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- 4 IBBME Faculty and their Co-Inventors Named UofT Inventors of the YearAmong the winners of this prestigious, University-wide honour are: Professor Molly Shoichet, Professor Milos Popvic, Professor Andreas Mandelis, and Associate Professor Axel Guenther
- Science Rendezvous 2013Cool temperatures didn't dampen the fun at this year's Science Rendezvous.
- IBBME Summer positions availableApply before MAY 24 for two Undergraduate Laboratory Assistant positions and a Communications Assistant opening.
- IBBME's Annual Scientific Day Wows Students, Companies, with Professional TurnStudent professionalization takes top priority at career-oriented events
- IBBME student teams take the lead in OCE 3-minute video competitionIBBME teams compete for top prizes in Ontario Centres of Excellence student video competition.
- Fast, cheap method of diagnosing infectious disease could one day be a game-changerGlobe & Mail reports on IBBME innovators Warren Chan and Kyryl Zagorovsky and their new diagnostic cocktail that could become the future gold standard.
- Bring Your Daughter or Son To Work Day 2013 Visits IBBMEFruit flies and bubble gum engaged this year's keen crop of young biomedical engineers as IBBME took part in the University of Toronto's "Bring Your Daughter and Son to Work Day" 2013.
- IBBME Community Leaders RecognizedZoryana Salo wins Cressy Student Leadership Award; Sandra Walker, Manager of Operations, is awarded Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering Leadership award
- Engineering Global Health Symposium Puts Spotlight on Health Strategies and ProductsInaugural symposium creates pan-university dialogue on global health challenges
- IBBME's José Zariffa named one of Toronto's Big ThinkersCore faculty member José Zariffa was named one of T.O.'s Big Thinkers by the Grid, Toronto's alternative weekly. Also named is Lian Leng (Prof. Axel Guenther's lab) for her revolutionary 3-D tissue printer.
- Medicine Meets MacGuyverBiomedical Engineering Design Project Showcase is where science and medicine meet good, old-fashioned ingenuity.
- NSERC CREATE rehabilitation training program is accepting applications for Summer 2013PhD students in Years 1 and 2 are encouraged to apply before the May 3rd deadline.
- IBBME welcomes Jose Zariffa to facultyAlumnus and TRI scientist adds weight to IBBME's Neural, Sensory Systems & Rehabilitation and Engineering in a Clinical Setting themes
- Undergraduate BME poster session to highlight student innovationBME346 Biomedical Engineering & Omics Technologies invites the IBBME community to its annual public design project poster session in the Mining Building west hallway on Monday, April 15th between 1 and 3 pm.
- Engineering Global Health - April 22ndThis one-day symposium will highlight some of the greatest challenges and opportunities in the area of global health engineering. Registration is free.
- Spreading the WordPhD Candidates Nika Shakiba and David Lee spin the ethics and science of stem cells into a Canada-wide conversation with StemCellTalks
- Federal government invests $18.7 million in U of T researchIBBME Professor Molly Shoichet, Cross-appointed Professor Ren-Ke Li, see Canada Research Chairs renewed
- A rotating stage for a microscope. Software to control a mobility-assistance device…. Have a problem? Solve it with student power.IBBME launches two new design capstone courses, BME 479 and BME 489.
- New IBBME-led company SpineSonics Medical Inc. spins towards commercializationUltrasound surgical navigation tool becomes the premier product of the student-led company
- Keeping the Knives SharpFormer IBBME Grad Lorne Chi Engineers Solutions to Disease in Developing Nations
- IBBME is redesigning its website! Have your say!IBBME faculty, students and staff are invited to fill out this survey for a chance to win one of two gift cards for Chapter/Indigo and Cineplex.
- Pour, Shake and StirHow gold particles, DNA and water have the potential to shape the future of medicine
- Milica Radisic, Tom Chau join IBBME's Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee recipientsRadisic receives honour alongside IBBME's other winner, Molly Shoichet, at a special ceremony on February 28th.
- ‘It’s such a high-risk medication’: Researchers uncover potential errors in chemotherapy use at Canadian hospitalsUHN and IBBME's Tony Easy is one of the authors on the Human Factors study.
- U of T Leads in National Science AwardsIBBME Core Faculty Paul Santerre, Warren Chan, and Cross-appointed Faculty Yu Sun among distinguished NSERC winners
- Q & A with Warren Chan, Global Leader in NanotechnologyE.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship recipient
- Q & A with Paul Santerre, Winner of the NSERC Synergy Award
- Recent Staff Changes - February 2013Some new faces will be popping up around the Institute this month. Read more on recent staff and faculty changes.
- Game On!Lego prosthetics the focus of intense competition at annual CUBE Biomedical Engineering Competition
- Can a smart phone save lives?Self-care apps to ease the burden for those with chronic illnesses
- Insception, largest cord blood bank in Canada, joins CCRM ConsortiumProfessor Peter Zandstra's start-up company steers towards regenerative medicine fast track
- Nanomedicine: Big Potential for Small ProductsIBBME's Professor Warren Chan goes on the record for the Huffington Post on the promise of nanomedicine
- U of T faculty, alumni to receive Order of OntarioIBBME Cross-Appointed Faculty Dr. Shafique Keshavjee among distinguished recipients
- Connaught Fund injects more than $1 million into U of T researchIBBME core faculty Paul Yoo, Cross-appointed faculty Axel Guenther and Yu Sun among winners
- CFI Funding Prizes for New Professors’ Laboratory Equipment Translates to Greater Potential for Scientific ExplorationNew IBBME Professors Gilbert, Fernandez-Gonzalez and Yoo invest in the future
- University of Toronto developing revolutionary skin-printing machine
- A 3-D machine that prints skin? - [Video]How burn care could be revolutionized by Robert Everett-Green, Globe and Mail
- Paying It ForwardBarbara and Frank Milligan Graduate Fellowship Luncheon Teaches the Real World Value of Donations
- U of T Undergrad Takes Sunnybrook Prize with Biomaterials Discovery4th Year Engineering Science-Biomed Eng option student Ben Ouyang wins national research competition
- IBBME and Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry Professor Molly Shoichet Reaches Diamond MilestonesNewly awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, Shoichet is only known person to have received Fellowships in three prestigious Academic Societies
- IBBME Faculty Dawn Kilknenny's Tissue Engineering textbook makes U of T's noteworthy publication list for 2012U of T News feature names top books published by U of T community in 2012
- American Association for the Advancement of Science honours four U of T researchersIBBME Cross-appointed Professor Andreas Mandelis distinguished for diffusion-wave engineering and associated technological advances
- How "senior friendly" is that bistro?New app by IBBME Prof. Alex Mihailidis helps seniors develop database
- Technologies to tackle autism spectrum disordersIBBME special lecture highlights inclusive, adaptable technologies being developed to treat this far-ranging disorder
- Dean Catharine Whiteside Named One of Canada’s Most Powerful Women in 2012Faculty of Medicine Dean Whiteside joins women from the public, private and not-for-profit sectors on the prestigious Top 100 list, which recognizes the professional achievements of women across the country.
- “Fountain of Youth” Technique Rejuvenates Aging Stem CellsStudy moves scientists one step closer to creating youthful heart patches from old cells
- Sonia Bot: Fire in the BellyEntrepreneurial-minded leader and strategic thinker, Sonia Bot takes people and innovation-based businesses to the top of their game
- Umbilical Cord Cells Outperform Bone Marrow Cells in Repairing Damaged HeartsResearch Points to New Hope For Heart Attack Patients
- Life blood: Imaging technology is helping diagnose and treat a range of medical conditionsIBBME Professor Ofer Levi's neural imaging system for studying the effects of stroke recovery and epilepsy offers a new glimpse at the brain
- Second SkinMachine-made skin being developed at IBBME may be safer, faster and cheaper than traditional grafts
- Do patients dream of electronic doctors?In a world of remote monitoring and point-of-care tools, can innovation and privacy really co-exist?
- Today's discoveries, tomorrow's cureRegenerative medicine takes the spotlight at IBBME's 50th Anniversary events
- Biomedical symposium features local and international talentIBBME celebrates 50 years of collaborative and translational research with a neuroscience symposium
- Innovators & EntrepreneursEthier and Yip: Interim Years of Growth
- Fostering a Culture of InnovationIBBME's Tom Chau, Elaine Biddiss and Jan Andrysek create change at the Holland Bloorview Kids' Rehabilitation Hospital
- Innovators & EntrepreneursJ. Paul Santerre: scaffolds to the future
- Social hearing - by designCogni-Wave co-founder builds the noise at Tomorrow's Technologies Showcase
- The Next Fifty Years"Tomorrow's Technologies Showcase" to highlight the future of technological medicine
- Brain imaging wins research grantIBBME's Ofer Levi wins 1 of 7 prestigious Collaborative Health Research Projects Program (CHRP) grant; other IBBME winners include core Prof. Peter Zandstra and Cross-appointed Professors Boris Hinz and Mike Thompson.
- Innovators & EntrepreneursHans Kunov: "We were leaders"
- CAHS Inducts Molly Shoichet as Fellow
- Dr. Sandra Black elected to the Royal Society of Canada (RSC)Dr. Sandra Black, O.Ont., Brill Chair in Neurology in the Department of Medicine and cross-appointed to IBBME, has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC).
- From the research lab to the operating room: medical device clears regulatory hurdle in the United StatesIBBME Director Paul Santerre's start-up company, IBI, is poised to enter the American markets with Endexo.
- Medical apps promote patient self-care, could ease burden on health systemJoe Cafazzo, IBBME Professor and Director of Centre for Global eHealth Innovation at UHN, develops apps to help patients self-manage.
- "Tissue Printer" Inventor Axel Guenther Interviewed on CTV NewsIBBME researchers invent new tissue engineering tool
- Get Involved! 2012-13 BESA September ElectionsNominations are being accepted for non-executive positions until September 12.
- IBBME Innovators & EntrepreneursNorman F. Moody - The Visionary
- IBBME Innovators & EntrepreneursMichael V. Sefton - Advancing a Collaborative Vision
- 'Organic' study of live pancreatic tissue yields new opportunities for diabetes researchAn 'all-natural' method for studying pancreatic islets has been developed by IBBME's Assistant Professor Jonathan Rocheleau and PhD Candidate Alan K. Lam.
- Recent Staff and Faculty Changes – August 2012IBBME welcomes two new core faculty members, appoints new undergraduate laboratory coordinator, in August.
- Broken Heart Bioengineers Net Two McLean AwardsMilica Radisic and Craig Simmons win two prestigious McLean Awards
- Vital SignsA Day in the Life of Clinical Engineering Intern MIchelle Hanbidge
- Cool, Neat, DEEPDEEP Summer Academy celebrates 10 years of making engineering sciences cool for kids
- U of T Engineering Professor Joins International Advisory CommitteeIBBME's Peter Zandstra has been named to the scientific advisory committee of Stem Cells Australia
- UofT PhD Student Inspires as Finalist in TED Talks 2013 Talent SearchPadina Pezeshki's presentation offers hope to those suffering from cancers spread to the bones
- Recent Staff Changes - July 2012Read about the latest IBBME staff and faculty appointment changes.
- A (Heart) Beat Above The CompetitionIBBME graduate students make the grade in two separate national and international competitions
- Epilepsy: Seizures Preceded by a Decline in GABA Production and ReleaseThe Faculty of 1000 has selected a recent paper by TWRI Interim Director and Senior Scientist Dr. Peter Carlen (Division of Neurology, Dept. of Medicine, Dept of Physiology, and cross-appointed to IBBME) as a ‘must read’ in epilepsy research.
- Navigating the CurvesInternship Guides IBBME Student in Translating Ideas Into Innovation
- A Fond FarewellSusan Reeves, IBBME Administrative Assistant, Goes Out A Winner
- Nine U of T Engineers Inducted into the Canadian Academy of EngineeringIBBME's Molly Shoichet Among Inductees
- The Big "P"Or, Why Faculty Promotion Really Matters
- Engineering A CureBME Undergraduate students design their own experiments to address important medical questions
- The $100 Artificial LegThe simple, inexpensive device matches the function of far more costly technology
- With the prospect of a decline in government funding, Toronto hospitals look to private donations to improve careWith a price tag of $30,000, the money for Elaine Biddiss's interactive wating room, ScreenPlay, had to come from private donations.
- ChemE/IBBME Professor Wins CSChE’s Top AwardUniversity Professor Michael Sefton (ChemE/IBBME) is the 2012 winner of the R.S. Jane Memorial Award, the premier award of The Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering.
- 4 IBBME Profs Tapped as 2012 U of T Inventors of the YearIBBME professors Tom Chau, Peter Zandstra, Aaron Wheeler and Eugenia Kumacheva net 4 of the 10 Inventor of the Year 2012 titles awarded by U of T
- An Acknowledgement of OthersProfessor Milica Radisic Wins Prestigious 2012 Young Engineer of Canada Award
- Why you want to hear about "FGF21" and "KLB"Study opens a new door for diabetes research
- IBBME Innovators and EntrepreneursMark Ungrin: Filliing in the Gaps with the AggreWell
- Small and Mighty5th Annual Ontario-on-a-Chip/MATCH Symposium Demonstrates the Benefits of Microscale Research
- ScreenPlay Turns Waiting into An ArtProf. Elaine Biddiss launches an interactive waiting room installation at the Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
- Bioengineering Beyond BordersBiomaterials and tissue engineering symposium between IBBME and Technion Institute faculty illustrates the common language of science
- "The harder I work, the luckier I am"IBBME's student-led Scientific Day 2012 promotes professionalization
- IBBME PhD Student Balances School, Baseball CareerIt’s become second nature for Drew Taylor (IBBME PhD candidate) to begin his day at the lab and end it atop a pitching mound.
- A Golden Milestone for a Golden AnniversaryFaculties of Applied Science & Engineering, Medicine and Dentistry Re-Affirm Partnerships with IBBME Amid 50th Anniversary Celebrations
- Only ConnectClinical Engineering Students Network With Alumni at IBBME Event
- The Science of Fun"Bring Your Kids To Work Day" Visits the IBBME Microfluidics Lab
- New funding pledged for targeted treatments for cancer patientsDr. David Jaffray, X-appointed Professor at IBBME, senior scientist at the Ontario Cancer Institute and head of radiation physics at Princess Margaret Hospital will lead one of three new imaging projects.
- Can You Wrap Your Head Around It?World leader in neural engineering cites Canadian influence in cutting-edge, futuristic discoveries
- IBBME Faculty Big Winners in 2012 NSERC CompetitionFour core faculty members of IBBME's Neural, Sensory Systems and Rehabilition research theme take home NSERC awards.
- Taking Undergraduate Education to the Next LevelBiomedical Engineering Student Design Projects Tackle Major Scientific Questions
- Shedding New Light on Neural Imaging ResearchIBBME'S Ofer Levi and students unveils new, cost-effective neural imaging system
- Growing Where No Cell Has Grown BeforeIBBME Post Doctoral researcher and Professor Peter Zandstra discover unique suspension technique to produce large-scale stem cell cultures
- New devices provide medical breakthroughs in diagnosingIBBME Professor Shana Kelley is pioneering a new device that will help doctors diagnose cancer in its earliest stages
- IBBME Innovators and EntrepreneursEnlightened Innovation: IBBME Alumni Sam Jundler's Invention of the Dual-Balloon Barostat
- IBBME Innovators and EntrepreneursIBBME Core Faculty Alex Mihailidis Creates An Intelligent and Cost-Effective Rehab Robot For Stroke Patients
- IBBME Innovators and EntrepreneursHarold Wodlinger
- IBBME's Faculty Awarded New Canada Research Chair, Renews AnotherAssociate Professor Milica Radisic has received a Canada Research Chair (CRC), and Associate Professor Warren Chan has had his CRC renewed
- Large-scale stem cell cultivation partnership formalizedFirst industrial partnership for new Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine
- BMES Design Competition a successCUBE hosts annual biomedical engineering competition for undergraduates
- IBBME's Jan Andrysek develops low cost artificial legGrand Challenges Canada funds development of prosthetic for use in developing nations
- Tom Chau appointed Vice-President of Research and Director of the Bloorview Research Institute
- David Steinman elected ASME Fellow
- IBBME Students Present Research to Award DonorBarbara and Frank Milligan Graduate Fellowship enables high-impact biomedical engineering research
- Molly Shoichet wins Society for Biomaterials Clemson AwardPrestigious award given for outstanding contributions to biomaterials literature
- Four IBBME researchers win Connaught Innovation AwardsEugenia Kumacheva, Milos Popovic, Molly Shoichet and Yu Sun recognized for research excellence
- Milos Popovic Elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of FellowsIBBME core professor recognized for pioneering research in rehabilitation engineering
- IBBME Faculty Honoured by American Association for the Advancement of ScienceMichael Sefton, Andrew Goldenberg recognized for contributions to research and innovation
- Shana Kelley wins 2011 Steacie PrizePrestigious science and engineering award won by IBBME cross-appointed professor
- Interface Biologics Inc. Announces $1-Million Investment by IAF-LSU of T spin-off company founded by Professor Paul Santerre (Director, IBBME) continues to garner technical and commercial success.
- How does an 87-year-old walk on ice?Geoff Fernie and Toronto Rehab's iDAPT lab tackles the real world problems of aging
- IBBME research wins awards at conferences
- This House Knows When You Need HelpIBBME Clinical Engineering Program Coordinator Alex Mihailidis' HomeLab design simulates problems aging adults face at home
- IBBME Alumni and Awards Banquet 2011: An evening of celebration and expansionAnnual dinner highlighted by announcement of scholarship for international biomedical engineering PhD students
- Smart implants, smart InstituteIBBME research featured in the Globe and Mail
- Next-generation biomaterials developed at IBBME make catheters saferNavilyst Medical launches BioFlo PICC with integrated Endexo Technology, developed by IBBME Director Paul Santerre
- Joseph Cafazzo's iPhone app empowers diabetes patientsIBBME cross-appointee develops award-winning novel self-care technology
- Milos Popovic's FES therapy featured in the Globe and Mail
- FedDev Ontario funds IBBME innovationsTom Chau's "grip force" signature-verifying pen among U of T projects funded
- Digital microfluidics opening the way for revolution in blood samplingProfessor Aaron Wheeler’s lab-on-a-chip automates dried blood spot analysis in a system that is “fast, robust, precise and compatible with automation”
- Discovery by U of T Researchers Could Create Retinas from “Jello”Team led by Professor Molly Shoichet identifies new method for creating hydrogels to aid tissue engineering
- Province of Ontario awards IBBME researchers fundingResearch Infrastructure, Research Excellence and Early Research Awards announced
- IBBME Profs awarded NSERC Discovery Grants and Discovery Accelerator Supplements14 core and cross-appointed faculty members receive national research funding
- Aaron Wheeler wins Analytical Chemistry 2011 Young Innovator AwardIBBME Core Professor honoured for inspired research in microfluidics
- Professor Paul Santerre Finds Success Outside of U of TA U of T spinoff company founded by IBBME Director lands $2 million licensing agreement
- New Coordinator for IBBME Clinical Engineering ProgramGrowth fostered by departing Coordinator Tom Chau to be continued by Alex Mihailidis
- IBBME Core Faculty receive CIHR operating grantsMichael V Sefton, Rita Kendal pursuing research in tissue engineering
- IBBME research journal cover-worthyUndergraduate-authored biomimetic research from Milica Radisic’s Laboratory for Functional Tissue Engineering featured on June scientific journal covers
- IBBME core faculty wins Young Engineer MedalMilica Radisic recognized for work in cardiac tissue engineering
- IBBME alum receives Pursuit Award at Holland Bloorview Kids RehabNatasha Alves-Kotzev recognized for "outstanding achievement in childhood disability research"
- Stem cell network and commercialization centre position Toronto at the forefront of regenerative medicineIBBME’s Peter Zandstra at the nexus of stem cell research and development
- IBBME faculty win Collaborative Health Research Projects grantsMolly Shoichet and Warren Chan selected as recipients of new government grant
- 6th Annual Ontario-on-a-Chip and 2nd Annual MATCH Symposium a successIBBME students and faculty make strong showing at microfluidics conference
- External reviewers impressed with Toronto Rehab Institute's research programIBBME core faculty Geoff Fernie (VP Research, TRI) "proud of results"
- Lefties a minority, hands down. But why?IBBME core faculty Milos Popovic offers insight into handedness
- Dr. Milos R. Popovic's research team uses electrostimulation to train injured brains to do new tasks
- IBBME Core Faculty Milica Radisic achieves heart engineering breakthroughMilica Radisic wins Connaught Fund Innovation Award for preventing cell death in engineered tissue
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- Science Rendezvous 2012IBBME attractions highlight its four research themes through slime, playing doctor, colouring and computer games