January 25, 2026 – IMMPress Magazine

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IMMpress Volume 13 Issue 3 – From Bench to Business

Jennifer AhnJanuary 25, 2026January 25, 2026

“Bench” to “Business”. “Academia” versus “Industry”. These terms are often written side-by-side as an act of juxtaposition, with an intention tohighlight differences over similarities. Yet “Bench” and “Business” are co-dependent...

The Story of Ozempic

Yashar Aghazadeh HabashiJanuary 25, 2026January 25, 2026

Drug discovery is a game of long odds: only one in ten thousand lab discoveries survives the gauntlet from benchtop to prescription pad. Stranger still is the fate of a...

From Inbox to In Silico: The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Drug Development

Ana Sofia Mendoza ViruegaJanuary 25, 2026January 25, 2026

Monday morning begins: you open Outlook, fix a sentence in Word, skim a new paper, and accidentally drift onto social media where yet another “personal assistant” pops up. The recent...

Funding Canadian Biotech: How Venture Capital, Private Equity, and Public Programs Shape Our Innovation Ecosystem

Tianning YuJanuary 25, 2026January 25, 2026

1. VC vs. PE: What’s the Difference? Every biotech company begins its journey with an idea, long before it earns a single dollar. To survive those early years, it needs...

Book Review

Doctored (2025) by Charles Piller

Yasmin AnningJanuary 25, 2026January 25, 2026

Spending days, weeks or even months working on an experiment, aiming for perfect results makes science feel like art. Just as painters obsess over every brushstroke to create a masterpiece,...

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The endless possibilities beyond traditional wet lab

Ling Ling TaiJanuary 25, 2026January 25, 2026

Perhaps you have just started graduate school, or perhaps you are almost done. Regardless of when you started or why you chose this path, at some point you may wonder,...

Perspective

Surviving as a PhD Student in a Shaky Economy

Tianning YuJanuary 25, 2026January 25, 2026

It is a strange time to be in graduate school. Between inflation, trade disputes, and the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), the world feels like it is shifting faster than...

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Building your curriculum vitae: what can you do now to improve your future job prospects?

Baweleta IshoJanuary 25, 2026January 25, 2026

The curriculum vitae, or CV, is a document that all academics have prepared numerous times during their careers. Latin for “course of life,” the CV is a detailed professional summary...

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Congratulations you’ve graduated…now what??

Zi Yan ChenJanuary 25, 2026January 25, 2026

In 2024-2025, there were 3,183 graduate learners in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine; just shy of 50% of these are enrolled in a PhD program. Upon finishing their degrees, these...

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THINKING OF STARTING YOUR OWN BUSINESS?

Meggie KuypersJanuary 25, 2026January 25, 2026

Starting out can often feel overwhelming, but with the right mindset and preparations you can set yourself up for success. Here’s a handy checklist to guide you through the early...