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​The Pardee Lab

At the interface of synthetic biology and human health

About Us

The Pardee Lab is part of the Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Toronto. The lab seeks to impact human health by developing portable, affordable tools using the principles of synthetic biology.  We have recently developed two exciting new biotechnologies that aim to enable low cost and distributed healthcare. The first is a portable platform for low cost molecular diagnostics and the second is a system for the portable manufacture of therapeutics outside of the laboratory. Both systems are based on freeze-dried, cell-free biochemical reactions that are activated by simply adding water. 
 
We see cell-free technologies as important tools in meeting challenges that face health care systems at home and abroad. As we have demonstrated, cell-free hosting of diagnostics and drug manufacturing offers a paradigm shift in how health care systems can adapt rapidly to public health needs, provide emergency response and extend lab-grade molecular capabilities into virtually any environment. Such applications are enabled by freeze-dried cell-free (FD-CF) enzymes that are sterile yet retain the properties of cellular transcription and translation for deploying poised molecular components to the field. 


Pardee Lab Online and in the News

  • Jun 2021: Renewal of Canada Research Chair Award for Dr. Keith Pardee in synthetic biology and human health, U of T News
  • May 2021: Medicine by Design prepares the ground for the future of regenerative medicine with $3-million Grand Questions investment, U of T News
  • Mar 2021: Synthetic Biology: Building the Future of the Canadian Economy, The Future Economy
  • Feb 2021: Pharmaceutical scientists adapt glucose meter to diagnose disease, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy News
  • Jan 2021: Engineering Biology can drive sustainable, bio based pandemic and economic recovery, U of T News
  • Oct 2020: U of T entrepreneurs to discuss 'surviving and thriving' amid COVID-19 at virtual event, U of T News
  • Sep.2020: U of T startups turn heads at virtual events around the world, U of T News
  • Aug 2020: Combating COVID-19 with Cell-Free Expression,               The Scientist
  • Jul 2020: Engineers developing no-touch, mail-in, fast-scan test for COVID-19, other outbreaks, Iowa State U News
  • May 2020: We need a moonshot for new diagnostics if we want effective pandemic control, U of T News
  • Mar 2020: Canada funds development of COVID-19 'lab-in-a-box', CTV News
  • Mar 2020: Coronavirus: Canadian researchers developing ‘lab in a box’ to diagnose COVID-19, Global News 
  • Mar 2020: With new federal funding, U of T researchers aid global effort to understand and control COVID-19, U of T News​​
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