Canadian Biomaterials Society
La Société Canadienne des Biomatériaux

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...

Dear CBS members, The CBS Spring Newsletter is now online, featuring information on the CBS2019 program, list of awardees and updates from student chapters...

Current methods of drug screening in cancer are limited by the high cost of in vivo testing and the inaccuracy of predicting the effects of a potential chemotherapy drug in 2D cell culture 1 ...

Unlike seasonal coronaviruses, SARS-CoV-2 has a profound tropism for the heart. Estimates indicate 78 of individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2 experience cardiac side effects, with asymptomatic individuals still at risk of viral-induced heart failure, yet the mechanisms and consequences of such effects remain unclear...

One of the main challenges in tissue engineering TE is to have bioreactors that reliably and reproducibly allow cells to expand while forming tissues that can sustain physiological functions in vivo...

Surface functionalization by immobilization of biomolecules is an important approach to integrate specific bioactivities to materials for biomedical applications 1 ...

Many biomedical devices fail as a result of the foreign body reaction and poor acceptance by the host...