University Professor Elizabeth Edwards appointed to the Order of Canada
Edwards, a pioneer in anaerobic biotechnology, has been recognized with one of the country’s most prestigious honours
Tag: bioengineering
U of T Engineering researchers develop cell injection technique that could help reverse vision loss
A team led by Professor Molly Shoichet has demonstrated the first co-injection of both retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE) cells and photoreceptor cells in a mouse model of blindness.
How does COVID-19 invade our bodies so easily? U of T Engineering team uses ‘organ-on-a-chip’ model to find out
To develop COVID-19 vaccine and antiviral drugs, researchers first need to understand why this virus spreads so easily and quickly
Contamination-eating microbes are ready for action
A new public-private collaboration enables field trials of bacterial cultures that can degrade hazardous waste
U of T Engineering researchers could lower the cost of producing lab-grown meat
Senior researcher Peter Stogios and his team are using a grant from the Good Food Institute to research new production methods for cell-based meat
Microrobots to change the way we work with cellular material
Designed in Professor Aaron Wheeler’s (Chemistry, IBBME) lab, these optoelectronic microrobots can load, transport and deliver cellular material