Looking for state-of-the-art equipment and technical expertise for your research?

An extensive list of these resources can be found within the updated UHN Facility Information Sheets, which are now available online.

This PDF document provides key details for each facility, including the list of equipment and services available, usage arrangements, location and current contact information.

With 19 different facilities available, these world-class resources include resources for cell, molecular and structural biology; cell and tissue imaging; genomics; flow cytometry; drug discovery; and medical imaging for clinical/preclinical applications.

To access the document, visit the UHN intranet by following this link: UHN Facilities.

There is an urgent, unmet need for surgical care in low to middle income countries. Every year, more people die from not receiving the surgeries they need than from HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined. One possible solution is to teach local doctors effective, low-cost surgical techniques that can be performed using minimal equipment. TWRI Senior Scientist Dr. Mark Bernstein tested this approach by teaching surgeons in developing countries to perform low-cost craniotomies.

Read about the latest research from UHN's five research institutes in the March issue of NRx.

This month's issue features articles about:

> An Antimalarial that may Protect Against Brain Damage
> Out-of-pocket Costs for Prostate Cancer Survivors
> Measuring Physical Fitness using Brain Imaging
> Cost Analyses of an Anticancer Therapy
> The New Director for Research Commercialization at UHN
> UHN’s Award-winning Research Report

Click here to read these stories and more online. To read other issues, see the NRx Archive.