
Dr. Nikki Weckman
@nikkiweckman
Engineer, rugby player, global citizen. Asst Professor @uoftengineering 🇨🇦: Inventing diagnostic sensors to improve global health & protect our environment
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http://weckmanlab.com 07-06-2013 18:22:51
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Water is essential to people & the planet. I hope that the United Nations #WaterConference resets the water sector to find solutions and starts a decade of action going forward. SDG Media Zone

“The ultimate sensor would be able to detect a single molecule or analyte in a volume of complex samples with high specificity.” Read more from #AssociateEditor Jean-François Masson Jean-Francois Masson in this month's ACS Sensors editorial pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac… 1/3

Happy National DNA day! Sarah Sandler, PhD Student, Cavendish Laboratory talks about the significance of the day and how today we are not only studying the structure of DNA but also using it as a material to create DNA origami. #HappyNationalDNADay #DNA #BiomedicalPhysics

A new reference to some fun physics from Arnold Mathijssen and a buzzing poster session- a great way of ending a day of really interesting talks Biophysical Society of Canada Annual Meeting, thanks for hosting U Calgary! #biophysics #BSC2023


It’s incredible to see how far @52North has come in the past few years… from an idea Cambridge Enterprise postdoc business plan competition through to winning Cambridge Independent #Medtech Company of the Year 2023! Excited to see where we go next!

Our newest Industry Highlight article comes from @52North! Saif Ahmad Mireia Crispin Dr. Nikki Weckman and colleagues showcase their personalized, connected home diagnostics platform: cell.com/trends/biotech…



Congratulations to the two teams receiving a New Connections Grant! Team #1 led by Dr. Nikki Weckman & Rob Kozak is developing a rapid diagnostic for Candida auris. Team #2 led by @AmyWongphd, Theo Moraes & Young Lab UofT is focused on RSV. Read more: bit.ly/3pUtt4o


Thanks Dr. Nikki Weckman, Sarah Yorke , Kaikai Chen, the rest of the KeyserLab and my collaborators at Oxford Nanopore for all the hard work these past few years helping to make this possible!🧬



Exciting new study from #UofTEPIC member Dr. Nikki Weckman that uses barcoded DNA nanostructures to better understand the interactions between Cas9 and DNA. This work contributes to the development of tailor-made diagnostics that could help diagnose #AntimicrobialResistance!

Met my amazing fellows Caitlin Maikawa Dr. Nikki Weckman Aryan R. Rad at UofT Engineering @uoftengineering A 🤳 to commemorate our first months building our teams 🚀 #AcademicTwitter



What an amazing week at GRC bioanalytical sensors. Thank you Charlie Mace for the invite to speak at an awesome patient-centric session. Spirit of the GRC unlocked - I was inspired by cutting-edge work and have new ideas, collaborations, and really great friends moving forward.


The second annual EPIC Symposium is happening on October 27th, at the Toronto Reference Library. Speakers include Inger Damon, Senjuti Saha, PhD | সেঁজুতি সাহা, Kanta Subbarao, Andrew Pinto, Dr. Nikki Weckman, and Michael Norris. We have also Don Sheppard with Public Health PHAC as this year's panel chair.