Call for Applications: CBS Mentorship And Professional Development Program
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by Amanda Clifford
We are pleased to open the call for applications for the CBS Mentorship and Professional Development, a program specifically designed to connect professionals outside of academia with graduate students and postdoctoral fellows coming from the Canadian biomaterial s community...
14th Intl Symposium on Biodegradable Metals for Biomedical Applications
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by Neda Latifi
14th Intl Symposium on Biodegradable Metals for Applications on behalf of Professor Mantovani and the Quebec City Student Chapter Want to discover the next generation of bioresorbable metals aiming to bridge the gap between biomaterials and tissue engineering for pediatric, dental, orthopedic, vascular, cardiac, neurological applications, and more? The final program of the upcoming 14th Intl Symposium on Biodegradable Metals for Biomedical Applications is now online...
Women in the Business of Health Science Bootcamp
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by Neda Latifi
Dear CBS members on behalf of the OBIO WiHI Program , The OBIO Women in the Business of Health Science Bootcamp will take place between September 12 16, 2022, and is available at no cost to eligible applicants...
Skin-Inspired Multifunctional Autonomic-Intrinsic Conductive Self-Healing Hydrogels with Pressure Sensitivity, Stretchability and 3D Printability
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In current report, we synthesized a mechanically and electrically self-healing hydrogel with pressure and extension sensitive features, introducing a promising candidate for wearable sensors...
Localized Delivery of Exogenous C-type Natriuretic Peptide from Heparin-Coated NPs – Potential Use in Suppressing Fibrotic Phenotypes in Cardiac Myofibrogenesis
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In a healthy heart, cells naturally secrete C-type natriuretic peptide CNP , an anti-fibrotic cytokine that has strong effects on cardiac fibroblast function, fibrosis, and extracellular matrix deposition...
Surgical sutures are the gold-standard wound closure materials for centuries. However, they might induce tissue drag, damaging and dissecting delicate and fragile soft tissues and blood vessels, and cause body fluid air leakage...
Polypyrrole PPy has shown considerable potential in biomedicine and energy storage owing to its inherent electrical conductivity, easy synthesis, potential of chemical modification, and biocompatibility 1,2 ...
Nowadays, several protocols are proposed to induce the osteogenesis new bone tissue formation in order to regenerate or replace bone tissue when it is severely damaged...
Tenure Track Biomedical Engineering Faculty Openings (two) at the University of Waterloo more
Recent Member Projects
Norma Alicia Garza Flores: Long-term hydrophilic and anti-thrombogenic dynamic covalent silicone-based biomaterials more
Norma Alicia Garza Flores: 3D printing of anti-fouling implants based on alginate-zwitterionic interpenetrating network hydrogel bioinks more
Maud Viallon: Multifunctional hydrogels for dental applications more
Balaji Ramachandran: Culturing pancreatic islets or stem cell-derived islets in FEP bags more
Recent Member Publications
Khaled Hijazi: Titanium Alloy Implants with Lattice Structures for Mandibular Reconstruction more
Christina Boghdady: Ultrasoft edge-labelled hydrogel sensors reveal internal tissue stress patterns in invasive engineered tumors more
Christina Boghdady: Revisiting tissue tensegrity: Biomaterial-based approaches to measure forces across length scales more
Khaled Hijazi: Ultrastructural response of tendon to excessive level or duration of tensile load supports that collagen fibrils are mechanically continuous more