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‘Smart bandage’ for timely detection of bedsores
. The gold electrodes printed on this thin bandage measure the flow of electricity in the underlying tissue by impedance spectroscopy. (Photo courtesy: UC Berkeley news centre) Some of my fond memories...
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Q. What do cyborg beetles and the smart bandage have in common? A. An...
. In her series “What drives research in the field of biomaterials?” blogger Hamideh Emrani interviews a third highly respected biomaterials researcher. You can read her interviews with Professors John...
View ArticleRight Turn: Turning the brain on and off with optogenetics
. So many of today’s biomedical advances are only possible because of a step forward in basic science research that happened many years ago. Basic science, be it biology, math or physics, always tries...
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Studying the brain needs an “open mind”
Another in the series: “What Drives Research in the Field of Biomaterials?” The amazingly complex system of the brain, and its network of many different cell types interacting and functioning together,...
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Mending a hole in the heart
Dr. Milica Radisic, courtesy of the University of Toronto Among many interesting talks at this year’s Till and McCulloch Meetings in Toronto, Canada, there were a couple related to biomaterials, which...
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A hydrogel for the injured brain and eye
Photo courtesy of Shoichet lab, University of Toronto Continuing with the theme of interesting biomaterials-related talks at the recent Till & McCulloch Meetings in Toronto, Canada, was the one...
View ArticleRight Turn: The art of scientific communication
I’ve been blogging about some of the talks that I heard at the recent Till & McCulloch Meetings (TMM) in Toronto, Canada. Maybe you’ve read them (featuring speakers Molly Shoichet and Milica...
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An interview with bioengineering pioneer Kevin Healy
In the fourth in her series on “What drives research in the field of biomaterials?” blogger Hamideh Emrani interviews Professor Kevin E. Healy at the University of California, Berkeley. You can catch...
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The enabling technology of polymer design
Another in the series: “What drives research in the field of biomaterials?” Molly Shoichet (photo credit Brigitte Lacombe) “What makes Canada cool?” asks Dan Taekema of The Toronto Star, and among the...
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Biomaterials and the “ouch” factor in Olympics and sports
The author’s sons Other than multiple heat waves, this summer has been all about sports and the excitement of different tournaments. The Europe 2016 soccer league, the 2016 Olympics in Brazil and last...
View ArticleStem cell regulatory networks, dynamics and ways to engineer them (Day 1,...
This year’s Till & McCulloch Meetings (TMM2016) began with a diverse set of topics organized into three different plenary sessions. The first session, on regulatory networks in stem cells, began...
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The second day of the Till & McCulloch Meetings (TMM) kicked off with a great talk by Dr. Masayo Takahashi of the Riken Center for Developmental Biology, on the generation of retinal progeny and...
View ArticleLobbying for deregulation of stem cell procedures is giving rise to a new...
Day 3 of the Till & McCulloch Meetings continued with many interesting talks. The one that I have chosen to write about in more detail Dr. Douglas Sipp’s, titled “The Stem Cell Dark Economy.” I...
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A credit card sized lab
Professor Aaron Wheeler earned his PhD from Stanford University and, after a two-year postdoc fellowship at UCLA, joined the faculty of Chemistry at the University of Toronto. He has won numerous...
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The curious case of applying electric shock to treat brain injuries
The month of March is a time for celebrating women around the world. As a science enthusiast, I have been so inspired by the women I see succeeding in the research field. Since I started writing for...
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The “immunity saboteurs ” – otherwise known as T-cells
Colourized scanning electron microscopy image of a T-cell. Image credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Did you know that a healthy person with a healthy lifestyle and diet...
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Congratulations, you graduated this year! So, what happens next?
Dr. Amir Manbachi, Johns Hopkins University (with permission) Passing by university campuses in the month of June, what you will notice is joyful, well dressed students, accompanied by family members,...
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The making of a bioactive “tissue paper”
Above: Image of a building scaffold. Below: Image of a scaffold structure developed in the lab of Dr. Milica Radisic, University of Toronto. The author has previously written about this structure....
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A credit card sized lab
Professor Aaron Wheeler earned his PhD from Stanford University and, after a two-year postdoc fellowship at UCLA, joined the faculty of Chemistry at the University of Toronto. He has won numerous...
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The curious case of applying electric shock to treat brain injuries
The month of March is a time for celebrating women around the world. As a science enthusiast, I have been so inspired by the women I see succeeding in the research field. Since I started writing for...
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