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Professor Alison McGuigan stands smiling with her arms behind her back.

New Canada Research Chairs advance research in regenerative medicine, sustainable housing and more

Professor Alison McGuigan (ChemE, BME) is among the three award recipients from U of T Engineering

A scientist (Professor Yu Zou) is smiling at the camera. Professor Zou appears to be standing in a lab. He is surrounded by computer and laboratory equipment.

Acceleration Consortium announces $1.2 million in funding for projects that accelerate scientific discovery

Twelve research projects, from across U of T, will leverage or drive the development of self-driving labs

Hai-Ling Cheng is wearing a lab coat and pipetting a solution into a dish. Cheng appears to be in a lab setting. Pipettes and boxes are visible.

‘Images every second’: U of T Engineering researchers develop rapid MRI technique for better cancer detection and therapy

New technique captures high spatial resolution concurrently with temporal resolution, something that has eluded the field for decades

Researchers working in the Device Foundry

CRAFT 2.0: Academic hospital network joins centre for research on microfluidic devices for human health

The Centre for Research and Applications in Fluidic Technologies (CRAFT) is a unique collaboration between U of T and the National Research Council of Canada, and now, Unity Health Toronto

Professor Freeman Lan.

New sequencing method opens pathways to explore microbial diversity and functions at single-cell level

Study led by Professor Freeman Lan (BME) introduces easily adaptable droplet microfluidics workflow

Two researchers seated before a computer station. The two appear to be focused on the data displayed on a monitor.

U of T Engineering researchers use generative AI to design new viral vector subspecies for gene therapy delivery

Method for protein design, developed by Professor Michael Garton (BME) and Suyue Lyu (BME PhD candidate), could improve the efficacy of gene therapy

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Professor Milica Radisic elected Fellow of the U.S. National Academy of Inventors

NAI Fellows Program honours the achievements of outstanding academic inventors

Professor Milica Radisic (BME, ChemE) and U of T alumna Marianne Wauchop (ChemE) developed a heart-on-a-chip device to study the effects of a genetic mutation that causes dilated cardiomyopathy. (Photos: supplied)

With heart-on-a-chip, researchers study genetic mutation underlying cardiac muscle disease

Device used to observe the effects of a sodium channel mutation that disrupts regular electrical activity in the heart

Professor Freeman Lan.

‘Teaching science and engineering as it is done’: Meet Professor Freeman Lan

Professor Lan’s research goals include understanding and engineering the human gut microbiome