Department of Bioengineering - Current News

Prof. Ehrlicher receives prestigious CIHR Project Grant

��˴�Ƭ University — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 14:04:55 +0000

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). In HGPS, accelerated aging and organ defects occur, including impaired fat tissue differentiation. Researchers found that nucleus compression activates Yes Associated Protein (YAP), which slows aging and promotes bone formation from stem cells.

iGEM Winter 2025 Applications Open!

��˴�Ƭ University — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 14:18:18 +0000

iGEM ��˴�Ƭ 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. We are particularly interested in recruiting applicants with experience in either wet lab or dry lab work to lead those projects.

CUBEC coming up on Jan 25th

��˴�Ƭ University — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 15:47:08 +0000

The Canadian Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering Conference (CUBEC) is set to take place this January 25th, 9am - 6pm, at The Neuro on ��˴�Ƭ University 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.

��˴�Ƭ iGEM Achieves Gold Medal and Three Nominations at the Grand Jamboree

��˴�Ƭ University — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 15:32:20 +0000

��˴�Ƭ 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, ��˴�Ƭ iGEM team is supervised by Prof. Codruta Ignea and Prof. Lisa Munter. Each year, they develop a synthetic biology research project from inception to completion to compete in a thematic category aimed at addressing critical global challenges.

Plenary Speaker - IEEE EMBC 2024

��˴�Ƭ University — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 15:56:20 +0000

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 here (July 2024).

Bioengineering brings home the gold!

��˴�Ƭ University — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 15:54:46 +0000

Voted by the EUS as Department of the Year, a lot of the excitement around Bioengineering's sudden rise to stardom is last year’s 1st place at the 2023 iGEM Grand Jamboree. Read more here (May 2024).

Vadasz scholar leads the way

��˴�Ƭ University — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 15:53:16 +0000

This year, PhD student, Asia Vighi will be the graduate instructor for the undergraduate team competing at iGem. Vighi is a Vadasz scholar in the Faculty. Read more here (May 2024).

Winning iGEM 2023

��˴�Ƭ University — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 15:36:23 +0000

Dan Voicu (BEng’26), co-lead of the 2023 ��˴�Ƭ iGEM team, described last year’s 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 here (May 2024).