@beharrylab

It’s an honour to be funded by the Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada! This money will support projects investigating low grade glioma detection and treatment. We are incredibly grateful to the Lewington Family. For Dale. ❤️

Chemistry Stories: Andrew Beharry wins 2026 CSC - X-Chem Research Excellence Award: uoft.me/AwardsBeharry

Massive congratulations to @BeharryAndrew on this amazing recognition! We are so proud and can’t wait to celebrate in Toronto this summer. 🥳👏🥂

🔓Recent #OpenAccess work by Joshua N. Milstein, @BeharryAndrew & co on nitroreductase-activatable photosensitizers for selective antimicrobial photodynamic therapy is now online, read it here🔥👇 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art… 📍@UTM & @UofT 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 @BeharryL

Congratulations Dr. Matthew Tung and @IvonneRLopezMir in collaboration with @MilsteinLab on their paper: "Nitroreductase-activatable photosensitizers for selective antimicrobial photodynamic therapy" - now published in RSC Medicinal Chemistry pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Which is more spooky, Halloween or an overfilled test tube spilling out a fluorophore?! Happy Halloween from the Beharry lab!

Our Pick of the Week, out #OpenAccess in @ChemPhotoChem by @ElyseHudsonChem, @IvonneRLopezMir @BeharryAndrew and team at @BeharryL in cooperation with @MilsteinLab: "Antimicrobial Efficacy of Photocaged β-Lapachone in Bacillus subtilis Biofilms" 🦠💡🛑 ow.ly/3tY350TlO3s

β-lapachone, we all know it, we all love it! Congratulations @ElyseHudsonChem and @IvonneRLopezMir for their publication in @ChemPhotoChem in collaboration with the @MilsteinLab @UTM …mistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cp…

#chempostdoc @Chemjobber 🫡

🚨POST DOC OPPORTUNITY🚨@BeharryAndrew @UofT is looking for a PDF specialized in small molecule synthesis and chemical biology. Photochem experience is an asset but not required. International applications are welcome! Interested? Submit a CV to Andrew.beharry@utoronto.ca ⚛️⚗️🥼

WINNER WINNER! Congratulations to @IvonneRLopezMir on being awarded a Queen Elizabeth II / Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology @chemuoft ! We are so proud of your academic, professional, and research achievements in organic photocages. 💡🥳👩🏻‍🔬

Please join us in congratulating our newest PhD graduate, Dr. Matthew Tung! Specializing in photodynamic therapy (shoutout BODIPYs x @ThompsonLabDal), party planning, and lab safety, Matthew has been a member since 2019. We are rooting for your continued success, Dr. MT!🥳👏🥼

@SigmaAldrich Tagging our across the hall friends, @GunningLabUofT ! 🥼🍫🧪 #SigmaAldrichChocolate

It’s World Chocolate Day, and we’re excited to announce that we’re giving away our famous Sigma-Aldrich chocolate bottles!

Ever wanted to have a coffee chat with @UTM Beharry lab student, Matthew Tung? Reading his @UTM_CPS grad student spotlight is the next best option! Give it a read here: utm.utoronto.ca/cps/news/cps-g… 👏

Big congrats to Dr. Karishma Kailass for being awarded the prestigious Chair’s Doctoral Medal! We are thrilled that her dedication to studying pancreatic cancer biomarkers was recognized @chemuoft. Join us cheering on her continued success as a NSERC PDF @harvardmed @ChoudharyLab

Some seriously potent BODIPY photosensitizers with tellurophene modifications! Excellent work by Matthew Tung and @ThompsonLabDal on expanding the scope of photosensitizers available for PDT and mass cytometry👏🧪 check out the paper in @OrgBiomolChem pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Congratulations to our very own media rep/safety officer/party planner @ElyseHudsonChem who was awarded an NSERC PGS-D! #radiant #IDH1 #BNE

Please join us in congratulating our new MSc student, Mahira Hasan on a successful exit seminar! Mahira focused on biological assays to study binding activity of MGMT inhibitors. Not only has she run the biggest gel the lab has ever seen, she knows how to order a great lunch. 🥳

Don't miss work in our latest issue by @BeharryAndrew & co @BeharryL @UTM @Concordia reporting a chloromethyl-triazole fluorescent chemosensor for O6-methylguanine DNA methyltransferase Check it out in full here🔽 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Happy Tuesday! Today, we are having the best day because Post Doc. Seylan Ayan’s and @toxaris71 paper is officially published. Check out our work in collaboration with @WildsLab and @SunnyD_UT on predicting temozolomide resistance and measuring MGMT activity using a sensor🧪⚛️