Microfluidic Devices for Human Health
What is CRAFT
Recognizing they could have a much greater impact by working together than separately, the National Research Council of Canada and the University of Toronto established a unique and long-term partnership, known as the Centre for Research and Applications in Fluidic Technologies (CRAFT). In 2023, CRAFT expanded to formally include Unity Health Toronto, an academic hospital network and leading Canadian health research institute. Unity’s clinicians and other healthcare professionals are crucial for the co-development, translation and broad adoption of new microfluidic-enabled technologies for health.
Why CRAFT?
World-Class
Facilities
Leading-edge research facilities for rapid prototyping, preclinical validation and scale up manufacturing of new technologies
Innovative
Microfluidic Devices
Multidisciplinary teams creating new technologies to address pressing health challenges in diagnostics, organ-on-a-chip and biofabrication.
Collaborative
Partnerships
Connecting academic, clinical, and industrial partners to accelerate translation of microfluidic devices from discovery to impact.
Land Acknowledgement
CRAFT is based at the University of Toronto (U of T), the National Research Council Canada (NRC) and Unity Health Toronto, and we wish to acknowledge the land on which these institutions are located.
For thousands of years the land on which U of T and Unity operate has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. Today, this land is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island.
NRC has offices across Canada which are located on unceded, shared, current and traditional territories of many First Nations, Inuit, and Métis People.
We are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land, and we pay respect to the peoples who were here long before us. It is our responsibility, in the spirit of reconciliation, to improve our understanding of and relationships with local Indigenous communities and their cultures.
Interested in working with CRAFT?
Have questions about our facilities, research programs, or partnership opportunities? Please send us a message, and a member of the CRAFT team will follow up.
