Posts Tagged: bioengineering

Today’s Discoveries, Tomorrow’s Cures

An unassuming box sits on a table. One part is clear plastic, allowing you to see the empty chamber inside. You don’t think to look at it, but the empty chamber may one day hold a cell colony, or even…

IBBME to Celebrate 50 Years by Looking 50 Years Ahead

A small instrument resembling a mini-chocolate grater may not look like much to the untrained eye, but an object like this is a glimpse into the future of medicine. On October 10, as part of its 50th Anniversary celebration, the…

U of T Researchers Invent New Tissue Engineering Tool

Imagine a machine that makes layered, substantial patches of engineered tissue – tissue that could be used as grafts for burn victims or vascular patches. If this sounds like science fiction, researchers at the University of Toronto say it’s a…

U of T Engineering Professor Joins International Advisory Committee

University of Toronto Engineering Professor Peter Zandstra has been named to the scientific advisory committee of Stem Cells Australia, which is a network of Australia’s top researchers tackling the big questions in stem cell science. Professor Zandstra is one of six internationally…

IBBME PhD Student Finalist in TED Talks’ 2013 Talent Search

With just a few words, Padina Pezeshki captivated her audience: “Here’s a woman suffering from advanced breast cancer,” she said simply, “the kind that has spread to her bones. The kind that has fractured her spine.” But Pezeshki, a PhD candidate at…

A Heart Beat Above the Competition

IBBME PhD candidates Mark Blaser and Lewis Reis had a lot to celebrate after attending the CIHR Canadian Student Health Research Forum (CSHRF), a conference which only the top 5% of doctoral students in Canada are invited to attend. Blaser and Reis were awarded…
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