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Centre for Healthcare Engineering partners with William Osler Health System to improve clinical practice

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Professor Emma Master named the Robin Korthals Chair in Sustainability

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U of T and BASF partner on self-driving labs to advance agriculture, medicine and more

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Left: A map of Toronto showing 17 of the TTC’s 75 stations. Right: A sample network connecting those 17 nodes, created by a computer model of a slime mould, Physarum polycephalum. (Images courtesy: Raphael Kay)

Could a ‘virtual slime mould’ design a better subway system?

A new study of zebra mussels, like this one growing in a tank in the lab of Professor Eli Sone (BME, MSE), could offer insights into new medical adhesives as well as ways to prevent fouling of water intake pipes. (Photo: Angelico Obille)

Zebra mussels could point the way toward non-stick surfaces and medical adhesives

University Professor Molly Shoichet (ChemE, BME, Donnelly) part of Mend the Gap, an international collaboration developing new ways to treat spinal cord injuries. (Photo: NSERC/CRSNG – Sylvie Li)

Mending the Gap: Professor Molly Shoichet joins multidisciplinary team working to develop new treatments for spinal cord injuries

Professor Omar F. Khan (BME) was named Canada Research Chair in Nucleic Acid Therapeutics. (Photo: Omar F. Khan)

Seven U of T Engineering researchers awarded Canada Research Chairs