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The Canadian Frailty Network

The Canadian Frailty Network created the FRAILTY MATTERS Innovation Showcase to put the spotlight on Canada’s best local/regional frailty innovations. CMTF's own Heather Keller has been recognized as one of Canada's top innovators with her new thinking and approach to frailty, the implementation of INPAC (Integrated Nutrition Pathway for Acute Care) in 5 Canadian hospitals.

CDL is a seed-stage program for massively scalable, science- and technology-driven startups. The program takes no equity and charges no fees - it is funded through philanthropy. At the core of the program is a series of five intensive, full-day summit meetings where founders meet with a curated group of super-angels, successful tech entrepreneurs, and star scientists to set short-term objectives and raise capital.

Colin Russell

Manager, Program Development and Partnerships

The CBB is happy to announce the hiring of our new manager of program development and partnerships, Colin Russell!

Thomas Willett (SYDE) and co-applicant Andrew Laing (Kinesiology) have been awarded $653,157 over four years from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) to study potential mechanisms of bone fragility originating in the organic phase of bone.

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Waterloo and Chile Meet

CBB members, Trevor Charles and Murray Moo-Young, hosted a workshop on biomanufacturing at UW, June 24-27, as part of a new IPRG collaborative project between UW and the Members of CeBiB at the University of

Dr. Gregory De Crescenzo from École Polytechnique de Montréal received a $1.65 million CREATE Grant. The proposal team consisted of experts from Polytechnique, McGill, University of Montreal, University of Quebec (INRS), and the University of Waterloo. From the University of Waterloo, CBB member's Marc Aucoin and Frank Gu were co-applicants on this proposal. 

Government of Canada announces more than $29 million in support for 18 research teams across the country

The CBB Received $1.6 million CREATE Grant from NSERC (CREATE - Competition Results - 2018)

$1.65 million will support launch of new biomedical technology graduate program.

NATHAN BRANIFF - JULY 13, 2018

This month we discuss synbio, regulation, and science advocacy with Professor Trevor Charles. Dr. Charles has been a professor in the department of biology at the University of Waterloo for 20 years and has been a strong advocate for synthetic biology research, both at Waterloo and in Canada.

People with diabetes could be able to monitor their blood sugar without drawing blood using a system now being developed at the University of Waterloo.

In a recent study, researchers combined radar and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to detect changes in glucose levels without the need for painful finger pricks several times a day.