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Neurotechnological innovation and organ-on-a-chip engineering centres receive more than $10 million in new funding
October 13, 2017 | New projects led by Professors Milos Popovic and Milica Radisic gain support from the Canada Foundation for Innovation.
IBBME at BMES 2017
October 12-14, 2017 | Visit booth 425 to meet some of our faculty, students and staff at the 2017 Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting in the Phoenix Convention Center.
Microfabrication and disease modelling expert receives Connaught Fund McLean Award
September 29, 2017 | Professor Alison McGuigan’s research on predicting how well promising drugs will work in patients is making “significant progress towards one of the most difficult and important goals in biological engineering.”
Addressing unique patient needs with technology: U of T offers engineering training to medical students
September 22, 2017 | Master of Engineering program gives MD students advanced tools to develop medical technologies.
Google Glass app helps autistic children with social interactions
September 19, 2017 | Professor Azadeh Kushki’s Google Glass app can recognize conversational prompts and provide the user with suitable responses in return.
New course on advanced MRI techniques will teach students new ways to detect disease at earlier stages
September 13, 2017 | Professor Hai-Ling Margaret Cheng’s course will cover some of the latest in magnetic resonance imaging techniques, offering new solutions for human health challenges.
Milica Radisic named Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
September 7, 2017 | U of T cardiovascular tissue engineer inducted into one of Canada’s highest honour societies.
Four IBBME students named 2017 Cecil Yip Doctoral Research Award recipients
August 17, 2017 | PhD candidates studying nanoparticles for cancer drug delivery and biomaterials for nerve repair receive Donnelly Centre recognition.
USRP Symposium 2017 showcases undergraduate biomedical engineering research at U of T
August 16, 2017 | More than 70 research trainees gathered to present their work in the Undergraduate Summer Research Program wrap-up event.
The best place to treat type 1 diabetes might be just under your skin
August 14, 2017 | New research from Professor Michael Sefton’s lab demonstrates viability of implanting pancreatic cells under the skin to treat type 1 diabetes.
Injectable tissue patch could help repair damaged organs
August 14, 2017 | Professor Milica Radisic’s lab has developed a flexible tissue scaffold that could enable new minimally-invasive surgery techniques.
Targeting tumours: IBBME researchers investigate biological barriers to nanomedicine delivery
August 8, 2017 | A team from Professor Warren Chan’s lab has developed a new way to observe nanoparticle travel into tumours.