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News and Announcements
Irving O. Shoichet Distinguished Lecture on Wed, Oct 19
This year's Iriving O. Shoichet Lecturer is Cato Laurencin from the
University of Connecticut. He will giving a talk entitled, Regenerative Engineering: Convergence in Action. The talk will take place on Wednesday, October 19 in WB116 from 12-1pm.
Michael Sefton receives $1.1M from JDRF for type 1 diabetes research
Michael Sefton (ChemE, IBBME) has been presented with a major research award from international diabetes foundation JDRF to advance treatment research for type 1 diabetes (T1D). The funding, valued at approximately $1.1 million ($845,135 USD), supports a three-year study at the University of Toronto’s Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) to explore an experimental treatment that involves transplanting healthy pancreatic cells into patients living with the disease. Once successfully implanted, these cells can then produce insulin to help regulate blood glucose levels. Read full story.
ChemE students to compete in the Minerva-CIAC Case Study Competition finals on Mon, Oct 17
Four ChemE students - Katherine Dritsas, Andrew Kostruba, Kayla Musalem and Kenny Wei - placed in the top three for the written portion of the Minerva-CIAC Case Study Competition. They will compete in the finals (oral presentations) against École Polytechnique and the University of Waterloo on Monday, October 17 at the CSChE Conference in Quebec City. Congratulations and best of luck to our students!
Call for applications: 2017 Science Leadership Program
The Science Leadership Program (SLP) is "an amazing and transformational" 2+ day workshop designed to give faculty members the tools to effectively engage policymakers, the media, decision-makers, and the general public about their research. The workshop is directed by Molly Shoichet, Senior Advisor on Science and Engineering Engagement to President Gertler, University of Toronto, and is funded by Connaught Fund. It begins with a reception at 4:30pm on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 and ends with a group dinner on Friday, April 21, 2017. The Science Leadership Program is seeking academic scientists, engineers, and social scientists from U of T and other research-intensive Canadian universities to submit their application for consideration by October 31, 2016.
Mustard Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Institute for Work & Health is now accepting applications for the Mustard Post-Doctoral Fellowship. The deadline for submitting the applications is Friday November 18, 2016. For more information, click here.
Special talk on Mon, Oct 17
Katia Barbera from the
European Research Institute of Catalysis (University of Messina, Messina, Italy) will be giving a talk entitled, Bridging the Gap Between Research and Application by Use of in situ and operando Vibrational Spectroscopies. The talk will take place on
Monday, October 17 and starts at 10:30am in WB407.
Special talk on Wed, Oct 26
Hear Dr. Manfred Fischedick (VP at the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, and professor at the
Schumpeter School of Business and Economics at the University of Wuppertal) talk about Germany's Energy Transition on Wednesday, October 26 from 4:30-5:30pm in UC161.
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October 14, 2016
Volume 33, Issue 35
In this issue:
Reminders
Events
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Wednesday, October 19, 2016 - Irving O. Shoichet Distinguished Lecture - Regenerative Engineering: Convergence in Action, Cato Laurencin, University of Conneticut, 12-1pm, WB116
Wednesday, November 30, 2016 - LLE - Extreme Transitions of Flow Properties: Gas Hydrate Jamming and Discontinuous Shear Thickening,
Jeffrey Morris, City College of New York, 12-1pm, WB116
Wednesday, December 7, 2016 - LLE - Helping Nanomaterials Reach Their Colloidal Potential,
Keith Johnston, University of Texas, 12-1pm, WB116
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