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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.

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John Yeow (Systems Design Engineering) was welcomed by The Royal Society of Canada as a 2016 member of the college of new scholars, artists and scientists.  He is widely recognised for his pioneering contributions to microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and nanotechnology based biomedical imaging systems for diagnostic and therapeutic applications.

Philip Beesley, School of Architecture received a partnership grant for his living architecture systems through the federally funded Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) to advance research and encourage partnerships that will lead to innovative approaches to improve the well-being of Canadians. [Waterloo News] 

The Early Researcher Awards program recognizes provides new researchers with $140,000 each to build a research team, and the ORF-RI fund helps support infrastructure needs such as equipment and modern facilities. [Waterloo News]

World-wide attention was drawn to Dr. Melanie Campbell when she presented her new diagnostic tool that can identify Alzheimer’s disease long before the onset of symptoms at the 2016 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) in Toronto on July 26, 2016. Alzheimer’s disease has been previously extremely difficult to diagnose. Dr.