novel therapeutic methods aiming at increasing the long-term survival of patients and decreasing health side effects associated with treatment is critical. We have already found that current chemotherapy protocols induce a very interesting phenomenon – cellular senescence – in treated cells. Senescence is thought to be beneficial in cancer therapy under certain conditions. We would like to explore the mechanisms of this senescent response to treatment in ovarian cancer and to manipulate it to benefit patients.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Francis Rodier

Student:

Partner:

Institut du cancer de Montréal

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Other services (except public administration); Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Measuring Knowledge Translation in Academic / Industry Collaborations

As manufacturing and resource-based industries face growing challenges, Canada’s future increasingly depends on advances in and sustainability of knowledge organizations. Knowledge-based workers comprise a growing proportion of the workforce today. More often than not, they work in the context of large-scale expert networks, spanning across different disciplines and organizations. They rely on software technologies for their discipline-specific activities, the coordination of their activities, and their communication with each other. This type of networked interdisciplinary work is motivated by the belief that the complex problems of our time can be effectively addressed only through such broad collaborations of experts and partners who can act as knowledge receptors to create value through new products and services, based on the work outputs. However, even as this belief is generally, and increasingly, shared, the questions of when, why, and precisely how these research networks are made effective are still very much open and the subject of considerable debate. We aim to study an existing, long-standing collaborative research network (the IBM Centre for Advanced Studies) to build an understanding of the relationships between collaboration, innovation and knowledge translation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kelly Lyons

Student:

Partner:

IBM Canada Ltd

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Network Traffic Profiling for generating intrusion detection evaluation datasets

Intrusion detection has attracted the attention of many researchers in identifying the ever-increasing issue of intrusive activities. In particular, anomaly detection has been the main focus of many researchers due to its potential in detecting novel attacks. However, its adoption to real-world applications has been hampered due to system complexity as these systems require a substantial amount of testing, evaluation, and tuning prior to deployment. Running these systems over real labeled network traces with a comprehensive and extensive set of intrusions and abnormal behavior is the most idealistic methodology for testing and evaluation. This itself is a significant challenge, since the availability of datasets are extremely rare, because from one side, many such datasets are internal and cannot be shared due to privacy issues, and on the other hand the others are heavily anonymized and do not reflect current trends, or they lack certain statistical characteristics so a perfect dataset is yet to exist. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ali Ghorbani

Student:

Partner:

IBM Canada Ltd (Fredericton, NB)

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

University of New Brunswick

Program:

Accelerate

Production Line Packaging Sensor Validation and Optimization

This research project brings together current academia and a vibrant, growing commercial enterprise to solve real world problems. The industry partner has recently developed a high-tech, sensor-based diagnostic tool which will be evaluated by the graduate student intern. The capabilities and features of the tool will be extended through the innovative, collaborative design efforts of the intern and the industrial partner. Additionally, savings of time and material are anticipated from the improvements in enclosure design and manufacturing. Projects such as this are extremely valuable to the industrial partner as they seek to maintain their cutting-edge solutions for the packaging industry.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Rickey Dubay

Student:

Partner:

MASITEK Instruments Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of New Brunswick

Program:

Accelerate

Consortium Architecture: Consortium Business Model Resources for Architectural Practices in Ontario

Today, due in part to changing economic and competitive procurement processes, sole and small as well as some medium sized architectural practices increasingly need to work in consortium in order to competitively bid for medium to large projects of different types. Currently, there does not exist specific guidelines customized for small and medium practices to work as a consortium or partnership in Ontario. Small practices in Ontario make up over 70% of all architectural firms and it is critical that they have access to tools and resources that enable them to overcome barriers to growth. In order to address the challenges involved in the development of impactful resources that benefit architects leading and working in small firms, the proposed project with the Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) will examine existing models and best practices for companies and firms working in consortium, particularly as they relate to small enterprises. The results from this project will provide a recognized guideline for use by architects and stakeholders in Ontario.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kendra Schank Smith;Knud Jensen

Student:

Partner:

Ontario Association of Architects

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Toronto Metropolitan University

Program:

Accelerate

Development of a diagnostic assay for first line detection and surveillance of bladder urothelial carcinoma using concurrent biomarker panels from non-invasive liquid biopsies

Bladder Carcinoma (BC) is the fifth most common cancer in Canada. Although most individuals have surgery to remove BC tumors, the risk of another BC developing and/or progressing to invasive disease is high so long-term surveillance is necessary. The current method for screening for BC is not sensitive enough, and individuals often end up undergoing an unnecessary secondary procedure that is both uncomfortable and costly. In this project, we plan to design a diagnostic assay using urine samples, which will allow an easier and cost-effective method for early BC detection. There is currently no similar assay in the market so the commercialization of the project’s development will allow the partner organization to become a pioneer and leader in BC diagnostics.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Chen Zhou

Student:

Partner:

Applied Biological Materials Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Development of new approaches to promote proliferation of insulin producing pancreatic ?-cells in diabetic patients

Reduced number of insulin producing ?-cells in pancreas due to increased ?-cell death is a key defect in diabetes that eventually leads to elevated blood glucose levels and life-time treatment with glucose lowering drugs or daily insulin injections. Thus, finding therapeutic approaches to prevent the decrease in the number of insulin producing ?-cells in diabetic patients either by reducing ?-cell death or by increasing their proliferation is of great importance. In this study, we will use transformed and primary islet ?-cells, to investigate the effects of five purified natural products (to be provided by Blue-O Medicals Inc.) on ?-cell proliferation, function, and death. The findings of this study may lead to development of new therapeutic approaches to maintain enough number of ?-cells in diabetic patients to keep the blood glucose within normal range thereby prevent progression of diabetes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Lucy Marzban

Student:

Partner:

Blue-O Medical Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

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