How to start a company during a pandemic
This article was originally written for Genome Alberta’s Genomics Blog. The pandemic has put significant pressure on many small businesses and startups around the world. But for a group of student entrepreneurs, COVID-19 has actually opened up a lot of new doors. yOIL is a Calgary-based synthetic biology startup, which spun out from the award-winning Calgary […]
Designing therapeutics for the coronavirus on all fronts
This article was originally written for Genome Alberta’s Genomics Blog. As we enter the fourth month of physical distancing in Alberta, I’m sure many of us are eagerly waiting for the day that the COVID-19 pandemic comes to an end. While researchers in Alberta are already working hard on a potential vaccine for SARS-CoV-2, many others […]
Edmonton Biotech Working on Vaccine
This article was originally written for Genome Alberta’s Genomics Blog. Researchers, companies, and academic institutions around the world are working on a vaccine for COVID-19 and Canadians are well-positioned to be among the leaders. One of those companies is the Edmonton startup Entos Pharmaceuticals. They are developing a DNA vaccine for SARS-CoV-2 and using their platform […]
Alberta innovations in virology show promise for future treatments
This article was originally written for Genome Alberta’s Genomics Blog. If I asked you to think about words you associate with “Alberta,” I bet many of you would probably not have picked “virology.” But Alberta is home to some cutting-edge research in virology that could pave the way to all sorts of new therapies in […]