Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada was established in 1985 by an endowment from the Lunenfeld and Kunin families. It comprises 36 principal investigators, has a budget of C$90 million (2005/6), has over 200 trainees and approximately 600 staff. The Institute conducts research into various forms of cancer (colon, breast, pancreatic, prostate), neurological disorders and brain illnesses, women’s and infants’ health, diabetes, developmental biology, stem cell biology and tissue regeneration, mouse models of human disease, genomic medicine and systems biology. The Institute has 100000 sq ft (9,290.3 m²) of space and is split between the main hospital and the Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Health Complex.

The founding director was Dr. Louis Siminovitch

Louis Siminovitch

Louis Siminovitch, CC is a Canadian molecular biologist. He was a pioneer in human genetics, researcher into the genetic basis of muscular dystrophy and cystic fibrosis, and helped establish Ontario programs exploring genetic roots of cancer.Born in Montreal, Quebec to parents who had emigrated...

(1984–1994), followed by Dr. Alan Bernstein

Alan Bernstein

Alan Bernstein, is the inaugural executive director of the , an alliance of independent organizations around the world dedicated to accelerating the development of a preventive HIV vaccine.As Executive Director, Dr...

(1995–2000), Drs. Janet Rossant and Anthony Pawson

Anthony Pawson

Anthony 'Tony' James Pawson, OC, OOnt, CH, FRS, FRSC , British-born Canadian scientist whose research has revolutionized the understanding of signal transduction, the molecular mechanisms by which cells respond to external cues, and how they communicate with each other...

(2001–2002), Dr. Anthony Pawson

Anthony Pawson

(2002–2005) and Dr. James Woodgett (2005-). Researchers are supported by the Mount Sinai Hospital Foundation, donors and external funding sources including the Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Canadian Institutes of Health Research is the major federal agency responsible for funding health research in Canada. It is the successor to the Medical Research Council of Canada. It aims to create new health knowledge, and to translate that knowledge from the research setting into real world...

, Canadian Cancer Society, Terry Fox

Terry Fox

Terrance Stanley "Terry" Fox , was a Canadian humanitarian, athlete, and cancer research activist. In 1980, with one leg having been amputated, he embarked on a cross-Canada run to raise money and awareness for cancer research...

Foundation, National Institutes of Health

National Institutes of Health

The National Institutes of Health are an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and are the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and health-related research. Its science and engineering counterpart is the National Science Foundation...

and Genome Canada.

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