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...

Chronic kidney disease CKD is defined as reduced glomerular filtration rate and leads to the accumulation of uremic toxins in blood 1 ...

One of the most fundamental characteristics of cancer cells that make them different from normal cells is their capacity to proliferate indefinitely...

Biofouling due to irreversible accumulation of micro and macro-organism has become a serious threat to medical, marine, and other manufacturing industries...

Optic neuropathy is a common cause of vision loss resulting from death of retinal ganglion cells due to insufficient blood flow, inflammation, infection or trauma...

Articular cartilage has a limited capacity for regeneration. Tissue engineering aims to generate functional cartilage tissue to replace the damaged tissue...