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Assistive robotics can help Alzheimer’s sufferers function at home longer
Meet Ed, your homecare worker of the future. Ed will help you make a perfect cup of tea. He’ll remind you where the garbage bin is, and once you’ve thrown […]
Barbara and Frank Milligan Graduate Fellowships advance biomedical engineering research at U of T
December 16, 2014 | Jamie Hunter Alumnus Frank Milligan (MechE 4T8) knows there is vast potential in biomedical engineering when it comes to advancing health care, and he is playing […]
U of T, Harvard collaborate on substance to repel blood clots and bacteria
Engineering a surface so slippery a gecko couldn’t climb it December 4, 2014 |Luke Ng & Sydney Goodfellow Engineering a surface that is so slippery even geckos can’t stick to […]
Grand Challenges Canada funds IBBME team’s 1$ paper detection system for measles and rubella surveillance
While the Canadian government has recently pledged $500M to immunize children in the world’s poorest countries, rapid, inexpensive detection and surveillance systems for deadly diseases is crucial for countries that […]
Peter Zandstra named Interim Scientific Director, Ted Rogers Program in Translational Biology and Engineering
Peter Zandstra has been appointed to the role of Interim Scientific Director for the Ted Rogers Program in Translational Biology and Engineering, a component of the newly launched Ted Rogers […]
Surgical navigation probe takes top prize in IBBME’s inaugural 2-minute video contest
From left to right: Nafiseh Rafiei; Amir Manbachi; Kiril Federov; Chris Yip; Amanda Khan The detailing of an ultrasonic surgical probe for spinal surgery navigation; transcription factories in cells; surgical […]
Engineering a healthy heart: a closer look at the Rogers family $130-million gift
November 25, 2014 | RJ Taylor A new frontier in cardiac health care On November 20, the Rogers family donated an unprecedented $130 million to create the Ted Rogers Centre […]
Historic $130 million gift to establish the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research
Largest private donation in Canadian health-care history will bring together the strengths of SickKids, UHN, and U of T in personalized genomic medicine, tissue engineering, and advanced cardiac care […]
Graduate Tales: Fall 2014
Congratulations to all of our Fall 2014 graduates! From left to right: Padina Pezeshki, David Rees, Gillian Cook, Mario Kovacevic What are IBBME grads doing post-graduation? Meet some of our […]
Superbugs: searching for weapons in the fight against drug-resistant bacteria
“Worse than Ebola,” says Assistant Professor Joshua Milstein November 4, 2014 | Blake Eligh With the help of cutting edge microscopy, new research at U of T Mississauga could help stop […]
Tissue engineering pioneer Michael Sefton named to the U.S. Institute of Medicine
This week, University Professor Michael Sefton (ChemE, IBBME) was invited to join the United States Institute of Medicine (IOM)—a rare honour bestowed upon few Canadian scientists and engineers. Sefton […]
U of T inventor wins $100K Manning Award for anti-clotting medical innovation
Often singled out for his academic leadership and research, U of T Professor Paul Santerre is being celebrated for a different reason this month. His leadership in moving his biomaterials […]