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Professor Paul Santerre (Dentistry, IBBME) is the co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Interface Biologics, Inc. The company announced this week that its surface modification technology is being acquired by Evonik, a global chemical manufacturer. (Photo: Luke Ng)

This U of T Engineering innovation makes implants safer, and is attracting new investment to Toronto

September 3, 2019

Global chemical company Evonik will maintain presence in Toronto after acquiring part of U of T spinoff Interface Biologics, Inc.

One of the Undu team members holds up its first product, an ultra-thin heating pad. The new startup, led by U of T Engineering grad student Charlie Katrycz is developing new ways to relieve menstrual pain. (Photo courtesy of Undu)

This ultra-thin hot water bottle could help ease menstrual pain

August 1, 2019

Using a unique air-casting method, grad student Charlie Katrycz and his team can deliver location-specific heat therapy

Using augmented reality to make community spaces accessible for children with autism spectrum disorder

July 26, 2019

Keren He (ECE MEng 1T9), Christina Park (MI MMSt 1T9) and Yifan Zhang (ECE MEng 1T9) have been honored by Universities Canada for MuseGO, an app that overcomes systemic barriers in museums

$Michael Floros, the CEO of Cohesys and a recent IBBME post-doctoral researcher, hopes the startup's 'bone tape' will one day replace the metal plates and screws used to heal facial fractures. (Photo: Erin Vollick)$

‘Bone tape’ startup by U of T Engineering alumnus takes home international prize

May 21, 2019

Cohesys, a startup that makes biodegradable ‘bone tape’ to help heal facial fractures, recently took home US$20,000 at an international competition

Professor Leo Chou (IBBME) will study how DNA nanotechnology could be used to ramp up or dampen immune responses, offering new ways to treat disease. (Photo: Bill Dai)

Six U of T Engineering projects earn support from Medicine by Design

May 15, 2019

The funding supports new research concepts that could be critical to regenerative medicine in the coming decades

Graduate student Thanyathorn (Smile) Thanapattheerakul (MIE MASc candidate) demonstrates the Target Acquisition Games for Measurement and Evaluation (TAG-ME games) in Professor Mark Chignell’s lab (Photo: Pam Walls).

It’s all fun and brain games: Using simulations and games to improve health in older adults

May 14, 2019

U of T Engineering researchers develop driving simulators and games that monitor cognitive and physical health of older adults with dementia and other impairments

Molly Shoichet elected to Royal Society

April 17, 2019

World-leading expert on regenerative medicine elected a Fellow of the UK’s national academy of sciences, the world’s oldest scientific academy and one of the most prestigious

These prosthetic devices to improve mobility were created using 3D PrintAbility, an end-to-end fabrication toolchain developed by not-for-profit social enterprise Nia Technologies. (Photo courtesy Nia Technologies)

How 3D printing has sped up prosthetic development for people around the world

March 27, 2019

Nia Technologies Inc., led by U of T Engineering alumnus Jerry Evans, has developed technology to more efficiently manufacture prosthetics in low-income countries such as Uganda, Tanzania and Cambodia

This illustration by Jen Ma (IBBME PhD candidate) depicts competition between a population of cells. A new paper by U of T Engineering researchers indicates that cells known as “elite” are more competitive than others in the process that transforms them into stem cells (Image: Jen Ma)

Not all stem cells are created equal

March 21, 2019

“Elite” cells appear to outcompete their neighbours in the process of becoming stem cells

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