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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 […]
Five U of T Engineers Honoured by the Engineering Institute of Canada
Five U of T Engineers Honoured by the Engineering Institute of Canada Professors Paul Chow (ECE), Andrew Goldenberg (MIE), Chul Park (MIE), Shamim Sheikh (CivE) and Yu Sun (MIE) have […]
Pour, Shake and Stir
Pour, Shake and Stir A diagnostic “cocktail” containing a single drop of blood, a dribble of water, and a dose of DNA powder with gold particles could mean rapid diagnosis […]
U of T Leads in National Science Awards
U of T Leads in National Science Awards University of Toronto researchers won or shared honours in six of eight prize categories in this year’s awards from the Natural Sciences […]
Warren Chan, global leader in nanotechnology
Warren Chan, global leader in nanotechnology Warren Chan is a professor at the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) at the University of Toronto, where he holds a Canada […]
Paul Santerre: making medical devices safer and better
Paul Santerre: making medical devices safer and better Professor Paul Santerre began his career at the University in 1993 in the Faculty of Dentistry and is a member of the […]
Engineering Professors Recognized with Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Medal
Engineering Professors Recognized with Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Medal By the end of this year, 60,000 Canadians will have received a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition of […]
IBBME Staff Changes – February 2013
IBBME Staff Changes – February 2013 IBBME announces a number of staff transitions this month. Sandy Walker, IBBME’s inestimable Director of Operations, will officially take up a new term position […]