The Banting Research Foundation Celebrates 100 Years Since Banting’s Nobel Prize Win This year marks the 100th anniversary of Sir Frederick Banting’s Nobel Prize win for the discovery of insulin. The Banting Research Foundation, established to honor his legacy, is commemorating this important milestone. Banting’s discovery of insulin revolutionized the treatment of diabetes, which at…
The Innovations of Dr. Jeffrey Leyton: Enhancing Cancer Treatment with Antibody-Conjugates
The Innovations of Dr. Jeffrey Leyton: Enhancing Cancer Treatment with Antibody-Conjugates Meet Dr. Jeffrey Leyton, recipient of a 2014 Banting Research Foundation Discovery Award and an Associate Professor at the Université de Sherbrooke – CHUS in the Department of Nuclear Medicine and Radiobiology in Canada. Dr. Leyton is a biochemist and a molecular biologist with…
From the Lab to the Gym: Translating Scientific Discoveries About Exercise and Cognition into Real-World Applications
From the Lab to the Gym: Translating Scientific Discoveries About Exercise and Cognition into Real-World Applications Matthieu Boisgontier, an associate professor at the University of Ottawa, and past Banting Discovery Award recipient, led a new study looking at the link between exercise and memory. His study analyzed data for almost 350,000 people to show that…
Celebrating International Women’s Day
We were honored to have been invited to the Elegant International Women’s Day Charity Concert with the Toronto Elegant Lions Club, in support of the Banting Research Foundation.
The Banting Foundation successfully auctioned two landscape paintings by Sir Frederick Banting
Congratulations on a successful auction! The Banting Foundation is very grateful for the kind support of the Heffel Fine Art auction in the selling of two landscape paintings by Sir Frederick Banting. The auction on November 24, 2022 raised funds in support of our Discovery Award program for early career biomedical investigators. Heffel Fine Art Auction…