Canadian Biomaterials Society
La Société Canadienne des Biomatériaux

Dear CBS Members, As you are aware, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused numerous disruptions around the world, and scheduled conferences are being either postponed or canceled...

We are very pleased to inform you that Dr. Paul Santerre has been selected by the Board of Directors of the Canadian Biomaterials Society CBS as the next recipient of the CBS Lifetime Achievement Award , acknowledging his outstanding contributions to our Society...

CBS is pleased to offer travel awards to assist students and post-doctoral fellows who are CBS members to present their accepted oral or poster abstracts at the 11th World Biomaterials Congress this May in Glasgow, Scotland...

The Fall 2019 edition of the CBS Newsletter is now available. Read about the latest initiatives from CBS, look back at the Quebec City CBS Annual Meeting and look ahead to WBC 2020 coming up this May in Glasgow, find out more about our very active student chapters across the country, meet the new CBS Senior Board Members and President-Elect, and learn more about the many award opportunities provided by CBS...

Melt electrowriting MEW is a distinct additive manufacturing process that electrically sustains a falling fluid from breaking up at very low flow rates L hr 1 ...

Tissue engineering may provide physiologically relevant models of the entire human body that may be used for studying biological mechanisms, as platforms for compound testing, and for cell-based treatment for diseases 1 ...

One of the main challenges in tissue engineering TE is to have bioreactors that reliably and reproducibly allow cells to expand while forming tissues that can sustain physiological functions in vivo...

Development of biomaterials for regeneration of soft tissues still faces critical challenges related to control of cell phenotype and the prevention of contraction scar tissue formation upon implantation...

Electrospun nanofibrous scaffolds are suitable for tissue engineering as their fibrous structure resembles nano micro fibre-like features of native extracellular matrix ECM , which facilitates cell attachment, growth and proliferation 1 ...