Annual Magazine
The BME annual magazine is an annual in-house production that highlights some research findings, student life, and alumni stories in the past year. In 2018, we transitioned this medium from an annual report to a magazine in order to focus on the people who make up the Institute.
The cover of each magazine volume were submissions by members of the BME community at the University of Toronto. The 2024 cover was selected based on its relevance to the topic of BME and its general aesthetics. Read more about the top three submissions below.
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2024 Cover submission winners
The cell pond
PI: Alison McGuigan
With reference to the painting by Claude Monet, the cell pond represents a 3D in vitro niche of the tumour-stromal interface in pancreatic cancer. The niche consists of patient-derived pancreatic cancer organoids (green), cancer-associated fibroblasts (blue), and tumour-associated macrophages (cyan). Cell nuclei are captured in pink.
Chantel Campbell
Lineage – Panel 2, 2020
PI: Axel Guenther
© Chantel Briana Campbell
Fractured Harmony: Immune Infiltration and angiogenesis
PI: Sowmya Viswanathan
This image shows the microenvironment of an osteoarthritic knee joint. In this complex disease, inflammatory pathways have started a cascade of angiogenesis, as evidenced by the formation of new blood vessels penetrating the damaged tissue and recruiting immune cells to the scene. These regions show the joint’s battle against degradation, where immune infiltration both damages and attempts repair. This image illustrates the intricate interplay of destruction and renewal and the balance required to manage osteoarthritis at the cellular level.
