With its acquisition of the university spinout's state-of-the-art lab at McMaster Innovation Park, Kapoose Creek Bio is expanding its B.C.-based operations into Ontario and joining a top-tier innovation hub.
The $2.2-million drug discovery partnership with the B.C.-based biotech company will explore using diverse fungi for medicinal purposes, and will facilitate the large-scale production of any leads.
Lehana Thabane, Eric Brown and Hertzel Gerstein from the Faculty of Health Sciences, and Graeme Luke from the Faculty of Science have been recognized for their outstanding scholarly and scientific achievement.