Professor Gary Bader and Assistant Professor Hannes Röst received US$150,000 each to create a cloud-based Cytoscape and Open MS from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, co-founded by Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg and his spouse, Priscilla Chan.
Deep Genomics, the genetic medicine startup founded by Professor Brendan Frey, was one of five Canadian companies that cracked the 2019 CNBC Upstart 100 list unveiled on Tuesday, a ranking of the world's most promising startups.