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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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Spring Newsletter 0 comments

by Sophie Lerouge
Dear CBS members, The CBS Spring Newsletter is now online, featuring information on the CBS2019 program, list of awardees and updates from student chapters...
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Preparation of biocompatible, highly homogenous graphene-hydroxyapatite hydrogel comments

by Marta Cerruti Kaiwen Hu
Recently, Graphene has shown its potential for applications in tissue engineering 1-3 . Several studies have reported and confirmd the effect of graphene G or graphene oxide GO acting as enhanced growth platform as well as osteogenic inducers for bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells MSCs to differentiate towards osteoblasts 1, 3, 4 ...
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Molecularly Imprinted Microshell Through Layer-By-Layer Assembly of Natural Polyelectrolytes on E-Coli comments

by Michael Yitayew
Molecular imprinting aims to replicate cellular binding sites receptors or ligands by molding an impression of their structure onto a polymeric substrate...
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Sex-dependent response of primary human meniscus cells in collagen matrix scaffolds to short-term simulated microgravity comments

by Adetola ADESIDA Zhiyao Ma
Osteoarthritis OA is a degenerative disease with much of the focus on knee OA KOA . As the crucial knee load-bearing structure, the meniscus is a potential contributor to KOA...
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Investigation on the physical-chemical and biological properties of Ti surfaces treated by AC Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation (PEO) comments

by Fabio Variola Sara Martinelli
Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation PEO is a simple and cost effective electrochemical technique for the surface modification of metals which recently gained great interest in the biomedical field for its ability to generate a bioactive porous oxide layer on widely used orthopedic metals, such as titanium and its alloys 1 ...
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Liposomal blood lactate assay: a study in fresh capillary blood from human volunteers comments

by Simon Matoori
Clinical practice guidelines for sepsis recommend serum lactate for disease staging, prognosis, and assessment of treatment response 1 ...
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