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Katie Hung and Anastasia Polulyakhova in front of building on campus.

U of T Engineering students getting a leg up with Project Leap

Left to right: Co-leads on the study, Professor Caitlin Maikawa (BME) and Lucia Huang (BME MSc student), say the technology could make monitoring and treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases easier and accessible. (Photo by KITE Studio/UHN)

Researchers develop swallowable sensor that offers simpler way to monitor gut inflammation

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New modelling tool for intermittent water distribution systems could improve service for over a billion people

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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