Graduate Student Seminar Series – Seyyedehdelaram Sadatamin

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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: Developing a smart textile for monitoring cardiorespiratory conditions Supervisor Name: Dr. Azadeh Yadollahi Year of Study: 3 Program of Study: PhD Powered […]

Graduate Student Seminar Series – Davood Dadkhah

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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: Wearable Footwear Slip Detection Systems for Icy Surfaces Supervisor Name: Dr. Tilak Dutta Year of Study: 4 Program of Study: PhD Powered […]

Graduate Student Seminar Series – Calvin Ngan

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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: Towards Developing a Full Digital Workflow for Transradial (Below-Elbow) Socket Design Supervisor Name: Jan Andrysek Year of Study: 5 Program of Study: […]

Graduate Student Seminar Series – Patrick Dong Min Chang

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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: Ultrasound-triggered docetaxel-loaded nanobubbles for cancer therapy Supervisor Name: Naomi Matsuura Year of Study: 4 Program of Study: PhD Powered by Calendly.com

Using Patient Derived Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells to Model and Treat Inherited Retinal Disease

Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, Red Room, 160 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3E1, Canada

Dr. Budd A. Tucker, PhD University of Iowa Abstract: Inherited retinal degenerative disorders, ranging from relatively common conditions such as Stargardt disease to rare forms of retinitis pigmentosa, are extraordinarily genetically heterogeneous. To date more than 100 different genes and thousands of different disease-causing mutations have been identified. The unifying feature of these conditions is […]

Skule Lunch & Learn – “Artificial Tissues for Personalized Medicine: A Powerful Tool for Healthcare and Drug Development”

Virtual – ONLINE

On November 8th, 2023, join us for an exclusive Skule™ Lunch & Learn featuring 2023 EAN Award Winner, Professor Alison McGuigan. Aging populations and chronic diseases are posing unprecedented challenges to healthcare systems. McGuigan’s groundbreaking work on artificial tissues offers transformative opportunities to revolutionize drug development, personalized therapies, and predictive disease detection.   Secure your spot […]

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Symmetry breaking and self-organization in living cells – Alexander Dunn

Wallberg Memorial Building, Room 116 184 College St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Speaker Alexander Dunn Associate Professor Department of Chemical Engineering Stanford University Abstract Living cells are the quintessential smart materials, whose ability to move, change shape, and assemble into complex, multicellular organisms ultimately stems from the molecular-scale interactions of their constituent protein components. How exactly nanoscale protein-protein interactions dictate the complex material and functional properties of […]

TBEP Research Seminar (Dr. Sheng Xu): Wearable ultrasound technology for monitoring deep tissues

Dr. Sheng Xu (University of California San Diego, Associate Professor and Jacobs Faculty Scholar) will demonstrate a soft ultrasonic technology that can noninvasively and continuously acquire dynamic information about deep tissues and central organs. He will also showcase examples of this technology's use in recording blood pressure and flow waveforms in central vessels, monitoring cardiac […]

Graduate Student Seminar Series – Hannah Van Lankveld

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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: Physiological Effect of Non-invasive Photobiomodulation in the Healthy Human Brain Abstract: Transcranial Photobiomodulation (tPBM) is the application of low levels of red […]

BME Faculty, Student & Staff Townhall

RS211 164 College St, Room 211, Rosebrugh Building, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Come join us for our Town Hall meeting. Faculty, students and staff are all invited.

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