
U of T Engineering student receives 2023 Adel S. Sedra Distinguished Graduate Award
Sara Ahmed (BME PhD/MD candidate) recognized for exceptional achievements and dedication to academic pursuits, research and outreach initiatives

Professor Molly Shoichet elected Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
Shoichet is recognized for creating outstanding inventions that have made a positive impact on quality of life and society

Two BME doctoral students awarded 2022 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships
The scholarships provide $150,000 in funding and recognize students for leadership, research impact and academic achievement

U of T Engineering lab partners with Moderna to develop RNA-based tools to treat and prevent disease
Professor Omar F. Khan’s lab group is designing new platforms that deliver RNA to the body, addressing a range of biomedical challenges

Seeing smaller than light: How an advanced microscopy technique can help in the fight against cancer and other diseases
Professor Chris Yip (ChemE/BME) and his team have developed a method for tagging and imaging cell surface components that are only a few nanometres apart

New CRAFT Tissue Foundry provides infrastructure dedicated to bioengineering innovation
The open research facility at U of T’s Mechanical Engineering Building is an expansion of the partnership between the University and the National Research Council of Canada

New strategy for delivery of therapeutic proteins could help treat degenerative eye diseases
Professor Molly Shoichet (ChemE, BME, Donnelly) and her team have created a hydrogel that slowly releases multiple therapeutic proteins at independently controlled rates