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Building Open-Source Science with the DropBot
Building Open-Source Science with the DropBot “When it doesn’t really exist anywhere you have to build your own,” explains Ryan Fobel, the fourth year University of Toronto PhD student who […]
IBBME Prof Wins TERMIS Young Investigator Award
IBBME Prof Wins TERMIS Young Investigator Award IBBME would like to congratulate core faculty, Assistant Professor Alison McGuigan, who has been selected as the 2013 Young Investigator Award recipient. The […]
University of Toronto receives a $30 million commitment from Heart and Stroke Foundation
June 25, 2013 The Heart and Stroke Foundation has announced a $300 million initiative to support cutting-edge heart and stroke research at leading health institutions across the country. The funding […]
IBBME Staff and Faculty Changes: June 2013
IBBME Staff and Faculty Changes: June 2013 Professor Christopher Yip will be stepping into the role of Director of the Institute as of July 1, 2013, for a five-year term. […]
U of T Breakthrough Allows Fast, Reliable Pathogen Identification
June 12, 2013 | Engineering A U of T team – including researchers from Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering – has created an electronic […]
Seven Toronto Research Organizations Join New Non-Profit Global Alliance for the Responsible Sharing of Genomic and Clinical Data
Seven Toronto Research Organizations Join New Non-Profit Global Alliance for the Responsible Sharing of Genomic and Clinical Data Dr. Catharine Whiteside, Dean of the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine […]
A Discovery of Talent and Drive
A Discovery of Talent and Drive IBBME’s graduate students were in the spotlight at the recent Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) Discovery conference, held during the last week of May. […]
Convocation 2013: five U of T health leaders to watch
Convocation 2013: five U of T health leaders to watch As the class of 2013 graduates this June, U of T News looks at some of the students who will be […]
IBBME Cross-Appointee Eugenia Kumacheva named University Professor
IBBME Cross-Appointee Eugenia Kumacheva named University Professor Eugenia Kumacheva was born in Odessa, Soviet Union. She received her undergraduate degree (cum laude) from the Technical University in Saint Petersburg. She […]
NSERC Presents Two Minutes with Warren Chan
NSERC Presents Two Minutes with Warren Chan IBBME core professor Warren Chan discusses his research in nanotechnology, through which Chan is creating platforms for fast, cost-efficient and simple disease detection. […]
MATCHOntario-On-A-Chip Symposium 2013
MATCHOntario-On-A-Chip Symposium 2013 The MATCH/Ontario-on-a-Chip Symposium, an annual tradition for the past eight years, brought celebrated speakers to the University of Toronto’s Trinity College for two days of lectures on […]
Connaught New Researcher Awards Go to 13 U of T Engineers
Connaught New Researcher Awards Go to 13 U of T Engineers Forty-one researchers from across U of T have won Connaught New Researcher Awards to help them launch their academic […]
IBBME Innovators & Entrepreneurs – Rohin Iyer
IBBME Innovators & Entrepreneurs – Rohin Iyer “This is the place to be as far as Canada is concerned for biomedical engineering,” says Rohin Iyer as he sits in a […]
4 IBBME Faculty and their Co-Inventors Named UofT Inventors of the Year
4 IBBME Faculty and their Co-Inventors Named UofT Inventors of the Year IBBME’s core and cross faculty were once again named Inventors of the Year at an award ceremony yesterday […]
IBBME’s Annual Scientific Day Wows Students, Companies, with Professional Turn
IBBME’s Annual Scientific Day Wows Students, Companies, with Professional Turn The Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) lived up to its long-standing spring tradition with this year’s Scientific Day, […]
IBBME Community Leaders Recognized
IBBME Community Leaders Recognized Zoryana Salo carries herself with an air of efficiency. It’s something she has cultivated through more than a few volunteer activities – from organizing two days […]
Engineering Global Health Symposium Puts Spotlight on Health Strategies and Products
Engineering Global Health Symposium Puts Spotlight on Health Strategies and Products At a one-day conference held at the University of Toronto’s Bahen Centre for Information Technology last week, professors from […]
Medicine Meets MacGyver
Medicine Meets MacGyver A cheap and portable diagnostics device fashioned from your basic laser jet printer and a children’s toy. A look at how every day common foods can help […]
IBBME welcomes Jose Zariffa to faculty
IBBME welcomes Jose Zariffa to faculty IBBME is delighted to welcome Dr. José Zariffa to the Institute as an Assistant Professor in both the Engineering in a Clinical Setting and […]
Spreading the Word
Spreading the Word What does a discussion among approximately 140 high school students, volunteers, teachers, and world-leading scientists on the subject of stem cells sound like? Oddly personal, important, and […]
Federal government invests $18.7 million in U of T research
Federal government invests $18.7 million in U of T research The federal government is investing $18.7 million in funding for 23 new and renewed Canada Research Chairs (CRCs) at the University […]
New IBBME-led Company SpineSonics Medical Inc. spins towards commercialization
New IBBME-led Company SpineSonics Medical Inc. spins towards commercialization An Ultrasound navigational probe to aid in spinal surgeries is the driving force behind a new start-up company launched this week […]
A Rotating Stage for a Microscope
A Rotating Stage for a Microscope IBBME proudly launches two new Biodesign BME 479/489 capstone courses this week, part of its Biomedical Systems Engineering Option offered through the Division of […]