Today marks the start of Gairdner Week, a celebration of the Gairdner Foundation's 50th anniversary. Events run from October 28-30 in Toronto, and will count over 60 science superstars, including 20 Nobel laureates, in attendance. iPS cell-discoverer Shinya Yamanaka and Nobel-laureate Oliver Smithies are included in this group, as are Canadian Stem Cell Foundation "Rock Stars" Andras Nagy, Janet Rossant, Sam Weiss.
Check out this great write up about Gairdner Week in the Toronto Star: Superstars of science converge on Toronto.
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