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Engineering Professors Recognized with Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Medal

February 15, 2013

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

February 12, 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 […]

Game On!

February 11, 2013

Game On! A foosball-playing prosthetic forearm prototype – fashioned only from pieces of Lego – was the challenge put forth to teams of competitors by the University of Toronto’s Club […]

Can a Smart Phone Save Lives?

February 7, 2013

Can a Smart Phone Save Lives? Researchers at the Centre for Global eHealth Innovation – funded jointly by the University Health Network (UHN) and the University of Toronto – are […]

Insception, largest cord blood bank in Canada, joins CCRM Consortium

February 6, 2013

Insception, largest cord blood bank in Canada, joins CCRM Consortium Canada’s largest and most established stem cell bank is the newest member of the Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine’s […]

Connaught Fund injects more than $1 million into U of T research

January 29, 2013

connaught fund injects more than 1 million into u of t research The Connaught Fund, the University of Toronto’s premier internal funding program, has announced the results of its Innovation […]

CFI Funding Prizes for New Professors’ Laboratory Equipment Translates to Greater Potential for Scientific Exploration

January 29, 2013

CFI Funding Prizes for New Professors’ Laboratory Equipment Translates to Greater Potential for Scientific Exploration A “Cell flow cytometer” and “time lapse microscope” might not sound like much. But to […]

Paying it Forward

January 14, 2013

Paying it Forward “Keep your integrity and your reputation,” Mr. Frank Milligan advised a group of Barbara and Frank Milligan Graduate Fellowship winners on January 9th at a luncheon dedicated […]

Engineering Student Takes Sunnybrook Prize with Biomaterials Discovery

January 11, 2013

Engineering Student Takes Sunnybrook Prize with Biomaterials Discovery Ben Ouyang, a fourth-year Engineering Science student (Biomedical Engineering option) has been awarded first prize in the Sunnybrook Prize competition. The national […]

IBBME and Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry Professor Molly Shoichet Reaches Diamond Milestones

January 9, 2013

IBBME and Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry Professor Molly Shoichet Reaches Diamond Milestones Newly awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, Shoichet is only known person to have received […]