IBBME Professor Gives Quadriplegic Patients a Hand
Groundbreaking research by Professor Milos Popovic (IBBME) to restore movement in the hands of quadriplegic patients is featured in today’s The Globe & Mail. Professor Popovic’s treatment focuses on functional electrical stimulation, in which electrical pulses are used to contract muscles in the patient’s body. This allows a patient to grasp things with his or her hand. Over […]
Digital Microfluidics Opens Way for Revolution in Blood Sampling
The days of the blood sample routine – arm out, tie tube, make a fist, find a vein, and tap in – may soon be over, thanks to a new analysis method developed at U of T by Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) Professor Aaron Wheeler in which only a pinprick of blood […]
Discovery by U of T Researchers Could Create Retinas from “Jello”
Researchers at the University of Toronto have developed a new method for creating 3D hydrogel scaffolds that will aid in the development of new tissue and organs grown in a lab. The discovery is outlined in the latest issue of Nature Materials. Hydrogels, “jello”-like substances, are highly flexible and absorbent networks of polymer strings that […]
47 Engineers Among U of T Recipients of $42-million in NSERC Funding
Federal Minister of State (Transport) Stephen Fletcher and Member of Parliament Mark Adler (York Centre) were on hand to celebrate the University of Toronto researchers and students who will benefit from more than $42-million provided through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). The celebration was held on July 27 in the […]
IBBME Professor Wins Analytical Chemistry 2011 Young Innovator Award
Professor Aaron Wheeler (IBBME) has won the Analytical Chemistry 2011 Young Innovator Award. This award honours exceptional technical advancement and innovation in the field of micro- or nanofluidics early in the investigator’s career. Wheeler’s innovative research explores the relationship between traditional enclosed microchannels and digital microfluidics, in which discrete droplets are manipulated on open devices […]
IBBME Professor’s Start-Up Earns $2-Million Licence Fee
Another technology commercialization success story emerges from U of T. Interface Biologics Inc (IBI), a company founded by Professor Paul Santerre, Director of the Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME), announced the successful conclusion of a licensing evaluation period with Fresenius Medical Care. Fresenius Medical Care, the largest provider of dialysis products and services, […]
Stem Cell Network and Commercialization Centre puts Toronto at the Forefront of Regenerative Medicine
U of T proves that it’s once again ahead of the curve by hosting the launch of two major stem cell and regenerative medicine initiatives: the Ontario Stem Cell Initiative (OSCI) and the Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine (CCRM). More than 400 attendees packed U of T’s MacLeod Auditorium for the announcements on June […]
Professor Milica Radisic Discovers Cure for Broken Heart
The best medicine for a broken heart, it turns out, might not be time or chocolate or revenge, but a peptide with the unlikely name QHREDGS Professor Milica Radisic (IBBME/ChemE) is a leader in cardiovascular tissue engineering, the science of building living tissues using cells and biomaterials. She grows heart cells in her lab and […]
IBBME Faculty Honoured for Excellence in Education
Professors Tom Chau and Dr. Albert Yee of the Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) were honoured at a gala ceremony at the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine’s Annual Education Achievement Celebration on April 26. Professor Chau, core faculty at IBBME, has been awarded the Graduate Faculty Teaching Award and the Graduate Student […]
