Game On at Biomedical Engineering Competition
Create a foosball-playing prosthetic forearm prototype – fashioned only from items in a Lego kit. That was the challenge put forth to competing teams at this years’ annual Biomedical Engineering Competition (BMEC). The competition, hosted by U of T’s Club for Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering (CUBE) on February 3, had more than 60 undergraduates putting their […]
A 3-D Machine that Prints Skin? How U of T Engineers Are Revolutionizing Burn Care
Imagine a future where inexpensive 3-D tissue printers are used to save lives, revolutionizing burn care around the world. Mechanical engineering PhD student Lian Leng is trying to make that happen. Under the supervision of Professor Axel Guenther (MIE, IBBME), she is developing a printing device that forms sheets of soft tissue. The printer, which […]
Professor Shoichet Awarded Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
On February 6, Professor Molly Shoichet (ChemE, IBBME) will be awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, an award that marks the Queen’s 60th year of reign. “It’s a huge honour,” said Professor Shoichet. “You realize the importance of that honour when you look around at the other recipients.” Her nomination for the Queen’s […]
Today’s Discoveries, Tomorrow’s Cures
An unassuming box sits on a table. One part is clear plastic, allowing you to see the empty chamber inside. You don’t think to look at it, but the empty chamber may one day hold a cell colony, or even tissue generated from a patient’s own body, to help diagnose or treat diseases such as […]
IBBME to Celebrate 50 Years by Looking 50 Years Ahead
A small instrument resembling a mini-chocolate grater may not look like much to the untrained eye, but an object like this is a glimpse into the future of medicine. On October 10, as part of its 50th Anniversary celebration, the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) is hosting ‘Tomorrow’s Technology Showcase,’ a world’s fair […]
U of T Researchers Invent New Tissue Engineering Tool
Imagine a machine that makes layered, substantial patches of engineered tissue – tissue that could be used as grafts for burn victims or vascular patches. If this sounds like science fiction, researchers at the University of Toronto say it’s a growing possibility. A team led by two U of T Engineering professors has invented a […]
High School Students Explore Engineering
It’s the Da Vinci Engineering Enrichment Program Summer Academy but everyone calls it DEEP – and for the 10th straight year, it’s welcoming ambitious high school students from across Canada and around the world to U of T. Running for four weeks in July, the camp offers teens the chance to go deeper into their […]
U of T Engineering Professor Joins International Advisory Committee
University of Toronto Engineering Professor Peter Zandstra has been named to the scientific advisory committee of Stem Cells Australia, which is a network of Australia’s top researchers tackling the big questions in stem cell science. Professor Zandstra is one of six internationally renowned researchers to join the committee. They were drawn from Australia, Canada, Japan and The […]
IBBME PhD Student Finalist in TED Talks’ 2013 Talent Search
With just a few words, Padina Pezeshki captivated her audience: “Here’s a woman suffering from advanced breast cancer,” she said simply, “the kind that has spread to her bones. The kind that has fractured her spine.” But Pezeshki, a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto’s Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME), painted a picture of […]
