Canadian Biomaterials Society
La Société Canadienne des Biomatériaux

News All News

CBS BC Student Chapter Webinar - April 10th at 1pm PST 0 comments

by Patricia Comeau
Dear CBS Members and Friends, The BC Student Chapter of the Canadian Biomaterials Society CBS is pleased to host a webinar this Friday, April 10th at 1pm PST...
more

QC-CBS Event: Women in Science Event this Friday! 0 comments

by Patricia Comeau
Dear CBS Members and Friends, The Quebec City Student Chapter of the Canadian Biomaterials Society QC-CBS has organized the 3rd edition of their Women in Science Event for this Friday, March 27th from 9am to 1pm EST...
more

WBC2016 Legacy Travel Award Deadline Extended to March 2 0 comments

by
The deadline for the WBC2016 Legacy Travel Award has been extended to March 2, 2026, to match the abstract deadline extension for the CBS CSPS CC-CRS Conference...
more

Abstract Deadline Extended for CBS/CSPS/CC-CRS Conference 0 comments

by
Dear members and friends of the Canadian Biomaterials Society, The abstract deadline has been extended to March 2nd, 2026 for the upcoming CBS CCPS cc-CRS 2026 meeting this June in Vancouver, BC...
more

Meetings All Meetings

Discover

Effect of the Tumor Microenvironment on the Diffusion of Gold Nanoparticles comments

by Dr. Karolina Valente
Microfluidic technology is based on the field of biological microelectromechanical systems bioMEMS and it has been employed in chemistry, pharmaceutical, biological and medical research...
more

Tribocorrosion and metal release in retrieved Metal-on-Polyethylene total hip implants comments

by Rizhi Wang Qiong Wang
In recent years, adverse local tissue reactions ALTRs have been observed in total hip implants that use CoCrMo femoral head articulating against highly-crosslinking polyethylene HXLPE liner, raising an urgent concern to the biomedical community...
more

Title: Novel Grooved Substrata Stimulate Macrophage Fusion, CCL2 and MMP-9 Secretion comments

by Haisle Moon
The monocyte-derived macrophage is one of the first cell types found on newly implanted devices and is known to play a role in inflammation, immunoregulation and wound healing depending on its functional phenotype...
more

In vitro erosion studies of polyurethane-based hydrogels intended for use in sustained protein delivery applications comments

by Paul J Santerre Eric Tawagi
There are currently very few FDA-approved bioresorbable materials for drug delivery in tissue engineering...
more

Growth restrictive micropatterning enhances potential endothelial colony forming cell performance on cardiovascular biomaterials by lowering immunogenicity comments

by Matthew Hagen
Atherosclerosis and associated cardiovascular diseases are among the leading causes of death in the US and Canada...
more

Connect

Active Job Postings

  • TIER 2 CANADA RESEARCH CHAIR IN CELL ENGINEERING AND BIOMANUFACTURING
    more
  • Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor in Bioprocessing and Biomanufacturing
    more
  • Research Associate in Next-Generation RNA Therapeutics at UBC
    more
  • Research Associate in Next-Generation RNA Therapeutics at UBC
    more

Recent Member Projects

  • Ze Zhang: Biomaterials in biomedical engineering
    more
  • Vanessa Xu: A Modular Microfluidic Device for Tandem Vascular-Extravascular Network Integration
    more
  • Alaa Al-Shaer: Enabling Clinically Viable Engineered Tissues with a Bioactive, Animal-Free Biomaterial
    more
  • Doris Liang: Mineralization in fractured femurs
    more

Recent Member Publications

  • Robyn Birch: Denosumab treatment of giant cell tumors in the spine induces woven bone formation
    more
  • Daniel Nguyen: Mechanically Stable and Tunable Photoactivated Peptide-Based Hydrogels for Soft Tissue Adhesion
    more
  • German Andres Mercado: Mechanically Stable and Tunable Photoactivated Peptide-Based Hydrogels for Soft Tissue Adhesion
    more
  • German Andres Mercado: Multipurpose On-the-Spot Peptide-Based Hydrogels for Skin, Cornea and Heart Repair
    more
Close Drag