Faculty

BBME seminar: "Co-Design of VR and Socially Assistive Interventions for Diverse Aging Communities", Harmehr Sekhon, PhD, Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine, �鶹��ý��վ

admin — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 16:40:46 +0000

Three �鶹��ý��վ researchers receive SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants

admin — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:32:44 +0000

Application Deadline: Chwang Seto Innovation Fellowships Program

admin — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 16:44:36 +0000

Application deadline is February 15, 2026@ 11:59 PM ET, with project start date of May 1, 2026.

Call for Applications: Chwang Seto Innovation Fellowships Program

admin — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 16:46:24 +0000

Application deadline is February 15, 2026@ 11:59 PM ET, with project start date of May 1, 2026

New Concentration now open in Synthetic Biology

admin — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 19:35:10 +0000

Synthetic Biology is a rapidly growing interdisciplinary field focused on creating new biological molecules, devices, and systems, as well as repurposing existing ones for beneficial applications in gene therapies, sustainable materials, and food production. Grounded in principles of standardization, abstraction, and modularity, it applies the Design-Build-Test-Learn engineering cycle to address long-standing biological challenges.

In Memoriam: Robert Lee

admin — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 19:15:30 +0000

The Department is sad to announce the passing of Dr. Robert G. H. Lee, proud alumnus of our metallurgical engineering program (class 1947), great innovator of air-injection technology in molten metal furnaces, and generous �鶹��ý��վ supporter (created the Robert Lee scholarship).

Prof. Reznikov co-authors Nature paper on metabolites preserved in fossil bones

admin — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 15:52:08 +0000

In a recent Nature publication, Profs. Natalie Reznikov and Marc McKee, along with graduate students Eran Ittah and Daniel Buss, worked with Prof.

�鶹��ý��վ spinoff Phoela Health wins Quebec Emerging Start-Up Award

admin — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 18:05:14 +0000

Phoela Health Inc., co-founded by Reza Abbasi, PhD, and Prof. Sebastian Wachsmann-Hogiu, has won the Emerging Start-Up Award at the ADRIQ Gala 2025. Phoela’s biosensing technology was developed during Abbasi's PhD and advanced in his postdoctoral research in �鶹��ý��վ’s Department of Bioengineering, mentored and financially supported by �鶹��ý��վ Engine’s Chwang Seto Innovation Fellowship Program.

Memorial Tribute to Professor John Gruzleski

admin — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 16:25:11 +0000

“Dean Yargeau and members of the Faculty Council,

Two �鶹��ý��վ professors awarded funding for AI research through Canada-France collaboration

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 15:14:57 +0000

Prof. Mahshid Inducted into the Royal Society of Canada College

admin — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 16:09:01 +0000

Congratulations to Professor Sara Mahshid on being inducted into the Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholar, Artists and Scientists! Read more here.

�鶹��ý��վ Startup, Phoela Health, Among Top Five Student-Led Foodtech Ventures in Canada

admin — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 17:12:50 +0000

A �鶹��ý��վ-engineered biosensor is helping to redefine food safety across Canada.

Rebuilding Life: Bioprinting and the Next Frontier in Medicine - Thu. Oct 9 @ 6pm

admin — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 14:53:28 +0000

A message from the �鶹��ý��վ Institute for Advanced Materials (MIAM):

Attend our next "FUTURE OF MATERIALS" roundtable with Matt Kinsella and May Griffith on bioprinting, with demonstrations: Thu. October 9 at 6:00 pm, Arts W-120 (�鶹��ý��վ Campus). Please register at https://lnkd.in/evAZq9uK.

�鶹��ý��վ researchers awarded $9.7 million in CFI funding

admin — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 16:08:32 +0000

Thirty-two �鶹��ý��վ research projects have received new funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation's for investments in research infrastructure to support their innovative projects, for a total federal investment of $9.7 million.

�鶹��ý��վ iGEM Wins Grand Prize at the 2025 iGEM Competition

admin — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 16:10:16 +0000

We are thrilled to announce that �鶹��ý��վ iGEM has been named the 2025 Grand Prize Winner of the international iGEM competition!

Selected as the #1 iGEM team among 195 participating undergraduate institutions worldwide, �鶹��ý��վ iGEM has once again brought home a first-place award after previously securing the top spot in 2023. This achievement places �鶹��ý��վ iGEM among a group of only four teams globally to have won the Grand Prize more than once.