Institute of Biomedical Engineering (BME)

Professor Aereas Aung (BME) is an expert in vaccine development and cancer treatment (Photo: submitted)

‘A strong believer in knowing the fundamentals’: Meet Professor Aereas Aung

May 5, 2023

Aereas Aung joins BME as an assistant professor.

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Two CREATE grants support training programs in organ rejuvenation and repair, and equitable care for heart failure

April 18, 2023

Programs will be led by Professor Michael Sefton (BME, ChemE) and co-led by Professors Azadeh Yadollahi (BME) and Craig Simmons (MIE, BME)

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U of T Engineering student receives 2023 Adel S. Sedra Distinguished Graduate Award

April 11, 2023

Sara Ahmed (BME PhD/MD candidate) recognized for exceptional achievements and dedication to academic pursuits, research and outreach initiatives

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Professor Molly Shoichet elected Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors

December 8, 2022

Shoichet is recognized for creating outstanding inventions that have made a positive impact on quality of life and society

Mohammadamir Ghasemian Moghaddam and Meghan Rothenbroker (both BME PhD candidates) are Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship winners of 2022. Vanier awards are given based on the merit of academic excellence, extracurricular activities and demonstration of leadership. (Photos: Submitted)

Two BME doctoral students awarded 2022 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships

November 29, 2022

The scholarships provide $150,000 in funding and recognize students for leadership, research impact and academic achievement

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U of T Engineering lab partners with Moderna to develop RNA-based tools to treat and prevent disease

October 21, 2022

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

October 12, 2022

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

October 11, 2022

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

A new way to deliver therapeutic proteins to the body, developed at U of T Engineering, could help treat degenerative eye diseases such as age-related macular degeneration. (Photo: Mark_Kuiken, via iStock)

New strategy for delivery of therapeutic proteins could help treat degenerative eye diseases

August 18, 2022

Professor Molly Shoichet (ChemE, BME, Donnelly) and her team have created a hydrogel that slowly releases multiple therapeutic proteins at independently controlled rates

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