Posts By: Institute of Biomedical Engineering

Medicine by Design invests $1 million to advance bold new ideas in regenerative medicine

Medicine by Design is supporting research aimed at advancing new concepts expected to be important to regenerative medicine in the coming years. The funded projects will have potential impacts in diseases and conditions such as vision loss, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), intestinal disease in premature babies and more.

Ofer Levi inducted into The Optical Society (OSA)

Dr. Ofer Levi has been inducted into The Optical Society (OSA) as a fellow. As one of more than 2,500 fellows, Dr. Levi will be able to contribute to the advancement of optics and photonics through education and research.

How to approach professors when applying to graduate school

How to approach professors when applying to graduate school September 14, 2020 Share on Email Share on LinkedIn Interview with Professor Leo Chou Transcript Expand Leo Chou: My name is Leo Chou. […]

From researcher to product engineer

Graduated in 2019 with a PhD in biomedical engineering, Peter Aldridge continued his passion in developing and engineering novel therapeutics for stem cell therapies at BlueRock Therapeutics in Toronto. Here he shares some of his insights on applying biomedical engineering concepts in an industry position.

Common thread – from sewing to developing wearable technologies

Dr. Amanda Fleury took up sewing as a hobby during her undergraduate years, not knowing it would become the common thread that would connect her PhD research to her job prospects. Graduated in 2018 from Dr. Tom Chau’s lab at BME, Amanda spent majority of her PhD researching brain-computer interfaces and various cloth materials that could be applied to commercial products. Now, Amanda is leveraging her biomedical engineering skills to develop wearable technologies for meditation.
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