💰Funding alert: Help build a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive STEM community at #UofT and beyond through the AC's Equity, diversity and inclusion initiate grants. Learn more and apply by September 18, 2026: acceleration.utoronto.ca/programs/ac-...

With funding from the Acceleration Consortium, a @engineering.utoronto.ca researcher is building a self-driving lab with the aim to develop non-toxic, environmentally friendly coatings for smartphone screens. Learn more: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/the-hid... 🤳

💰 Funding alert for Associate and Assistant Professors with caregiving responsibilities! Apply now to access resources that help maintain research group productivity during parental leave. Program details: acceleration.utoronto.ca/programs/car...

With a self-driving lab, a @engineering.utoronto.ca team led by Yu Zou in collaboration with Jason Hattrick-Simpers, a member of the AC's Scientific Leadership Team, have discovered a new metal alloys that retain their strength under extreme conditions. acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/self-dr...

AC Director & @utoronto.ca Prof. @aspuru.bsky.social is featured in a @cenmag.bsky.social story on the rise of self-driving labs. He discusses his lab’s development of Organa, a robotic lab assistant, and El Agente, a safety agent, and the future of SDLs. 🤖 Full story: cen.acs.org/physical-che...

For @utm.utoronto.ca chemist Alana Ogata, a newborn baby meant a change in priorities & time away from her lab. But an innovative grant from the AC, the Caregiver Grant, helped her strike the right balance between her research career & new motherhood. acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/ac-care...

Two new grants, totalling $650K, from the Acceleration Consortium @utoronto.ca, in partnership with the Institut Courtois @umontreal.ca & @ivado.bsky.social, will advance self-driving labs - supporting research on organic lasers & peptoids, lab-made “cousins” of peptides 🧪 uoft.me/cw8

To help fix a “leaky pipeline” in STEM, @chemuoft.bsky.social Prof. Helen Tran organizes the PoWER conference to support women & gender minorities. Funded with an AC Initiate Grant, the annual event is helping make STEM fields more inclusive. Full story here: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/how-a-u...

Meet AC staff scientist Owen Melville, who works in the Self-Driving Lab for Polymers. He’s helped develop Lash-E, a robotic platform with wide-ranging research applications. Outside the lab, you’ll find him gardening. More about Owen & his work here: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/meet-ou...

We were thrilled to bring our annual Accelerate Conference to Singapore in June, held jointly with the Institute for Functional Intelligent Materials as the AI4X-Accelerate Conference. With nearly 800 attendees from 30+ countries, it was our largest conference to date. Thanks to all who joined us!

With support from an AC Initiate Grant, a @utoronto.ca engineering student has launched two initiatives, the Maple Draft & PathwayR, designed to help reduce the country’s brain drain & encourage young STEM talent to build careers & connections in Canada. 🇨🇦 acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/enginee...

Announced this month by the AC @utoronto.ca & I-FIM at the National University of Singapore, a new self-driving lab will create the world’s largest open materials dataset, helping solve a shortage of high-quality data for AI-driven discovery. More here: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/u-of-t-...

Through hands-on experiments, @utoronto.ca PhD students are introducing girls & gender diverse youth to polymer science and automation. Funded by an AC Initiate Grant, ChemPALS is helping inspire a more diverse next generation of scientists. Full story here: uoft.me/chempals

How will AI & chemistry intersect in 2050? And what does the future hold for science in the age of AI? AC Director @aspuru.bsky.social explores the history of chemistry & materials science to imagine the future & a possible new era of materials by design. Read the essay: amacad.org/publication/...

The AC is proud to be part of @utoronto.ca's long-standing expertise in artificial intelligence, and we welcome the Government of Canada’s new national AI strategy. We look forward to continuing our work with our partners to advance shared priorities & scale AI adoption responsibly. #AI4Science

Mark Carney@mark-carney.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We just launched Canada’s new AI Strategy: AI For All.    We’re taking control of our future — with AI that’s governed by Canadian values, AI that’s accountable to Canadians, and AI that serves all Canadians.    www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news...

Announced today, the AC & the Structural Genomics Consortium have partnered to tackle an ongoing challenge in biomedicine: developing bioactive molecules with drug-like properties, becoming "a force multiplier for 🇨🇦-led innovation in pharmaceutical sciences." acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/global-...

At AI4X-Accelerate Conference (June 15–19, Singapore), industry leaders from top organizations will come together to explore the latest breakthroughs, challenges, and opportunities shaping the future of AI. Register here: ai4x.cc

Congratulations to AC Director & @utoronto.ca Prof. Alán Aspuru-Guzik, who is featured in @betakit.com it Most Ambitious 2026, an annual list recognizing Canada’s most ambitious researchers, companies and community-builders! mostambitious.betakit.com #TorontoTechWeek

AI4X-Accelerate Conference 2026 is next month! Join us in Singapore to hear from a global lineup of leading researchers and industry experts working at the intersection of AI, scientific discovery and materials science. Register now to hear from these names + more global speakers: ai4x.cc

Join us next Wed May 27 from 10–11 AM for an AC seminar led by Cara Brocklehurst of Novartis. Learn about the future of drug discovery at Novartis through MicroCycle, an integrated platform accelerating medicinal chemistry. Register to attend at U of T or online: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...

Canada is a leader in AI for science & Toronto has a big pool of inventors. But what’s the path for founders? Join the AC & @wittingtonventures.bsky.social on May 28 for a panel on what it takes to spin out next-gen companies from Canadian innovation. RSVP: luma.com/00o343o6 #TorontoTechWeek

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Join us in Singapore June 15-19, 2026 for AI4X-Accelerate Conference! This ambitious program will bring together hundreds of leaders in academia, industry and government to share insights into the future of AI and advanced materials discovery. Register now: www.gevme.com/AI4X-Acceler...

Join us Wed, May 6, 3:00–4:00 PM for a Director’s edition of the AC seminar series, ft. Steven Cranford of Matter. Learn about trends, opportunities and the role of data and interdisciplinary collaboration in shaping future discoveries. Register: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...

#ICYMI: Polymer Women Empowerment & Research (PoWER) Conference is happening at @utoronto.ca, May 21–22! Organized by AC Scientific leadership team member Helen Tran and supported by an AC EDI Initiate grant. Register to explore polymer research and network: polymerwomenempowermentresearch.com

Congrats to the recipients of our first AC Craft seed grants! Funded projects will explore integrated digital microfluidics platform for autonomous low-volume cell assays and advance SDLs for organ-on-a-chip with multiplexed molecular biosensing. Read more: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/the-acc...

🔊 LISTEN (at 6:56) via CBC & amandabux.bsky.social: #UofTEngineering prof & AC scientific leadership team member Milica Radisic is harnessing AI & organ-on-a-chip technology to model the complex human body like never before -- unlocking potential new ways to treat heart attacks bit.ly/4cnlfG6

🚨AI4X—Accelerate conference early-bird registration ends April 15! Join us in #Singapore this June for 5 days of talks, tutorials, and posters on how AI is transforming science—from materials science and SDLs to healthcare and beyond. Get tickets: ai4x.cc/2026/ticket/

Burgeoning student scientists got to try their hand at AI-guided experimentation at this year’s Toronto Science Fair, hosted @utsc.utoronto.ca The Acceleration Consortium team demonstrated how self-driving labs use AI, automation & data analysis to plan & run experiments more efficiently. 🚀

#JOB OPP: We're hiring Staff Scientists across a range of levels to support our AI and Automation self-driving lab at the AC🚀 Staff Scientist ⮕ jobs.utoronto.ca/job-invite/4... Staff Research Scientist ⮕ jobs.utoronto.ca/job-invite/4... Senior Staff Scientist ⮕ jobs.utoronto.ca/job-invite/4...

We’re excited to welcome the NVIDIA team to campus today for a special seminar led by NVIDIA’s Director of Digital Biology Anthony Costa—join us today, March 30 at 4:30 PM EST! Register now to attend in person at @utoronto.ca: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...