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Best Oral Presentation Awards - Canadian Biomaterials Society

Current Award Winners

36th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Biomaterials Society

Amanda Brissenden (Queen's University)
Third Place
Timothy Cheung (University of Toronto)
Second Place
Daniel Dapaah (University of Waterloo)
Second Place
Felipe Eltit (University of British Columbia)
Second Place - Postdoctoral Level
Kirklann Lau (McGill University)
First Place
Zhenwei Ma (McGill University)
Third Place
Simon Matoori (Université de Montréal)
First Place - Postdoctoral Level
Fiona Simpson (Université de Montréal)
Second Place
Julia Terek (University of Western Ontario)
First Place
Alexane Thibodeau (Université Laval)
Third Place
Hossein Yazdani Ahmadabadi (University of British Columbia)
First Place

Past Award Winners

34th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Biomaterials Society

Jennifer Chan (University of Toronto)
Investigation of an electrospun, degradable polar hydrophobic ionic polyurethane patch for cardiac tissue regeneration
Charmainne Cruje (University of Western Ontario)
Lanthanide-based nanoparticles as vascular contrast agents for micro-computed tomography
Kevin De France (McMaster University)
Injectable Anisotropic Hydrogels
Tobias Fuehrmann (University of Toronto)
Local Delivery of Chondroitinase ABC Promotes Neuronal Differentiation of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Neural Grafts in a Spinal Cord Injury Model
Kulkarni Jayesh (University of British Columbia)
On the Formation and Morphology of Lipid Nanoparticles Containing Ionizable Cationic Lipids and siRNA
Niloufar Khosravi (University of Toronto)
Intravital longitudinal imaging of peri-implant endosseous wound healing reveals the role of nanosurfaces in regulating neovascular morphogenesis in vivo
Laura McKiel (Queen's University)
Toll-like receptor 2-mediated NF-kB activation by damage-associated molecular patterns on biomaterial surfaces
Somiraa Said (McMaster University)
Magnetically Activated Glass Transition (Tg) Switch Nanocomposites for On-demand Drug Delivery

33rd Annual Meeting of the Canadian Biomaterials Society

Emily Buck (McGill University)
Comparison of loading methods of an antimicrobial agent in electrospun PLGA fibers
(Best Oral Presentation Awards In Burns And Wound Healing)
Sarah Kiros (University of Western Ontario)
Mesenchymal progenitor cell differentiation on electrospun poly (ester amide) fibres for vascular tissue engineering
(DEPS Best Oral Presentation Awards)
bingcheng liu (University of Manitoba)
Surface Tension Guided Hanging-Drop: Producing Controllable 3D Spheroid of High-Passaged Human Dermal Papilla Cells and Forming Inductive Microtissues For Hair-follicle Regeneration
(Best Oral Presentation Awards In Burns And Wound Healing)
Pascal Morissette Martin (University of Western Ontario)
Human decellularized adipose tissue-derived bead foams enhance the survival and angiogenic response of fibroblasts isolated from human chronic wounds in an in vitro chronic wound model
Judith Ng (University of Toronto)
Identification and characterization of adhesive proteins in freshwater mussels for the development of novel bioadhesives
Eric Tawagi (University of Toronto)
Immunomodulatory hydrogel microspheres as a sustained release system for angiogenic growth factors
(DEPS Best Oral Presentation Awards)
Wai Hei (Andrew) Tse (University of Western Ontario)
Development of a Biocompatible Upconversion Nanoparticle Model for Theranostic Applications in Anti-angiogenesis
Fei XU (McMaster University)
Single-step loading of cells into nanofibrous hydrogel scaffolds via reactive electrospinning

32nd Annual Meeting of the Canadian Biomaterials Society

Yasaman Delaviz (University of Toronto)
Synthesis of Ciprofloxacin Releasing Di-Vinyl Monomer for Dental Adhesive Systems
Sabrina Hodgson (McMaster University)
Tuning Gelation Time and Mechanical Properties of Injectable Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Hydrogels Using Strained Alkyne–Azide Cross-Linking
Soft Biomaterals I/II
Nima Khadem Mohtaram (University of British Columbia)
Glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor-releasing nanofibers with varied topographies for neural tissue engineering applications
Alex Lausch (University of Toronto)
The role of extracellular matrix components on the mineralization of the periodontium
Orthopaedic Biomaterials I/II
Jennifer Logie (University of Toronto)
Tuning Polymeric Micelle Stability and Drug Loading with Chemical Modifications
Drug and Gene Delivery I/II
Somiraa Said (McMaster University)
Sustained Co-delivery of Fibroblast Growth Factors from Poly(ester amide) Fibers for Building Stronger Vessels
Kimia Sorouri (McMaster University)
Prostaglandin E(2) Reverses Scar Tissue Production in Human Kidney Epithelial Cells: Implications for Biomaterial Implantation.
Moira Vyner (Queen's University)
Polymer chain mobility dependent fetuin adsorption affects cell proliferation on elastomer surfaces
Cell/Biomaterial Interactions II/Ophthalmic Biomaterials
Stuart Young (Queen's University)
Design and evaluation of a polymer hydrogel scaffold for the delivery of adipose-derived stem cells for the treatment of peripheral arterial disease
Soft Tissue Engineering/Stem Cells in Tissue Engineering

31st Annual Meeting of the Canadian Biomaterials Society

Alexander Baker (University of Toronto)
3D Hyaluronan Hydrogels as Matrices for Spheroid Formation
Adam Brown (Dalhousie University)
Does Collagen Crosslinking in Ageing and Diabetes Modulate Overload Damage to Tendon Collagen?
Gregor Doerdelmann (University of Duisburg-Essen)
pH-Responsive Calcium Phosphate-Polymer Nanoparticles as a Drug Delivery System in Gene Therapy
Tim Tian Han (Queen's University)
Adipose-Derived Stem Cells Enhance the Angiogenic and Adipogenic Potential of Decellularized Adipose Tissue in vivo
Nima Khadem Mohtaram (University of British Columbia)
Melt Electrospun Microfiber Scaffolds with Novel Architecture for Neuronal Differentiation of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
Yan Mei (University of British Columbia)
Investigation on the Design and Development of Novel Antithrombotic and Anti-adhesion Coatings for Cardiovascular Applications
Arash Momeni (Dalhousie University)
In Vitro Degradation of Polyphosphate Gels
Hyun Jin Park (Université Laval)
Electrical stimulation through conductive PPy-PLLA material promoted fibroblast interacting with keratinocytes generating better organised human skin equivalent
Yinan Wang (University of Alberta)
Probing Bacterium-Substratum interactions by Quartz Crystal Microbalance with Dissipation (QCM-D)
Meghan Wright (University of Toronto)
In Vitro Degradation and Physical Characterization of Antimicrobial Electrospun Scaffolds with Aligned Fibers

30th Annual Meeting Of The Canadian Biomaterials Society

Jasmine Hamilton (University of British Columbia)
Hyperbranched Polyglycerol Significantly Improves Therapeutic Index of Small Molecular Weight Iron Chelator
Andrea Jeffery (University of Alberta)
An Improved Model for High-throughput Electrode Biocompatibility Testing
Drew Kuraitis ()
Therapeutic Regeneration of Muscle Using a Skeletal Muscle-Mimicking Matrix is Maximized in Necrotic Contexts
Frederic Murschel (École Polytechnique de Montréal)
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-Functionalized Biomaterials: Specificity and Stability Controlled by Coiled-Coil Interactions
Samantha Noà«l (École Polytechnique de Montréal)
Soft Functionalization of PET for the Design of Bioactive Compliant Vascular Graft
Zeeshan Sheikh (McGill University)
Bio-resorption of Dicalcium Phosphate Cement Grafts: Brushite vs. Monetite
Mohit Verma (University of Waterloo)
Beta-glucans as multifunctional drug delivery vehicles

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On the Formation and Morphology of Lipid Nanoparticles Containing Ionizable Cationic Lipids and siRNA

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