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U of T, Harvard collaborate on substance to repel blood clots and bacteria
U of T, Harvard collaborate on substance to repel blood clots and bacteria Engineering a surface that is so slippery even geckos can’t stick to it may sound like a […]
Grand Challenges Canada funds IBBME team’s 1$ paper detection system for measles and rubella surveillance
Grand Challenges Canada funds IBBME team’s 1$ paper detection system for measles and rubella surveillance While the Canadian government has recently pledged $500M to immunize children in the world’s poorest […]
Peter Zandstra named Interim Scientific Director, Ted Rogers Program in Translational Biology and Engineering
Peter Zandstra named Interim Scientific Director, Ted Rogers Program in Translational Biology and Engineering Peter Zandstra has been appointed to the role of Interim Scientific Director for the Ted Rogers […]
Surgical navigation probe takes top prize in IBBME’s inaugural 2-minute video contest
Surgical navigation probe takes top prize in IBBME’s inaugural 2-minute video contest The detailing of an ultrasonic surgical probe for spinal surgery navigation; transcription factories in cells; surgical simulation and […]
Historic $130 million gift to establish the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research
Largest private donation in Canadian health-care history will bring together the strengths of SickKids, UHN, and U of T in personalized genomic medicine, tissue engineering, and advanced cardiac care […]
Graduate Tales: Fall 2014
Graduate Tales: Fall 2014 Congratulations to all of our Fall 2014 graduates! From left to right: Padina Pezeshki, David Rees, Gillian Cook, Mario Kovacevic What are IBBME grads doing post-graduation? […]
Superbugs: searching for weapons in the fight against drug-resistant bacteria
“Worse than Ebola,” says Assistant Professor Joshua Milstein November 4, 2014 | Blake Eligh With the help of cutting edge microscopy, new research at U of T Mississauga could help stop […]
Tissue engineering pioneer Michael Sefton named to the U.S. Institute of Medicine
Tissue engineering pioneer Michael Sefton named to the U.S. Institute of Medicine This week, University Professor Michael Sefton (ChemE, IBBME) was invited to join the United States Institute of Medicine […]
U of T inventor wins $100K Manning Award for anti-clotting medical innovation
Often singled out for his academic leadership and research, U of T Professor Paul Santerre is being celebrated for a different reason this month. His leadership in moving his biomaterials […]
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, […]