The Center for Molecular Dynamics Nepal - CMDN
Website: www.cmdn.org.np
The Center for Molecular Dynamics Nepal (CMDN), established in 2007, prides itself as a research driven nongovernmental organization dedicated to promoting research in the country.
With its team of energetic and highly motivated experts, CMDN is now recognized as the leading public health and wildlife research organization in the country.
CMDN strives to introduce appropriate, effective and innovative solutions to address many challenges in the areas of epidemiological studies, disease surveillance, health research, environmental and biodiversity research and policy analysis.
Panthera - A Charity
Website: www.panthera.org
Panthera is the only organization in the world that is devoted exclusively to the conservation of the world’s 40 wild cat species and their ecosystems. Utilizing the expertise of the world’s premier cat biologists, Panthera develops and implements global strategies for the most imperiled large cats: tigers, lions, jaguars, snow leopards, cheetahs, pumas, and leopards.
Representing the most comprehensive effort of its kind, Panthera partners with local and international NGOs, scientific institutions, local communities, governments around the globe, and citizens who want to help ensure a future for wild cats.
Panthera’s grants program, the Small Cat Action Fund (SCAF), additionally supports conservation and research initiatives on many of the smaller wild cat species around the globe.
Yingfu Li Lab | Functional Nucleic Acid Research Group
Website: www.yingfulilab.org
Yingfu Li Lab is a dynamic and motivated research group consisting of research technicians, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students and undergraduate students. The group continues to innovate with DNA by making various DNA-based enzymes (DNAzymes) and receptors (DNA aptamers) and exploring them for diverse applications.
Our research has been funded by several granting agencies in Canada including the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR), the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE), the Sentinel Bioactive Paper Network, and the Canadian Cancer Society (CSC).
We have also been collaborating with several Canadian biotech companies to develop point-of-care diagnostic devices using DNA aptamers and DNAzymes.