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PhD candidate Jenna Usprech wins inaugural IBBME Teaching Assistant Award of Excellence
Biomechanics course TA recognized for her instructional effectiveness and dedication to the student experience
Jonathan Rocheleau awarded Percy Edward Hart Professorship
IBBME researcher receives one of seven U of T Engineering early-career professorships
Professor Michael Sefton to receive Lifetime Achievement Award from the Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine International Society
IBBME professor to be honoured for his immense contributions to the fields of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
Battery-sized microscope gives new insights into brain activity during seizures
Researchers in Professor Ofer Levi’s lab have partnered with Sunnybrook and Krembil Research Institute to find a new way to monitor epileptic seizures and other brain diseases
Penney Gilbert receives Ontario Early Researcher Award
IBBME professor granted provincial government support for promising work in muscle stem cell modelling
Understanding a key roadblock behind nanoparticle cancer drug delivery
IBBME alumna Kim Tsoi is a lead researcher on a four-year study that showed how the liver and spleen trapped cancer nanomedicine, preventing them from reaching their intended targets
Engineering stem cells to enhance antibody therapy
Professor John E. Davies and his collaborators have shown for the first time that stem cells can extend the effectiveness of antibody therapy
Milica Radisic inducted into Canadian Academy of Engineering
IBBME professor joins ranks of country’s most accomplished engineers
Paul Yoo awarded AGE-WELL research grant for overactive bladder disorder treatment
U of T biomedical engineer receives funding to develop novel therapy for disorder faced by 18 per cent of Canadian adults
Tom Chau receives March of Dimes Canada lifetime achievement award
U of T biomedical engineer to be honoured with the Jonas Salk Pioneer Award for scientific contributions to improving the lives of people with physical disabilities
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