On behalf of the Canadian Biomaterials Society - Southwestern Ontario Student Chapter, we re excited to announce the first official rescheduled CBS-SWOSC Research Symposium We re reaching out to you to potentially submit an abstract for either an oral presentation, virtual poster, or 3 Minute Thesis-style presentation...
2021 Conference - Call for Sponsors/Exhibitors
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by Thomas Willett
Dear members and friends of CBS, As part of organizing the 36th Canadian Biomaterials Society CBS conference, we invite potential sponsors to review our sponsorship package...
2021 Conference - Call for Symposia and Workshops
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by Thomas Willett
Dear members and friends of CBS, As part of planning the program for the 36th Canadian Biomaterials Society CBS conference, we invite members and sponsors to submit proposals for symposia and or workshops...
CBS Mentorship Program (2020-2021 academic year)
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by Kibret Mequanint
Dear CBS Member Trainees, We are very pleased to launch the call for applications for the CBS Mentorship and Professional Development Program for the second year...
Circumventing the Blood-Brain Barrier: Injectable hyaluronan-based hydrogel to deliver Cyclosporin A to promote tissue repair in stroke-injured rat brain
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Drug delivery to the brain is severely impeded by the blood brain barrier BBB , preventing the use of most potential regenerative agents for diseases such as stroke...
Polyvinyl alcohol PVA has the potential for use as synthetic small diameter vascular graft, but the lack of endothelial cell EC adhesion limits its further application...
Evaluation of an early caries detection system based on integrated OCT and polarized Raman spectroscopy
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Early detection of incipient caries would allow dentists to provide more effective measures to delay or to reverse caries progression at earlier stage...
How proteins and cells interact with surfaces plays a key role in a host of applications ranging from implant biocompatibility and biosensors, to drug delivery platforms and chromatography...
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