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A Day in the Life of a Lab

Radisic_lab What does it take to run a successful research lab? According to Professor Milica Radisic (ChemE / IBBME), it's a lot like running your own business. Radisic and her team of intrepid graduate students and researchers are profiled in a feature called "A Day in the Life of a Lab" in the current issue of EDGE Magazine.

Read the article and watch videos on the Radisic group's "biowire" research.

July 25, 2014

Volume 31, Issue 17

In this issue:

Departmental Offices
Announcements
Chem Eng Events

Departmental Offices

Graduate Office

Ph.D. DEPARTMENTAL ORAL – S. Javaherian
Date of Meeting: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 in WB215 at 1 pm
Thesis Title: ENGINEERING TISSUE PATTERNING: RULES GOVERNING GENE EXPRESSION PATTERNING AND COMPARTMENT BOUNDARY FORMATION IN VITRO
Committee: Chair: Prof. R. Fernandez-Gonzalez; Supervisor(s): Prof. A. McGuigan; Other Member(s): Prof. H. McNeill, Prof. M. Shoichet

Research Office

Publications

Advancing lignocellulose bioconversion through direct assessment of enzyme action on insoluble substrates
Goacher, Robyn E.; Selig, Michael J.; Master, Emma R
Current Opinion in Biotechnology vol. 27 pp. 123-133. DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2014.01.009

Microfabricated perfusable cardiac biowire: A platform that mimics native cardiac bundle
Xiao, Y., Zhang, B., Liu, H., Miklas, J.W., Gagliardi, M., Pahnke, A., Thavandiran, N., Sun, Y., Simmons, C., Keller, G., Radisic, M.
Lab on a Chip- Miniaturisation for Chemistry and Biology 2014, 14(5) pp. 869-882

Selective determination of dopamine, ascorbic acid and uric acid at SDS-MWCNTs modified glassy carbon electrode
Zhang, J., Zhu, Z., Zhu, J., Li, K., Hua, S.
International Journal of Electrochemical Science 2014, 9(3) pp. 1264-1272

A simplified fabrication process for biofiber-reinforced polymer composites for automotive interior trim applications
Du, Y., Yan, N., Kortschot, M.T.
Journal of Materials Science 2014, 49(6) pp.2630-2639

Announcements

Acting Chair

Please note the Acting Chair on the following dates.

July 25 - Graeme Norval
July 28 - August 1 - Ramin Farnood
August 5 - 8 - Charles Jia

First Year ChemE Orientation - Save the Date!

It's that time again! The Department will be hosting it's annual First Year Orientation Lunch on Wednesday, September 3. All staff and faculty are encouraged to help welcome our new students during the intro session, and then join us for lunch. To RSVP, please send an email to christina.heidorn@utoronto.ca.

12:00 - 12:30 pm: Intro session (WB116)
12:30 - 2:00 pm: Lunch (Undergraduate Common Room)

Chem Eng Events

Click here for the Chem Eng Calendar

Aug 4, 2014 - Civic Holiday: The university will be closed.

September 1, 2014 - Labour Day: The university will be closed.

September 3, 2014 - ChemE Undergraduate Orientation

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