CBB member, Trevor Charles, is part of a newly formed collaboration that has received $250,000 in funding from Genome Canada’s Disruptive Innovations in Genomics (DIG) program to retool a well-studied bacterial strain into accepting genetic material from other bacterial species. The new genetic toolbox will have wide-ranging applications from generating new bioplastics to fighting devastating plant pathogens.
Chekema Prince, Project Manager for the Second Heart project, and the Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology, were mentioned during the Canadian Aerospace Summit yesterday; November 15, 2016, by Chairman, President and CEO Marillyn A. Hewson.
A Memorandum of Understanding was first signed between Waterloo and Sorbonne in 2015 to collaborate on research in health engineering, bioengineering, integrated smart transportation, bio-economy, urban planning, and digital arts. [Waterloo International]
The IEEE UFFC Society has presented the IEEE Ultrasonics Early Career Investigator Award to CBB member and Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Alfred Yu in recognition of his exceptional contributions to biomedical ultrasound research. This is the top IEEE award for ultrasonics researchers within the first 10 years after PhD.
