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Institute of Biomedical Engineering (BME) news

From left to right: Professor Jonathan Rocheleau (BME) and BME PhD candidate Cindy Bui.

U of T Engineering researchers unveil sensor for real-time cellular analysis in living zebrafish embryos

Researchers led by Professor Jonathan Rocheleau (BME) share their findings in a new paper published in Science Advances

Dean Christopher Yip outside the Myhal Centre for Engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship.

Christopher Yip reappointed Dean of U of T Engineering

Dean Yip’s second term will be from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2029

Representatives from the Institute of Information and Communications Technology Planning and Evaluation, a South Korean government institution funding this program, visited U of T in July 2023 to discuss the applied AI program for South Korean graduate students. (Photo: Aaron Demeter)

U of T partnership will bring graduate students from South Korea to Toronto for six-month applied AI program

Initiative will be run through the Centre for Analytics and Artificial Intelligence Engineering (CARTE) and housed in the department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Left to right: Matthew Nguyen (BME PhD candidate) and Professor Warren Chan (BME found that about 45% of nanoparticles that accumulate in tumours end up exiting them. (Photos: submitted)

U of T researchers challenge long-standing theory guiding nanoparticle treatment of tumours

Study could explain why some cancer treatments are struggling in clinical trials

A composite photo of U of T Engineering professors Alberto Leon-Garcia (left) and Tom Chau (right).

Professors Alberto Leon-Garcia and Tom Chau named Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada

The two professors were elected based on exceptional contributions to scholarship in their fields

PhD candidate Chantel Campbell

IBET Momentum Fellow Chantel Briana Campbell fabricates multilayered biomaterials that can help repair damaged hearts, eyes and muscles

The PhD candidate is working with collagenous multilayered biomaterials and their atypical structure

Stefan Mladjenovic

Meet five U of T Engineering graduate students awarded 2023 Vanier Scholarships

Funding supports research in income pools, enhancing nanomaterials, matching performance, drug delivery and space debris

Professor Molly Shoichet (ChemE, BME)

Molly Shoichet joins PRiME as new Scientific Director for Precision Medicine Initiative

The Institutional Strategic Initiative brings together multi-disciplinary research talent and innovators to tackle unmet needs in drug discovery, diagnostics, and disease biology

Bryant Bak-Yin Lim (BME MEng candidate, left) and Ali Yassine (ECE MEng candidate, right) simulate reviewing a breast cancer tissue scan. As interns at Perimeter Medical Imaging, Lim and Yassine developed new AI algorithms for breast cancer imaging. (Photo: Neil Ta)

MEng students use AI to improve imaging tool used during breast cancer surgery

New techniques to help surgeons prioritize images of suspected cancerous material in real-time in the operating room