CBB member Trevor Charles, a professor of Biology in the Faculty of Science, received a Spark Award from the Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) for his highly innovative project in the area of bioplastics.
CBB member Scott Taylor along with his coworkers have develop a new method to improve the discovery of antibiotics. The new method is published in the journal Organic Letters.
Safieddin Safavi-Naeini, an electrical and computer engineering professor, became an IEEE Fellow at the beginning of January for his contributions to gigahertz to terahertz integrated antenna systems.
CBB member Michael Tam and his Waterloo Engineering Stars in Global Health project, received $112,000 in funding last month through the federal government's Grand Challenges Canada on delivering clean potable water to the developing world.
CBB will be hosting a booth at the upcoming WE Innovate event at the Student Design Centre on campus on November 19, 2014. Stop by for a visit and learn about some of the latest research happening at CBB!
On September 15th Murray Moo-Young presented an invited lecture at the opening plenary session of the 16th "IUPAC International Biotechnology Symposium & Exhibition" (IBS) in Fortaleza, Brazil. The title of the talk was “The multidisciplinary nature of biotechnology: current concerns”.