U of T researchers’ lab-grown muscles used to study Duchenne muscular dystrophy, develop treatments
Professors Penney Gilbert and Bryan Stewart obtained cells from people living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy to grow miniature muscles and study the genetic disorder outside the body
New method for testing muscle repair in a dish to impact development of stem cell-based therapies
Researchers from two labs at the University of Toronto have discovered a novel way to test self-repair of skeletal muscle, and this method has the potential to rapidly advance the development of treatments for diseases like muscular dystrophy (MD) and other degenerative muscle conditions. “If you would have told me before we started this project […]
Professor Craig Simmons named 2021 Biomedical Engineering Society Fellow
Simmons is recognized internationally for his innovative and wide-ranging contributions in the field of mechanobiology
With a focus on skin cells, U of T’s Michael Sefton seeks ‘huge step forward’ in diabetes treatment
Sefton’s research will explore whether dendritic skin cells can aid in the successful transplantation of insulin-producing islet cells in diabetes patients
Student team studies human genetics in microgravity
A multidisciplinary student team will fly in a microgravity environment to investigate why astronauts experience chromosomal changes during spaceflight.
Rock music: Listening for induced earthquakes among nine U of T Engineering projects funded through CFI
CFI’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund will support research into seismicity, water treatment, bioengineering and more
Three U of T Engineering students earn national scholarships for advanced materials, neuromodulation and heart modelling research
Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships, worth $150,000 each, will support projects on designing bulk nanomaterials, cardiac imaging and a closed-loop neurostimulation platform
Anastasia Korolj earns Schmidt Science Fellowship to advance interdisciplinary tissue engineering research
Korolj’s work on tissue engineering of kidney cells has led to a fellowship worth US$100,000 per year, to be applied to postdoctoral studies at the institution of her choice
Researchers develop a quantum dot smartphone device to diagnose and track COVID-19
Researchers at the University of Toronto (Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research) in collaboration with Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Public Health Ontario, and Mt. Sinai Hospital have engineered a diagnostic test that makes use of a smartphone camera to surveil and track COVID-19 patients. This finding could […]
