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Engineering Global Health Symposium Puts Spotlight on Health Strategies and Products
Inaugural symposium creates pan-university dialogue on global health challenges May 1st, 2013 At a one-day conference held at the University of Toronto’s Bahen Centre for Information Technology last week, professors […]
Medicine Meets MacGyver
Biomedical Engineering Design Project Showcase is where science and medicine meet good, old-fashioned ingenuity 22 April 2013 A cheap and portable diagnostics device fashioned from your basic laser jet printer […]
IBBME welcomes Jose Zariffa to faculty
10 April, 2013 IBBME is delighted to welcome Dr. José Zariffa to the Institute as an Assistant Professor in both the Engineering in a Clinical Setting and the Neural, Sensory […]
Spreading the Word
PhD Candidates Nika Shakiba and David Lee spin the ethics and science of stem cells into a Canada-wide conversation 18 March 2013 What does a discussion among approximately 140 high […]
Federal government invests $18.7 million in U of T research
Meet the university’s 23 Canada Research Chairs March 15, 2013 |Jenny Hall The federal government is investing $18.7 million in funding for 23 new and renewed Canada Research Chairs (CRCs) at […]
New IBBME-led Company SpineSonics Medical Inc. spins towards commercialization
Ultrasound surgical navigation tool becomes the premier product of the student-led company 12 March, 2013 An Ultrasound navigational probe to aid in spinal surgeries is the driving force behind a […]
A Rotating Stage for a Microscope
Software to control a mobility-assistance device…. Have a problem? Solve it with student power. March 11, 2013 IBBME proudly launches two new Biodesign BME 479/489 capstone courses this week, part […]
Five U of T Engineers Honoured by the Engineering Institute of Canada
March 4, 2013 | Engineering Professors Paul Chow (ECE), Andrew Goldenberg (MIE), Chul Park (MIE), Shamim Sheikh (CivE) and Yu Sun (MIE) have been recognized by the Engineering Institute of […]
Pour, Shake and Stir
How gold particles, DNA and water have the potential to shape the future of medicine 28 February, 2013 A diagnostic “cocktail” containing a single drop of blood, a dribble of […]
U of T Leads in National Science Awards
February 27, 2013 | Engineering University of Toronto researchers won or shared honours in six of eight prize categories in this year’s awards from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research […]
Warren Chan, global leader in nanotechnology
E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship recipient February 27, 2013 | Erin Vollick Warren Chan is a professor at the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) at the University of Toronto, where […]