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The handheld 3D skin printer developed by U of T Engineering researchers works like a paint roller, covering an area with a uniform sheet of skin, stripe by stripe. Blue dye was used for this photo shoot for visibility purposes. (Photo: Daria Perevezentsev)

Handheld 3D skin printer demonstrates accelerated healing of large, severe burns

Researchers at U of T Engineering and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre develop a skin printer that works like a paint roller, depositing bio ink that speeds up wound healing

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Researchers develop method to improve transplantation of artificial insulin-producing cells

The research could improve the success of implantable islets to treat people living with diabetes

From left: Abdullah Syed, Shrey Sindhwani and Professor Warren Chan (all IBBME) are three of the co-authors of a new paper that describes how engineered nanoparticles enter tumours. (Photo: Neil Ta)

Most engineered nanoparticles enter tumours through cells, not between them

Discovery by U of T Engineering researchers challenges a ‘long-held dogma’ in the field of cancer nanomedicine

Professor Craig Simmons (MIE, IBBME) is among the four U of T Engineering professors and one alumnus to be inducted into the Engineering Institute of Canada for 2019. (Photo: Neil Ta)

Professors and alumnus elected Fellows of the Engineering Institute of Canada

Five members of the U of T Engineering community were honoured for their contributions to Canada and to their chosen fields

Laura Smith, a PhD student in chemical and biomedical engineering, holds up a lab coat bearing her name that will be hung in Molly Shoichet's lab following her graduation next year (photo by Geoffrey Vendeville)

By raising lab coats to the rafters, U of T biomedical engineering lab celebrates its student MVPs

For 15 years, University Professor Molly Shoichet (ChemE, IBBME) and her students have celebrated PhD candidates who successfully defend their theses by unveiling a white coat with their name and graduation year on the back

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Fall Convocation 2019: Three graduating students share their one-minute thesis

Graduate students Maryam Fallah, Locke Davenport Huyer and Tij Gupta explain their research in one minute

Professor Paul Santerre (Dentistry, IBBME) is the co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Interface Biologics, Inc. The company announced this week that its surface modification technology is being acquired by Evonik, a global chemical manufacturer. (Photo: Luke Ng)

This U of T Engineering innovation makes implants safer, and is attracting new investment to Toronto

Global chemical company Evonik will maintain presence in Toronto after acquiring part of U of T spinoff Interface Biologics, Inc.

Professor Alison Olechowski (MIE, ILead) is among seven U of T Engineering researchers who received infrastructure funding by the CFI JELF. (Photo: Josef Oehmen)

Infrastructure for innovation: Seven U of T Engineering researchers receive CFI funding for upgrades and equipment

A state-of-the-art studio that explores design theory is among seven infrastructure projects receiving funding support

Shuailong Zhang (left) and Aaron Wheeler, have designed microrobots (working at the sub-millimetre scale) that can be operated by optoelectronic tweezers for cell manipulation. (Photo: Dan Haves)

Microrobots to change the way we work with cellular material

Designed in Professor Aaron Wheeler’s (Chemistry, IBBME) lab, these optoelectronic microrobots can load, transport and deliver cellular material