04.26.2011:
Bacteria Beware! on CTS TV News
"Videographer Greg Howes has the story of a group of McMaster University scientists who have come up with a way to spot these infiltrators that you may soon be able to do in your own home."
"Videographer Greg Howes has the story of a group of McMaster University scientists who have come up with a way to spot these infiltrators that you may soon be able to do in your own home."
04.12.2011
Hunting for deadly bacteria in McMaster Daily News
Hunting for deadly bacteria in Science Daily
Hunting for deadly bacteria in ScienceNewsline
"Biochemist Yingfu Li and his research team have developed a simple test that can swiftly and accurately identify specific pathogens using a system that will 'hunt' for bacteria, identifying their harmful presence before they have a chance to contaminate our food and water."
Hunting for deadly bacteria in Science Daily
Hunting for deadly bacteria in ScienceNewsline
"Biochemist Yingfu Li and his research team have developed a simple test that can swiftly and accurately identify specific pathogens using a system that will 'hunt' for bacteria, identifying their harmful presence before they have a chance to contaminate our food and water."
04.07.2011:
New test for germs: Fluorescing DNAzymes detect metabolic products from bacteria on PhysOrg.com
New test for germs in Innovations Report
A new test for germs on Internetchemistry.com
"Yingfu Li and a team at McMaster University in Hamilton...have now developed an especially simple, universal fluorescence test system that specifically and rapidly detects germs by means of their metabolic products."
New test for germs in Innovations Report
A new test for germs on Internetchemistry.com
"Yingfu Li and a team at McMaster University in Hamilton...have now developed an especially simple, universal fluorescence test system that specifically and rapidly detects germs by means of their metabolic products."
06.28.2010
Innovator Awards recognize academic entrepreneurs in McMaster Daily News
"Spectral Diagnostics Inc. received the McMaster Industry Partner Award... The company was recognized for its ongoing research collaboration with Yingfu Li, assistant professor of biochemistry."
"Spectral Diagnostics Inc. received the McMaster Industry Partner Award... The company was recognized for its ongoing research collaboration with Yingfu Li, assistant professor of biochemistry."
06.26.2009
McMaster honours innovators in McMaster Daily News
"A poster detailing the commercial potential of paper-based biosensing devices developed by researchers in McMaster's biochemistry department took the top prize at the 2009 McMaster Innovation Showcase."
"A poster detailing the commercial potential of paper-based biosensing devices developed by researchers in McMaster's biochemistry department took the top prize at the 2009 McMaster Innovation Showcase."
11.05.2008
Zhao wins honourable mention at NSERC Innovation Challenge Awards in McMaster Daily News
"Zhao won an honourable mention at the NSERC Innovation Challenge Awards recently for a report entitled 'Biodetection kits using gold nanoparticle-coated paper.' "
"Zhao won an honourable mention at the NSERC Innovation Challenge Awards recently for a report entitled 'Biodetection kits using gold nanoparticle-coated paper.' "
06.05.2008
Presentation @ Innovation 8 Showcase by Golden Horseshoe Biosciences Network
"Yingfu Li of Biochemistry and Biomedical Science presented and explained to us DNA Aptamer Technology for Biodetection and Related Applications."
"Yingfu Li of Biochemistry and Biomedical Science presented and explained to us DNA Aptamer Technology for Biodetection and Related Applications."
03.30.2007
Chemistry professor receives Ken Standing Award in McMaster Daily News
"Dr. John Brennan, associate professor in the Department of Chemistry, has been named the inaugural winner of the Ken Standing Award...'the Standing Award was given for work that was done in collaboration with professors Michael Brook in the Department of Chemistry and Yingfu Li in the Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences.' "
"Dr. John Brennan, associate professor in the Department of Chemistry, has been named the inaugural winner of the Ken Standing Award...'the Standing Award was given for work that was done in collaboration with professors Michael Brook in the Department of Chemistry and Yingfu Li in the Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences.' "
11.28.2006
McMaster receives more than $13.5 million for research in McMaster Daily News
"The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) announced yesterday that McMaster University was awarded more than $13.5 million to support three projects...The three projects include a Centre for Microbial Chemical Biology; a Micro- and Nano-Systems Laboratory (MNS); and a Systems Biology Centre."
"The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) announced yesterday that McMaster University was awarded more than $13.5 million to support three projects...The three projects include a Centre for Microbial Chemical Biology; a Micro- and Nano-Systems Laboratory (MNS); and a Systems Biology Centre."
Fall.2006
Mass spectrometer-based flow cytometer, methods and applications, project by University Health Network, University of Toronto, Ontario Cancer Institute, McMaster University @ Stemspec.ca
"'We're examining DNA not for its well-recognized role as the genetic material to store and transmit genetic information, but rather for its less-known potential to act as a novel cancer diagnostic tool.'"
"'We're examining DNA not for its well-recognized role as the genetic material to store and transmit genetic information, but rather for its less-known potential to act as a novel cancer diagnostic tool.'"
11.11.2005
$2.5M federal investment in Canada Research Chairs in McMaster Daily News
"For Li, being a Canada Research Chair means he has, 'an enhanced opportunity for my research program, an added responsibility to represent my university and my country well, and no excuse for being just mediocre. For the second term of my CRC, I will be as determined as I have been in the first term, to perform my duty to the best of my ability.'"
"For Li, being a Canada Research Chair means he has, 'an enhanced opportunity for my research program, an added responsibility to represent my university and my country well, and no excuse for being just mediocre. For the second term of my CRC, I will be as determined as I have been in the first term, to perform my duty to the best of my ability.'"
02.18.2003
New Functional Genomics Centre connects leading researchers in McMaster Daily News
"A new Functional Genomics Centre that will bring together some of McMaster's leading-edge researchers in the area of human disease, specifically cancer, received Senate approval last week...The centre's core faculty includes: John Hassell; Juliet Daniel, biology; Suleiman Igdoura, biology; Yingfu Li, biochemistry; Bernardo Trigatti, biochemistry; Peter Whyte, pathology and molecular medicine."
"A new Functional Genomics Centre that will bring together some of McMaster's leading-edge researchers in the area of human disease, specifically cancer, received Senate approval last week...The centre's core faculty includes: John Hassell; Juliet Daniel, biology; Suleiman Igdoura, biology; Yingfu Li, biochemistry; Bernardo Trigatti, biochemistry; Peter Whyte, pathology and molecular medicine."
01.23.2001
Federal investment means new research dollars for McMaster in McMaster Daily News
"Researchers at McMaster will receive more than $1.5-million for seven research projects funded under the Canada Foundation for Innovation's New Opportunities Program. Yingfu Li (biochemistry) Creation of functional nucleic acids and DNA-binding molecules as therapeutic agents. CFI contribution: $199,152"
"Researchers at McMaster will receive more than $1.5-million for seven research projects funded under the Canada Foundation for Innovation's New Opportunities Program. Yingfu Li (biochemistry) Creation of functional nucleic acids and DNA-binding molecules as therapeutic agents. CFI contribution: $199,152"