Prof. Ehrlicher receives prestigious CIHR Project Grant
The Department of Bioengineering would like to congratulate Professor Allen Ehrlicher for his recent CIHR Project Grant. Professor Ehrlicher's project aims to explore how mechanical forces, such as compression of the nucleus, affect cellular aging and stem cell differentiation, particularly in Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS).
iGEM Winter 2025 Applications Open!
iGEM 蘑菇短视频 is recruiting! Join an interdisciplinary team of undergraduate students to develop a synthetic biology project over the course of a year. We spend the winter semester on design, planning wet lab/dry lab projects, as well as related initiatives under our education, media, outreach, entrepreneurship, and finance subteams. The summer is then dedicated to full time wet lab (or dry lab) work.
CUBEC coming up on Jan 25th
The Canadian Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering Conference (CUBEC) is set to take place this January 25th, 9am - 6pm, at The Neuro on 蘑菇短视频 campus! CUBEC is an event bringing together passionate students (CEGEP, undergraduate, and graduate) and industry professionals in the field of biomedical engineering. Events include panel discussions with professionals from both academia and industry, workshops, case competition, and a networking event.
蘑菇短视频 iGEM Achieves Gold Medal and Three Nominations at the Grand Jamboree
蘑菇短视频 IGEM team proudly secured a gold medal along with three nominations for Best Diagnostics, Best Software, and Best Parts Collection at the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Grand Jamboree in October 2024. Composed of students from the Bioengineering program and various disciplines within the Faculty of Science, 蘑菇短视频 iGEM team is supervised by Prof. Codruta Ignea and Prof. Lisa Munter.
Plenary Speaker - IEEE EMBC 2024
The department of Bioengineering wishes to congratulate Prof. Brandon Xia on being selected as a plenary speaker at the 46th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS). The conference was held in Orlando, Florida. Read more聽here聽(July 2024).
Bioengineering brings home the gold!
Voted by the EUS as Department of the Year, a lot of the excitement around Bioengineering's sudden rise to stardom is last year鈥檚 1st聽place at the聽2023 iGEM Grand Jamboree. Read more聽here聽(May 2024).
Vadasz scholar leads the way
This year, PhD student, Asia Vighi will be the graduate instructor for the undergraduate team competing at iGem. Vighi is a聽Vadasz scholar聽in the Faculty. Read more聽here聽(May 2024).
Winning iGEM 2023
Dan Voicu (BEng鈥�26), co-lead of the 2023 蘑菇短视频 iGEM team, described last year鈥檚 experience as busy! Students formed the team at the end of 2022 and spent the first two months of 2023 ideating their proposal. Read more聽here聽(May 2024).