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...

With the ageing of the population worldwide and the increasing of the life expectancy, the demand for new reliable models to study physiological and pathological processes occurring in vascular tissues is growing...

Reconstruction of critically-sized segmental bone defects CSBDs - resulting from bone tumour resection and trauma, for example - is a significant clinical challenge...

Pulmonary hypertension PH is a progressive disease defined by the unwanted stiffening and narrowing of arteries in the lungs, ultimately resulting in right heart failure and death...

Pelvic organ prolapse POP is a serious health issue that affects many adult women. Surgical treatments for POP patients comprise a common strategy in which scaffold materials are used to reconstruct the prolapsed pelvic...

The tumour microenvironment TME describes the non-cancerous cellular and non-cellular components of solid tumours 1 ...