Congratulations to Dr. Patricia Comeau, senior postdoctoral fellow in the WCBSL, for her recent paper published in Scientific Reports entitled "Impact of Side Chain Polarity on Non-Stoichiometric Nano-Hydroxyapatite Surface Functionalization with Amino Acids". (https://rdcu.be/42xT)
$1.65 million will support launch of new biomedical technology graduate program.
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Grant Holder |
Catherine Burns |
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Title of Proposal |
Training in Global Biomedical Technology Research and Innovation |
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University |
Waterloo |
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Grant Amount |
A third-year biomedical engineering student who learned Portuguese during a work term has been named one of the University of Waterloo’s top co-op students for 2017.
Vincent Shadbolt, who lists involvement with the Waterloo Dragon Boat Team as one of his interests, got the nod for the Faculty of Engineering for his contributions to his employer, his community and the development of co-operative education.
Thomas Willett, and co-applicants including Maud Gorbet and Alex El-Warrak, have been awarded $665,552 over four years from Canadian institutes of health Research (CIHR). The award was granted for their project titled "Bone-mimetic nanocomposite biomaterials for critically-sized skeletal defect reconstruction."