In Jack Greenblatt's speech at his "retirement" party, he reminded all of us that he's not actually retiring. The trailblazer still has 5 years of grants left and concrete plans to carry out the research paths he’s been following for nearly 5 decades. thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/jack-gr...

As a part of our Summer Undergraduate esearch Program, 3rd year U of T student Elizabeth Choi has written her first-ever science communications piece: a highlight of Cindi Morshead's career-long investigation into neural stem cells: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/rebuild...

The 2026 Summer Undergraduate Research Program officially concluded last Thursday, bringing over fifty trainees and guests to the 2nd floor of the Donnelly Centre! Read the full coverage here: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/donnell...

Spanning eight years and over 4,800 experiments, a Hughes Lab global collaboration has concluded with the creation of the Codebook: an enormous database that has illuminated how transcription factors influence human gene regulation: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/the-cod...

The Terry Fox New Frontiers Program Project Grants have funded Liliana Attisano for $9 million! Attisano will collaborate with Jeff Wrana from LTRI to investigate how cancers adapt and resist treatment. Read the full story below: www.tfri.ca/our-research...

The Terry Fox New Frontiers Program Project Grant in regulation and targeting of cancer cell state plasticity via hippo-morphogen signalling networks

Cancer is notoriously difficult to treat largely because of its remarkable ability to adapt. Much like a shapeshifting supervillain, some ca...

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Congratulations to our scientists! Announced earlier this week, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has funded four projects in the labs of Charlie Boone, Peter Roy, Gary Bader, and Stephane Angers. Read more in our official announcement: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/canadia...

Over 2,000 pathogens engage with the human species in the ever-evolving battlefield of infection and immune defence. To better understand pathogens, the Taipale Lab has built the eORFeome, a scalable genomics screening platform. thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/the-eOR...

We are proud to announce the nine graduate students being awarded the 2026 Cecil Yip Doctoral Research Awards! thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/2026-ce...

An incredible piece by Sinai Health, covering the postdoctoral work of current Donnelly PI Khalid Al-Zahrani! www.sinaihealth.ca/news/scienti...

Scientists untangle “chromosome chaos” and uncover 81 hidden genes driving the hardest-to-treat breast cancer

Researchers have solved a long-standing mystery of how abnormal chromosomes drive cancer, identifying 81 new genes involved in aggressive breast cancer. The discovery expands our understanding of the ...

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The Donnelly Centre is hiring a Research and Communications Officer! This role covers the external and internal communications of our community: from news stories and social media, to web page management and event support. jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

When researchers published the full genome sequence of the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae in 1996, the Boone-Andrews Lab saw the finish line: a complete, global genetic interaction network map. Read our research retrospective in Donnelly News! thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/yeast-g...

Congratulations to our winners of the 2026 Dorrington Graduate Research Award! This year, Ali Fathi, Jacob L. Fine, and Levon Tokmakjian join the growing list of exemplary graduate students supported by the Dorrington family during their studies. thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/donnell...

Genetic code similarity does not tell the full evolutionary story. A new study by Donnelly researchers in the Blencowe Lab has illuminated a potentially frequent mechanism that generates evolutionary divergence between primate species: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/donnell...

This research highlight showcases the work of Igor Stagljar, who was recently interviewed by Donnelly News for the story "Stagljar Lab collaboration identifies CLIC1: a potential therapeutic target for glioblastoma" Read the full news piece below: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/staglja...

Our 20th Anniversary Symposium was a day of celebration and an invitation to reflect on how far we've come as a centre! Relive the day with our post-symposium coverage in the latest piece in Donnelly News: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/looking...

Glioblastoma is the deadliest form of brain cancer, and there is a high demand to understand the biology of the signalling involved in the disease. The Stagljar Lab in the Donnelly Centre has found a new potential therapeutic target for glioblastoma: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/staglja...

Byu Ri Sim is the winner of the 2026 Jennifer Comyn Graduate Award for Cancer Research! Byu Ri is investigating how the hyperactive pathway signalling behind colorectal cancer cells can be exploited to identify new therapeutic avenues. Read more here: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/2026-je...

We are looking to hire a Financial Administrator! Our financial team provides a wide range of analysis, reporting, and administration, as they oversee the building's research grants, financial statements, discrepancies, and financial reports. Learn more below: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

Congratulations to Donnelly PI Gary Bader, for receiving a Connaught Innovation Award! Read about all the 2025-26 Connaught Innovation Award winners in U of T Celebrates: www.utoronto.ca/celebrates/1...

We're beyond happy to announce that molecular geneticist and RNA biologist Syed Nabeel Haider Shah is this year's Charles H. Best Fellow! Read about his research in the latest piece by Donnelly News: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/Syed-Na...

Today we're highlighting Henry Krause's lab, which was recently featured in our latest piece by Donnelly News: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/krause-...

The Krause Lab has discovered a new potential treatment avenue for Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Read the full story in our latest piece by Donnelly News: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/krause-...

This Science Snapshot comes from a bench in the Shoichet Lab:

Congratulations to Stephane Angers and all the hard-working teams funded by Genome Canada's Genomic Application Partnership Program! Angers will be the academic leader alongside Tracy Stone, Director of ProteinQure, in this GAPP-funded project: www.ontariogenomics.ca/awarded-proj...

When faced with a mountain of gene expression data, reducing the computational complexity for analyzing a cell’s RNA transcripts is an invaluable development. Read about how our researchers accomplished it in our latest piece by Donnelly News: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/bader-l...

Our 2025 Annual Report is now available! This magazine-style report showcases our most popular research stories and news highlights, in addition to covering a breakdown of our faculty, students, awards, and funding. Read the 2025 Annual Report now: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/donnell...

Yesterday, the Donnelly Centre welcomed potential future scientists to our building! Andy Fraser and Jovana Drinjakovic toured a local middle school group from King Edward Junior and Senior Public School, teaching them about the exciting work we do beneath the Donnelly roof!

The Donnelly Centre is hiring a new Research and Communications Officer! As a vital part of our administration team, this role covers the external and internal communications of our community. Learn more about the role and apply at the link below: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

A huge congratulations to the six Donnelly Centre labs that received funding through CIHR's Project Grant Program! Read about the funded labs and projects in our most recent piece in Donnelly News: thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/news/donnell...

Congratulations to Donnelly Centre PI @johnomix.bsky.social, for receiving the Connaught New Researcher Award! The funding will go towards the Morris Lab, for the project "Identification of causal genetic variation and genes for human bone health"