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by Nima Khadem Mohtaram
Canadian universities provide world-recognized training in research and leadership for their graduate students...
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New Board of Directors of CBS 0 comments

by Nima Khadem Mohtaram
We would like to update you on new Board of Directors of CBS. As of June 21st 2019, We have President Nima Khadem Mohtaram University of Waterloo 2019 - 2020 President Elect Kibret Mequanint Western University 2019 - 2020 - President 2020-2021 Past President Sophie Lerouge Ecole de Technologie Superieure ETS - CRCHUM 2019-2020 Board Members Fabio Variola University of Ottawa 2019-2021 Isabelle Catelas University of Ottawa 2018-2020 Thomas Willett University of Waterloo 2018-2020 Milica Radisic University of Toronto 2018-2020 Mohsen Akbari University of Victoria 2018-2020 Student Board Member Laura McKiel Queen s University 2019-2020
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WBC 2020 Workshop Proposals 0 comments

by Todd Hoare
As you may have noticed already, the WBC2020 Executive Committee is calling for workshop proposals. We hereby would like to take this opportunity to encourage you to submit your proposals before the deadline of June 30th 2019...
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Next AGM on May 22nd 0 comments

by Sophie Lerouge
Dear CBS members, Our Annual General Meeting will take place during the CBS2019 on May 22nd, at 12 15 in the Suzor Room...
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Scaffold generation via melt electro-writing (MEW) for tendon tissue engineering comments

by Brian Amsden Sean O Mathew
Tendon tissues possess an ineffective intrinsic healing mechanism, owing to their low vascularity and hypocellularity1...
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Collagen Scaffold Mineralization with Condensed Phosphates comments

by Sidney Omelon Brian Wingender
Bone formation progresses through the steps of collagen matrix production and intrafibrillar crystal formation to create a mineralized extracellular matrix...
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“On-Demand” Cell-loaded Nanofibrous Hydrogel Scaffolds via Direct Cell Reactive Electrospinning (CRE) comments

by Todd Hoare Fei XU
Hydrogels have been extensively studied as scaffolds for tissue engineering due to their cell compatibility and similar mechanical properties as native soft tissues...
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Active microfluidic wound dressing for wound care and burn comments

by Mahsa Karimi
Burn injuries cause thousands death annually Despite decrease in mortality rate lately due to improvement in burn wound care millions of survivors suffer from scaring that disrupts skin functionality and shatters their quality of life in society 1 Burn victims struggle with scar tissue due to receiving delayed treatments 2 wound treatments e...
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Mucoadhesive Polymeric Micelles for Enhanced Ocular Drug Delivery comments

by Karim Soliman
Drugs administered via topical eye drops suffer from low ocular bioavailability 5 due to anatomical and physiological barriers of the eye...
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