Keynote Speakers: Ehsan Adeli Assistant Professor Stanford University Shuichi Takayama Professor Georgia Institute of Technology Yasser Iturria Medina Assistant Professor McGill University Time Scheduled Activity Location 8:30 – 9:00 am Breakfast Quad 9:00 – 9:15 am Conference Welcome from BME Director and ToBE Co-Chairs Great Hall 9:15 – 10:15 am First Keynote Speaker Great Hall […]
BME would like to invite you to the dinner reception at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM). It has been a crazy last two years and it is a great time for us to get together, celebrate our achievements, and meet each other. Students, faculty, post-doc, and administrators will be attending the event. This dinner is […]
Development of High-Density Active Neural Interfaces using Conjugated Polymers Dr. Ilke Uguz Postdoctoral Research Associate, Columbia University Precise, stable, and biocompatible neural interfaces are crucial for effective brain-machine interfaces and therapeutic interventions. Conjugated polymers offer exceptional potential for such applications, owing to their softness, biocompatibility, and mixed ionic and electronic charge transport properties. By integrating […]
Exploiting Antigen Presentation Pathways for Precision Immune Engineering Dr. Nova Pishesha, Junior Fellow, Society of Fellows at Harvard University Current treatments for autoimmunity rely on general immunosuppression, which exposes patients to opportunistic infections. Hence, immunoregulatory modalities, which educate the immune system to induce antigen-specific tolerance are desirable. My doctoral research revolved around engineered red blood […]
Please join us for an ECHO webinar featuring Dr. Devin McCombie, who will provide an overview of his vast experience commercializing wearable medical monitoring solutions at Sotera and Dexcom. Dexcom Inc. develops, manufactures, produces, and distributes continuous glucose monitoring systems for diabetes management. Sotera Inc. is a digital health start-up company that commercialized and sold […]
Mohammad E. Khosroshahi Nanobiophotonics & Biomedical Research Laboratory, MIS-Electronics Inc., Richmond Hill, Canada Abstract This work describes the generation and observation of multi-wavelengths due to stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) from deep red to near-infrared (NIR) induced by plasmon-enhanced fluorescence (PEF) of fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) conjugated gold nanoparticles (F-AuNP). The plasmonic solution was excited by […]
Please join us for an ECHO webinar featuring Garrett Schwab, who will provide an overview of his vast experience developing and commercializing novel therapeutic medical technologies. XII Medical is a privately held medical technology company developing a novel neurostimulation system designed to improve patient experience and outcomes for the millions suffering from Obstructive Sleep Apnea. […]
Time: June 20th, 12-1PM Location: KITE, UC Lecture theatre (basement) Are you concerned how to secure a job in academia, post-COVID? We have four outstanding panelists who will start their career as Assistant Professors this fall. Please join us at a vibrant event, co-sponsored by IEEE-EMBS Toronto and FIBRE, to hear from our panelist […]
Dr. Laura Bracaglia, PhD Villanova University Polymer nanoparticles (NPs) can provide a safe and efficient delivery mechanism for therapy directly at specific tissues and cells, but achieving sufficient levels of NPs and therefore therapeutics in target tissues in humans has remained a barrier to the translation of this technology. The in vivo efficacy of polymeric […]
Dr. Sanjiv Dhingra, PhD University of Manitoba Abstract: Donor derived allogeneic stem cells including mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are being tested in animal studies and clinical trials for cardiac regeneration and repair. The outcome of initial studies was very encouraging and transplanted cells were safe in the recipient heart. However, […]
Dr. Brian K. Shoichet, PhD University of California, San Francisco https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/86086638773 Meeting ID: 860 8663 8773 Passcode: 484696 Structure-based docking can be used to screen compound libraries for novel ligands. Recently, docking libraries have expanded from three million “in-stock” to over four billion make-on-demand (“tangible”) molecules. Docking these new libraries versus the dopamine, melatonin, and […]
