Our Group In The News and Items of Interest...
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Aug 3-5, 2021: Virtual Cannabis Research Conference talk on cannabis and cannabinoids research in Kotra lab.
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May 26, 2021: Watch Dr. Kotra's comments and interview on Faculti regarding medical cannabis and the effects of decarboxylation, a platform reference tool for up-to-date academic and professional research insights.
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April 23, 2021: Professor Lakshmi Kotra recognized for successful drug commercialization.
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Feb, 2021: Dr. Lakshmi Kotra is the recipient of the Julia Levy Award 2020 from the Society of Chemical Industry (SCI Canada). The Julia Levy Award is made in recognition of successful commercialisation of innovation in Canada, in the field of Bio-medical Science and Engineering. Dr Lakshmi Kotra inventions span novel small molecules for chronic diseases as well as novel industrial technologies, and several of them have been successful start-ups and further licensed for commercialization. Dr. Kotra has contributed to several drug discovery and drug delivery projects including anti-HIV drugs, antibacterials, insulin, antimalarials, drugs targeting multiple sclerosis, and medical cannabis-based therapeutics.
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April 2020: We had to do something!! COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2: We couldn't sit at home with the pandemic shutting down the world... Its been a while we did any diagnostic, but we know we have good ideas. So, rolled up the sleeves, and started work in the lab with three of the brave people in my lab...Thank you William, Rupali, Ewa and Melissa!
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Medicinal Cannabis Master Rounds, The University of the West Indies, Barbados, West Indies, March 12-15, 2020, A CME-CPE Course. See More Info here.
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Top 5 Most Read Articles of 2019 at Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research: Lewis-Bakker, M. M.; Yang, Y.; Vyavahare, R.; Kotra, L. P. Extractions of Medical Cannabis Cultivars and the Role of Decarboxylation for Optimal Receptor Responses. Cannabis Cannabinoid Res. 2019, 4(3), 183-194.
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Cannabis oil: separating fact from fiction - CTV News - Dec 3, 2018
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CBC Radio, Metro Morning Show: Are cannabis oils safe? - Aug 23, 2018
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India-Canada Malaria research team meets in Toronto to strategize new drug development - August 17, 2015
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Drug Development: New Directions in the Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis - February 19, 2013
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CBC Radio International Interview - December 9, 2010
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Genetic Engineering and Biotechonology News - October 27, 2010
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Drugs by Design, Chemical & Engineering News, Nov 28, 2005 issue
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Reat at BiotechOntario about Creating Designer Molecules
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At Readers' Digest Canada, Freeing diabetics from needles.
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Kotra group Insulin-related work in New Brunswick Telegraph Journal
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C-Health News on insulin work.
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Read a press release on our work on insulin mimetics here.
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Science Next Wave: A Foot in the Door - Drug Discovery Training in Canada (Read Dr. Kotra's comments in this article on drug discovery
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Science Next Wave: Canada Science Bites
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Globe and Mail Article: Molecular Design and Information Technology Centre
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ITBusiness.ca article on Molecular Design and Information Technology Centre