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...

It is well recognised that natural extracellular matrices are viscoelastic and exhibit stress relaxation...

The bioactivity i.e., the ability of carbonate hydroxyapatite CHA formation to promote bone bonding of 45S5 Bioglass has been studied over four decades...

Spinal cord injuries SCI are appraised as one of the most serious neuronal degradation challenges world-wide 1, 2 ...

CoCrMo and stainless steel alloys have been used in various orthopaedic applications. However, the effects of metal ions released from these alloys are a major health concern...

Scaffold porosity plays an important role in bone tissue engineering as macropores promote cell migration and flow of nutrients and micropores promote protein adsorption and cell adhesion...