Canadian Biomaterials Society
La Société Canadienne des Biomatériaux

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• CBS Visiting Scholar Award
• CBS Merit & Travel Award
• WBC 2016 Legacy Postdoctoral Experience Award
• WBC 2016 Legacy Travel Award
• International Union Of Societies For Biomaterials Science And Engineering (IUS-BSE)
• CBS Lifetime Achievement Award
• CBS Early Career Investigator Award
• CBS Service Award

Biomaterials Awards
Best Poster Awards - Canadian Biomaterials Society

Current Award Winners

36th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Biomaterials Society

• Daniela Isaacs-Bernal (University of Toronto)
  First Place - Affinity-based delivery system for controlling the release of noggin and anti-sFRP2
   
• Chelsea Miller (McMaster University)
  Third Place - Fetuin-A Adsorption to Polydimethylsiloxane with Varying Elastic Modulus^^
   
• Mitchell Ross (McMaster University)
  Second Place - Novel Degradable Eyedrop Formulations for Treatment of Allergic Conjunctivitis^^
   

Past Award Winners

34th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Biomaterials Society

• Maxime-Alexandre Ferko (University of Ottawa)
  Role of Oxidative Stress and NF-κB in Metal Ion-induced Interleukin-1β Release by Murine Bone Marrow-Derived Macrophages
  3rd Place
   
• Nancy Khuu (University of Toronto)
  The Effect of Matrix Stiffness on Breast Cancer Response to Chemotherapeutic Drugs
  1st Place
   
• Chanel La (University of British Columbia)
  Polymeric Polyphosphate Inhibitors as Novel Antithrombotics
  2nd Place
   
• Christopher Lee (University of Victoria)
  Direct Reprogramming of Glioma Cells to Neurons via Small Molecules and a Novel Protein Delivery System
  Honourable Mention
   
• Sara Mohajeri (Queen's University)
  Highly Bioactive VEGF Release from Liquid Injectable Poly(trimethylene carbonate-co-5-hydroxyl trimethylene carbonate)
  4th Place
   
• Bindu Thapa (University of Alberta)
  Thioester Linked Cationic Lipopolymers for co-delivery of TRAIL plasmid and its complementary siRNA targets: One Stone Two Bird Approach for Cancer Therapy
  Honourable Mention
   

33rd Annual Meeting of the Canadian Biomaterials Society

• Stephanie Fernandez (McGill University)
  Engineering a Vascularised Encapsulation Device for the Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes
  (ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering)
   
• Eve Hui (Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal)
  Development of an Injectable and Thermosensitive Chitosan Hydrogel for the Prevention of Post-surgical Abdominal Adhesions
  (ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering)
   

32nd Annual Meeting of the Canadian Biomaterials Society

• Nina Bono (Université Laval)
  An in vitro culture platform for small-caliber tubular biological structures
   
• Michael Byad (Université Laval)
  Influence of Chemical Conjugation Strategies on the Bioactivity of Fibronectin
   
• Matthieu Gauthier (Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal)
  Modeling the mechanical behavior of mono- and multilayer electrospun structures for vascular graft applications
   
• Xingze Lu (Mount Sinai Hospital)
  Effects of Ribose and Annealing on the Free Radical Content and Mechanical Properties of Gamma-Irradiated Sterilized Bone
   
• Jessica Ngai (University of Toronto)
  Circumventing the Blood-Brain Barrier: Injectable hyaluronan-based hydrogel to deliver Cyclosporin A to promote tissue repair in stroke-injured rat brain
   
• Ava Parsian (University of Ottawa)
  Optimization of Simvastatin Encapsulation in Alginate Microspheres
   
• Samantha Payne (University of Toronto)
  Cell delivery using an injectable hydrogel to treat stroke
   
• Zeina Salloum (University of Ottawa)
  HIF-1α Expression and Oxidative Damage in RAW264.7 Murine Macrophages Exposed to Cobalt and Chromium Ions
   
• Laura Smith (University of Toronto)
  Biomimetic Hydrogels for 3D Lymphangioleiomyomatosis Cell Culture
   
• Alexander Vlahos (University of Toronto)
  Modifying Modular Tissue Engineering for Subcutaneous Pancreatic Islet Transplantation
   

30th Annual Meeting Of The Canadian Biomaterials Society

• Andrew Cavers (University of British Columbia)
  Bio-airway Research Offering New Concepts in Health (BRONCH) Partnership –Developing Scaffolds for in-vitro Airway Engineering
   
• Audrey Ferlatte (École de technologie supérieure)
  Proof of Concept of a Layer-by-layer Bioactive Coating for Cardiovascular Implants
   
• Charles Fortier (École Polytechnique de Montréal)
  Recharging a Gene Delivery Vector: Towards Tunable Stability and Biofunctionalization Docking Sites
   
• Narges Hadjesfandiari (University of British Columbia)
  Investigation on the Development of Antimicrobial Polymer Brush Coatings for Platelet Storage Devices
   
• Gabrielle Lam (University of British Columbia)
  Engraftment of a Functional and Vascularized Pancreatic Organoid By Random Assembly of Micro-tissue Units
   
• Somiraa Said (McMaster University)
  Controlled Delivery of Angiogenic Factors from Biodegradable Amino Acid-Based Fibers for Therapeutic Angiogenesis