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Dawn Kilkenny receives national teaching award for excellence in undergraduate engineering education
IBBME professor recognized with The Wighton Fellowship for exemplary lab-based teaching at a Canadian engineering school
Great minds converge to talk about neuromodulation
Engineers and medical scientists discuss innovations in electrical stimulation that aid in the recovery or management of neurological diseases
Peter Zandstra named University Professor
U of T’s highest academic rank recognizes unusual scholarly achievement and pre-eminence in a particular field
Novel MRI approach gives heart failure patients new hope
Professor Hai-Ling Margaret Cheng and her team have developed a more effective way to monitor cardiac stem cell therapy for treating heart disease
JLABS gives IBBME startup a place to call home
Professor Jinzi Zheng’s startup, Nanovista, opens in JLABS @ Toronto
Tracking nanoparticles with transparent organs to help fight cancer and other diseases
Two PhD candidates from Professor Warren Chan’s Integrated Nanotechnology and Biomedical Sciences Laboratory have improved a technique to turn organs transparent, allowing them to track the locations of nanoparticles in the body
Professor Paul Yoo receives U of T Connaught Innovation Award
IBBME faculty member awarded internal university funding for overactive bladder treatment research
Two innovative biomedical devices from the Hammers & Nails Initiative
Devices created by students in undergraduate biomedical design courses could help ophthalmology students learn to diagnose eye disease and prevent falls among the elderly
How many nanoparticle-based drugs reach tumours? Less than one per cent, U of T study shows
“Reality check” meta-analysis published in Nature Reviews Materials reveals that only 0.7 per cent of designer nanoparticles reach their intended target
Camila Londono receives 2016 U of T Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Award
PhD candidate recognized for outstanding volunteer service to the University community
$1.65 million NSERC CREATE grant boosts lab-grown human tissue research
Professor Milica Radisic is the lead recipient of a major federal government grant designed to help train a new generation of biomedical engineering researchers
An engineering road map for scaling up production of stem cell-derived treatments
PhD candidate Yonatan Lipsitz and Professor Peter Zandstra outline a framework for manufacturing stem cell therapeutics
Professor Michael Sefton receives European Society for Biomaterials International Award
IBBME professor recognized for global scientific contributions in the field of biomaterials
Tailored protein binding opens possibilities for nerve, tissue treatments
U of T biomedical engineers outline best techniques for discovering protein-binding molecules with the potential to treat conditions from stroke to heart disease
Stem cell therapy reverses age-related osteoporosis in mice
Professor John Davies and Dr. Jeff Kiernan suggest stem-cell treatment for humans may not be far off
‘Person-on-a-chip’—U of T biomedical engineers create lab-grown heart and liver tissue for drug testing and more
Professor Milica Radisic’s AngioChip is a new avenue for drug discovery and safe testing
Smarter scans could detect cancer earlier
Professor Hai-Ling Margaret Cheng researches ways to improve MRI scans, which could allow for earlier cancer detection or accelerate the development of personalized medicine
Lab-grown heart cells to improve drug safety
Professor Milica Radisic’s petri dish-grown heart cells to aid pharmaceutical companies detect negative side effects in drugs.
Shape-shifting engineered nanoparticles for delivering cancer drugs to tumours
Professor Warren Chan and his team have developed a novel way to access diseased tissue
Apollo-NADP+: a new cell imaging technique for diabetes, cancer and more
Researchers from Professor Jonathan Rocheleau’s team have created a new biosensor that could help in the fight against cancer, diabetes and other conditions
Molly Shoichet elected as Foreign Member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering
IBBME tissue engineering and regenerative medicine expert is one of four Canadians inducted into the NAE this year.
Craig Simmons named U of T Distinguished Professor of Mechanobiology
IBBME professor awarded prestigious academic title for a five-year term
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau backs commercialization of stem cell research by key IBBME partner
A new $40M Centre for Advanced Therapeutic Cell Technologies will help accelerate regenerative medicine discoveries at U of T and its partner hospitals to impact patients
Professor Michael Sefton awarded the Terumo Global Science Prize
IBBME University Professor receives international award for significant contributions to the field of regenerative medicine