Organ-on-a-chip research identifies new strategy for treating health complications associated with COVID-19
U of T Engineering researchers used lab-grown models of human vasculature to screen potential drug candidate molecules for effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 vascular dysfunction and cytokine storm
From soft robotics to treating neurological disorders: Three U of T Engineering projects supported by CFI
Funding from the John R. Evans Leaders Fund will help develop new technologies and train highly qualified personnel
Mending the Gap: Professor Molly Shoichet joins multidisciplinary team working to develop new treatments for spinal cord injuries
International collaboration is supported by $24 million from Canada’s New Frontiers in Research Fund
Seven U of T Engineering researchers awarded Canada Research Chairs
Funding will advance innovations in sustainable materials, more efficient transportation and new disease therapeutics
University Professor Emeritus Michael Patrick Collins appointed to the Order of Canada
Honours for outstanding achievement, dedication to the community and service to the nation also recognize bioengineering pioneer Professor Peter Zandstra
Meet Dawn Kilkenny, U of T Engineering’s new Vice-Dean, First Year
Kilkenny (BME, ISTEP) oversees a suite of programs designed to foster a successful transition from secondary to post-secondary education
New microfluidic device could help track the health effects of air pollution
Technology enables simulated lung tissue to be exposed to air pollutants, then extracted for analysis without disturbing the spatial relationships between cells
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 […]
