10th National SCI Conference

The 10th National Spinal Cord Injury Conference is taking place on November 21-23 in Toronto. This interdisciplinary event brings together researcher, clinicians, and persons with lived experience to discuss novel contributions to knowledge generation, clinical/best practice implementation, policy change, and technology innovation. The event is an excellent opportunity for BME students interested in exploring applications of […]

Graduate Student Seminar Series – Sara Alatrash

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Graduate Student Seminar Series Please ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the 'Add Guest' button and they will also be notified of your presentation. Location: WB116 Presentation Title: Irritability in Autism Supervisor Name: Azadeh Kushki Year of Study: 2 Program of Study: MASc Powered by Calendly.com

Graduate Student Seminar Series – Simeon Wong

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Graduate Student Seminar Series Please ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the 'Add Guest' button and they will also be notified of your presentation. Location: WB116 Presentation Title: Closed-loop acoustic neuromodulation for the treatment of pediatric epilepsy Supervisor Name: George Ibrahim Year of Study: 4 Program of Study: PhD Powered […]

Graduate Student Seminar Series – Samuel Lasinski

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Graduate Student Seminar Series Please ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the 'Add Guest' button and they will also be notified of your presentation. Location: WB116 Presentation Title: A Roll-to-Roll Approach for the Fabrication of Meter-Long Aligned Collagen Sheet Scaffolds Supervisor Name: Prof. Axel Guenther Year of Study: 2 Program […]

Targeting myeloid cells for cancer and other human diseases

Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, 610 University Ave, 6th floor, Bob Bell Auditorium

Betty Y.S. Kim, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FAANS Professor, Physician Scientist Department of Neurosurgery UT - MD Anderson Cancer Center Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, 610 University Ave, 6th floor, Bob Bell Auditorium Monday, November 27, 2023 11:00 – 12:00 p.m. Host: Dr. Gang Zheng

Peptide-based materials for soft tissue and organ repair

Emilio I. Alarcóna,b* aUniversity of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology,. bUniversity of Ottawa Heart Institute, Cardiac Surgery, Ottawa, Canada. Abstract Bioinspired synthetic materials offer reliable and cost-effective access to biomaterials. However, the use of potentially toxic chemical crosslinkers for matrix assembly added to the limitations in finely tuning their mechanical properties […]

Graduate Student Seminar Series – Allison Tolgyesi

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Graduate Student Seminar Series Please ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the 'Add Guest' button and they will also be notified of your presentation. Location: WB116 Presentation Title: Generation of Synthetic µCT Images of Rat Lumbar Vertebral Fracture via Deep Convolutional Generative Adversarial Networks Supervisor Name: Cari Whyne Year of […]

Graduate Student Seminar Series – Daniel Tovbis

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Graduate Student Seminar Series Please ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the 'Add Guest' button and they will also be notified of your presentation. Location: WB116 Presentation Title: Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Gastric Neuromodulation Supervisor Name: Paul B. Yoo Year of Study: 5 Program of Study: PhD Powered by Calendly.com

Graduate Student Seminar Series – Marlee Vandewouw

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Graduate Student Seminar Series Please ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the 'Add Guest' button and they will also be notified of your presentation. Location: WB116 Presentation Title: Factors influencing dataset-specific developmental changes of brain structure and function in neurodivergent children Supervisor Name: Azadeh Kushki Year of Study: 4 Program […]

Graduate Student Seminar Series – Laura Wheeler

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Graduate Student Seminar Series Please ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the 'Add Guest' button and they will also be notified of your presentation. Location: WB116 Presentation Title: In-Ear EEG Device for Auditory Brain-Computer Interface Communication Abstract: Background - Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) enable communication using signals generated by the brain. […]

Graduate Student Seminar Series – Atoosa Ziyaeyan

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Graduate Student Seminar Series Please ensure you invite your Principal Investigator by adding their email via the 'Add Guest' button and they will also be notified of your presentation. Location: WB116 Presentation Title: Investigating the interplay between gut microbiome, immune cells, and osteoarthritis. Supervisor Name: Sowmya Viswanathan Year of Study: 2 Program of Study: PhD […]