Canadian Biomaterials Society
La Société Canadienne des Biomatériaux

Canadian universities provide world-recognized training in research and leadership for their graduate students...

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

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...

Dear CBS members, Our Annual General Meeting will take place during the CBS2019 on May 22nd, at 12 15 in the Suzor Room...

With the rise of antibiotic resistance among bacteria, it is crucial to develop in vitro co-culture platforms that effectively recapitulate bacterial infection for improved drug development and drug screening...

Lipid nanoparticles LNPs containing short infering RNA siRNA and messenger RNA mRNA have been clinically shown to be able to treat the root cause of genetic diseases and confer protection against infection as with Onpattro and the recent COVID-19 vaccines, respectively...

Glioblastoma comprises more than 50 of all gliomas which is the most frequent type of brain tumor. 1 Current treatment strategies for this cancer includes surgical resection, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy...

Gastric cancer GC is the second cause of cancer death in the world while, over 70 of GC patients have advanced gastric cancer AGC in developing countries...

Polymer coatings or bulk materials modified with photo-responsive molecules whose properties change in response to different wavelengths of light could enable shifts in cell-material interactions1 at device interfaces after implantation...