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...

Genetically tailored human mesenchymal stem cells MSC are studied extensively to develop cell-based therapies for bone defects...

Mineralization is a widely used technique to coat materials with calcium phosphate or calcium carbonate layers for cell delivery applications...

Peripheral arterial disease is a chronic condition caused by the formation and hardening of fatty plaque within arteries and arterioles, resulting in narrowing or blocking of the vessels carrying blood to the limbs...

Patients treated with radiotherapy for head and neck cancer and patients with Sj gren s syndrome experience decreased saliva flow due to the loss of salivary gland SG acinar cells...

Layer-by-layer LbL self-assembly is a technique fabricating thin material films on surfaces. Owing to its diverse characteristics, it becomes an important tool not only in material science, but also in biological research...