2023 Calgary Awards

Kristina Rinker receives International Achievement Award

The 2023 Calgary Awards were presented on June 14, 2023, recognizing outstanding achievements and contributions made by Calgarians. Kristina Rinker, Syantra Co-founder and CSO, received the International Achievement Award. 

December 2022

Alberta-made blood test could improve breast cancer screening, but when?

A Calgary tech company is raising questions about how and when we start screening for breast cancer in Alberta. Just this fall, the province dropped the age for regular mammograms, from 50 to 45 years old. Sarah Offin speaks with local researchers about technology that could help detect breast cancer even earlier.

October 2022

What If We Could Detect Breast Cancer with a Simple Blood Test? We Can.

If breast cancer wasn’t a worry for 36-year-old Tania Blanco three years ago, it certainly is now. Since 2019, three women in Blanco’s circle have been diagnosed with breast cancer.

October 2022

Calgary-based Syantra’s blood test aids early breast cancer detection

It’s a biomedical technology that’s nearly 20 years in the making.

Today, Calgary-based life-sciences technology company Syantra is helping women identify breast cancer with a simple blood test.

Opinion: A growing number of Calgary companies are becoming tech trailblazers

Calgary is becoming home to a growing number of tech trailblazers, writes Kristina Rinker, co-founder and chief scientific officer for Syantra Inc. and a professor in the biomedical engineering department at the University of Calgary. 

November 2021

Syantra receives 2021 A100 One to Watch Award

On Nov. 16, Syantra received the A100 One to Watch Award as part of the Start Alberta Tech Awards... Presented by the A100, the One to Watch Award recognizes an Alberta tech business who A100 members regard as the most likely to succeed. 

November 2021

Blood test for breast cancer now available in Calgary: New, non-invasive test developed after clinical research at University of Calgary

A major step is being taken in improving breast cancer detection. After years of research, development and testing, a blood test is now available in Calgary.

Syantra: The Calgary company revolutionizing breast cancer detection

Diagnosing breast cancer isn’t as easy as a quick test, but one Calgary-based company is bringing that scenario one step closer to reality. 

5 ways your donations are enhancing care and transforming treatment options for women’s cancers

The Alberta Cancer Foundation and Leap Magazine list Syantra among the promising clinical trials supported in part by ACF donors.

A new blood test could improve accuracy In breast cancer screening

The Calgary-made blood test, Syantra DX, has the potential to become a key screening tool for the early detection of breast cancer.

Blood test to detect breast cancer? Promising results from U of C research prompts clinical study

The widespread implementation of a blood test for breast cancer detection is one step closer to fruition as funding has been secured...

Calgary-made blood test set to revolutionize breast cancer treatment

Detecting cancer as early as possible is important to achieving the best possible treatment success. This year, more than 1000 women in...

Breast density becoming an important issue for accurate screening of cancer

Are you dense? It sounds offensive, but it’s a question Canadians need to be asking, say advocates of a growing awareness campaign about...