Latest News
Engineering Professor and Alumnus Elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering
February 6, 2020 | Engineering Professor and Alumnus Elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering
Handheld 3D skin printer demonstrates accelerated healing of large, severe burns
February 4, 2020 | A new handheld 3D printer can deposit sheets of skin to cover large burn wounds – and its “bio ink” can accelerate the healing process.
Researchers develop method to improve artificial islet transplantation success rate
January 17, 2020 | Researchers from IBBME developed a method to improve the transplantation success rate of artificial islets.
Most Engineered Nanoparticles Enter Tumours Through Cells, Not Between them, U of T Researchers Find
January 13, 2020 | University of Toronto researchers have discovered that an active rather than passive process dictates which nanoparticles enter solid tumours, upending decades of thinking in the field of cancer nanomedicine and pointing toward more effective nanotherapies.
Margaret Cheng Lab
December 17, 2019 | Dr. Hai-Ling Margaret Cheng is developing cell and tissue scaffold tracking contrast agents to visualize how they are moving in the body.
Professors and alumnus elected Fellows of the Engineering Institute of Canada
December 13, 2019 | Professors and alumnus elected Fellows of the Engineering Institute of Canada
By raising lab coats to the rafters, U of T biomedical engineering lab celebrates its student MVPs
December 12, 2019 | By raising lab coats to the rafters, U of T biomedical engineering lab celebrates its student MVPs
Exit Strategy
December 10, 2019 | Sarah Sarabadani, Michael Li, and Marija Cotic worked in different Biomedical Engineering labs at the University of Toronto. Now they have all converged at Klick Health, a rapidly growing healthcare marketing and commercialization agency, headquartered in Toronto. We sat down to talk about their day-to-day activities and how they were able to leverage their skills to transition into non-traditional healthcare roles.
Making the (right) Cut
December 10, 2019 | The term “Surgical Precision” is used to describe the finesse and the highly accurate nature in which a surgeon can cut diseased tissue from healthy tissue.
Cancer Cartographers
December 10, 2019 | Imagine being dropped off at the edge of an urban city with crisscrossing streets and no navigational instructions. The roads often run into dead-ends and are full of pot-holes, the network reception is non-existent, and the buildings aren’t numbered. If you want to get from the edge of the city into the downtown core, the only logical way is to map out your own route.
Non-invasive Biosurveillance
December 10, 2019 | Dr. Hai-Ling Margaret Cheng is an IBBME/ECE faculty member at the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research.
Walking Manual
December 10, 2019 | When Dr. Jan Andrysek was a master’s student at Holland Bloorview Hospital in 1998, he was already working alongside rehabilitation engineers and clinicians to develop solutions to help kids walk.