Genetics

A grassy field full of white clovers in a Toronto park, surrounded by trees and condo buildings in the distance

Cities Are Driving Evolution

Globally crowdsourced study shows that white clovers are biologically adapting to city life, demonstrating the profound impact of urbanization Read More

A collage showing a researcher working in the lab, a hospital bed, orange cells attached to human ears, a culture growing in a petri dish and people walking on a striped road

The Deadly Global Fungus

Prof. Leah Cowen’s lab aims to understand how C. auris works and how to stop it Read More

Pass the Tomato… and the Salt

Researchers create tomato that thrives in salty irrigation water Read More

The Miracle Workers

They are on the cutting edge. And they are doing their work right here. A chronology of medical breakthroughs at U of T over the past 20 years Read More

Mad About Science and Math

Rachel Tyndale, Vincent Tropepe, Deborah Fels, Shaf Keshavjee, Ed Doolittle, Akiko Iwasaki Read More

Samuel McLaughlin, shown at his desk in 1954

A Driving Force

The R. Samuel McLaughlin Centre will fuel genetic solutions for the prevention and treatment of disease Read More