Canadian Biomaterials Society
La Société Canadienne des Biomatériaux

Canadian universities provide world-recognized training in research and leadership for their graduate students...

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...

Myofibroblasts have been implicated in scar tissue formation around biomaterials. When biomaterials are implanted as part of a tissue engineered construct, as a sensor, as a prosthetic or even as a drug delivery device, scar formation fibrosis around the biomaterial often interferes with the intended function...

Soft hydrogels provide a favorable environment for cells to grow, proliferate and differentiate however, in the context of 3D bioprinting, relatively few options exist in terms of the types of hydrogels that can be printed to form functional tissue constructs...

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

Dental caries tooth decay remains one of the most common chronic diseases worldwide. In previous research 1 proteins have been identified from the acquired enamel pellicle AEP , the layer between the tooth enamel and a dental plaque, that have demonstrated biological functions directly related to enamel homeostasis and inhibition of dental caries...

Liposomes, since their discovery by Bangham et al. in 1965, have been utilized for a wide variety of applications ranging from drug delivery vehicles to cosmeceuticals and food nanotechnology...