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IBBME professor honoured with UHN Inventor of the Year Award
June 23, 2015 | Jelena Damjanovic Professor Milos Popovic (IBBME) has been named the recipient of […]
Eavesdropping on the body: new device tracks chemical signals within cells
June 24, 2015 | Tyler Irving Biomedical engineers at the University of Toronto have invented a new device that more quickly and accurately visualizes the chemical messages that tell our cells […]
Engineers receive grant for ‘artificial liver’ that could help find more effective drugs
June 18, 2015 | Liz Do A research team led by U of T Engineering Professor Craig Simmons (MIE, IBBME) received $300,000 this week to create a 3D model of the human […]
Molly Shoichet Symposium on Innovations in Regenerative Medicine
June 9, 2015 In commemoration of Molly Shoichet‘s recent rank to University Professor, the Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry and Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering hosted the Molly […]
Eight U of T engineers inducted into the Canadian Academy of Engineering
June 5, 2015 | Carolyn Farrell Eight members of the U of T Engineering community have been inducted as fellows of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE). Professors Kamran Behdinan […]
Five U of T Engineering student startups to watch
May 27, 2015 | Tyler Irving Could engineering improve your basketball jump shot, optimize your sleep schedule or help you make smarter investment decisions? These are just a few of […]
Hydrogels boost ability of stem cells to restore eyesight and heal brains
May 14, 2015 | Jovana Drinjakovic University of Toronto researchers show that engineered ‘hydrogels’ not only help with stem cell transplantation, but actually speed healing in both the eye and […]
Three U of T engineers named Inventors of the Year
May 12, 2015 | Engineering Strategic Communications Engineering professors Parham Aarabi (ECE), Richard Cobbold (IBBME, ECE) and Hugh Liu (UTIAS) have been named Inventors of the Year by the University of Toronto. The honour […]
Faculties of Engineering, Dentistry and Medicine to collaborate in new Translational Biology and Engineering Program
April 28, 2015 | Laurie Stephens Researchers from the Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) continue to build on the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering’s unparalleled strengths in […]
Preventing deformed limbs: researchers find new link between physical forces and limb development
April 22, 2015 | Peter McMahon University of Toronto engineers and a pediatric surgeon have joined forces to discover how physical forces like pressure and tension affect the development of limbs […]
U of T engineer takes L’Oréal-UNESCO honour for ‘stem cell space suits’
March 3, 2015 | Peter McMahon University of Toronto biomedical engineering professor Molly Shoichet (ChemE, IBBME) has been named the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science North American laureate for 2015. Already the […]
The “onion net” mechanics behind wound repair key to fibrosis, organ failure, says IBBME researcher
A new study published in the Journal of Cell Biology by the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Dentistry Research Institute has uncovered one of the mechanisms responsible for organ failure. […]