Read More University Professor Elizabeth Edwards appointed to the Order of Canada By Carolyn Farrell|December 30, 2020 Edwards, a pioneer in anaerobic biotechnology, has been recognized with one of the country’s most prestigious honours
Read More U of T Engineering researchers develop cell injection technique that could help reverse vision loss By Tyler Irving|August 13, 2020 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.
Read More How does COVID-19 invade our bodies so easily? U of T Engineering team uses ‘organ-on-a-chip’ model to find out By Paul Fraumeni|April 8, 2020 To develop COVID-19 vaccine and antiviral drugs, researchers first need to understand why this virus spreads so easily and quickly
Read More Contamination-eating microbes are ready for action By Tyler Irving|August 7, 2019 A new public-private collaboration enables field trials of bacterial cultures that can degrade hazardous waste
Read More U of T Engineering researchers could lower the cost of producing lab-grown meat By Geoffrey Vendeville|August 7, 2019 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
Read More Microrobots to change the way we work with cellular material By Dan Haves|July 8, 2019 Designed in Professor Aaron Wheeler’s (Chemistry, IBBME) lab, these optoelectronic microrobots can load, transport and deliver cellular material