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Thursday, September 12, 2013
In Memoriam of Professor Emeritus Jeno Scharer
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Chronic Disease Prevention Initiative (CDPI) - Spring 2013 Seed Grant Funding Award Recipients
Congratulations to CBB members Drs. K. Bizheva, A. Wong, P. Stolee, K. Grindrod, C. Burns, P. Poupart, J. Tung, S. Safavi-Naeini and M. Marsden and their teams in being awarded seed grant funding from the Propel Centre for Population Health Impact for the Chronic Disease Prevention Initiative (CDPI) competition for Spring 2013.
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Biomedical Seminar Series
A message from Professor and Associate Dean of Science, Bernard Duncker:
Nominations are now being accepted for fall term Biomedical Discussion Group speakers, so if you have someone you'd like to invite, or if you (or a member of your group) is interested in giving a talk, please let me know. As was the case last year, the seminars will be held Thursdays from 2:30 - 3:30 pm.
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
CBB attends Ontario Personalized Medicine Mission to Asia
CBB has been invited on behalf of the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade, and Employment Ministry of Research and Innovation to participate in an innovate networking opportunity between Ontario and Asia. Called the "Ontario Personalized Medicine Mission to Asia", the objective of the mission is to develop research and commercialization partnerships and collaborations between Ontario research institutes (like CBB), technology companies and world class research institutes like the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) i
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
CBB article in Canadian Healthcare Technology
CBB and some of its members will be featured in the upcoming Canadian Healthcare Technology Magazine scheduled to be released mid-September.
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Engineering Life-Enhancing Research
Centre members, Murray Moo-Young (right), a distinguished professor emeritus in the chemical engineering department, and Perry Chou, a chemical engineering professor, co-invented a biopharmaceutical drug to treat or prevent autoimmune disease and organ transplant rejection.
Sunday, June 16, 2013
CBB attends BIO World Congress - Montreal
The 10th annual BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology is the world's largest industrial biotechnology event for business leaders, investors, and policy makers in biofuels, biobased products, and renewable chemicals.
The event aims to link biotechnology, chemistry and agriculture industries from around the world; and the various plenary sessions and workshops explore how industry can build a foundation for environmentally sustainable economic growth, energy security, and a cleaner environment.
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Catherine Burns speaks at Intent to Invent
Intent to Invent; hosted by UWaterloo iGEM, and sponsored in part by the Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology.
Leaders within agriculture, health and pharmaceuticals speak about exciting new advancements within biotechonology, and discuss the present and future challenges they are faced with within their sectors.
Monday, February 11, 2013
NSERC Strategic Projects Grant Award
Centre members C.Perry Chou and Murray Moo-Young received $486,000 from NSERC’s Strategic Projects Grants, in partnership with Centurion Biofuels for their research in “Economical production of biobutanol through genetic engineering of Clostridium acetobutylicum for effective dissimilation of cheap feedstock.” [Waterloo News article]