New biowire technology matures human cardiomyocytes
Congratulations to Sara, Jason, Yun Boyang, Anne, and Nimalan on their new publication
in Nature Methods!
http://www.nature.com/nmeth/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nmeth.2524.html
IBBME features contest video by Aric and Miles. Check out the news article below:
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Please also help donate to our lab fundraiser for the 2013 ride for heart event!
Congratulation to Nimalan Thavandiran, Boyang Zhang, and Yun Xiao for winning the Ontario on a Chip Poster and Oral Award.
Congratulation to Milica Radisic for receiving Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal! Milica Radisic is among the 37 professional engineers across Canada to receive the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal!
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Congratulation to Miles and Boyang, both from Milica Raidisic’s lab, for receiving the Irving O Shoichet scholarship. Miles and Boyang are the only two recipients of this scholarship for the year 2013!
Congratulation to Thavandiran N, Nunes SS, Xiao Y, Radisic M for their publication on Stem Cell Res Ther
Topological and electrical control of cardiac differentiation and assembly.
Congratulation to Martin C, Sofla A, Zhang B, Nunes SS, Radisic M for their publication on Int J Artif Organs
Congratulation to Mo Yu (Lara) Fu for being one of the six University of Toronto students have been selected as part of The Next 36, the annual program aimed at promoting Canadian entrepreneurship among undergraduate youth.
http://www.news.utoronto.ca/u-t-students-are-six-next-36
Congratulation to Kang K, Sun L, Xiao Y, Li SH, Wu J, Guo J, Jiang SL, Yang L, Yau TM, Weisel RD, Radisic M, Li RK for their article on J Am Coll Cardiol.
Kang K, Sun L, Xiao Y, Li SH, Wu J, Guo J, Jiang SL, Yang L, Yau TM, Weisel RD, Radisic M, Li RK.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2012 Nov 20;60(21):2237-49. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.08.985.
Congratulation to Chiu LL, Montgomery M, Liang Y, Liu H, Radisic M. for their article on PNAS
Perfusable branching microvessel bed for vascularization of engineered tissues.
Chiu LL, Montgomery M, Liang Y, Liu H, Radisic M.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Nov 26.
Congratulation to Al-Haque S, Miklas JW, Feric N, Chiu LL, Chen WL, Simmons CA, Radisic M
for the cover article on Macromolecular Bioscience!
Check out our recent publications:
Tandon V, Zhang B, Radisic M, Murthy SK.
Biotechnol Adv. 2012 Aug 24.
Al-Haque S, Miklas JW, Feric N, Chiu LL, Chen WL, Simmons CA, Radisic M.
Macromol Biosci. 2012 Aug 27. doi: 10.1002/mabi.201200042.
Iyer RK, Chiu LL, Vunjak-Novakovic G, Radisic M.
Biofabrication. 2012 Sep;4(3):035002.
Chiu LL, Reis LA, Momen A, Radisic M.
Regen Med. 2012 Jul;7(4):523-33.
Mosaic hydrogels: one-step formation of multiscale soft materials.
Leng L, McAllister A, Zhang B, Radisic M, Günther A.
Adv Mater. 2012 Jul 17;24(27):3650-8. doi: 10.1002/adma.201201442. Epub 2012 Jun 20.
Congratulations to our students for starting the school year with new awards:
| Eric Pahnke | Match Scholarship |
| Jason Miklas | CIHR Masters Award |
| Miles Montgomery | OGS |
| Lewis Reis | NSERC PGS-D |
| Yun Xiao | Chinese Government Scholarship |
| Boyang Zhang | Heart and Stroke Richard Lewar Centre of Excellence Studentship |
| Yumi Zhao | QEII/OGSST |
Congratulation to Prof. Radisic for winning McLean Award !
Post-doc/Research Associate
Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering
University of Toronto
We are looking for a motivated and entrepreneurial Post-doctoral/Research Associate with to work on an NSERC I2I funded project focused on the development of a device for microfluidic separation of cardiomyocytes. The successful candidate should have experience with microfluidics and mammalian cell culture. There will be an opportunity to get involved in technology transfer activates, thus entrepreneurial spirit is desired. The successful candidate will join a team of 11 graduate students, 2 post-docs and 1 research associate all working on biomaterials and devices for cardiovascular regenerations. Please send CV to:
Milica Radisic, Ph.D., P.Eng.
Associate Professor
Canada Research Chair in Functional Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering (Tier 2)
Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry
Heart & Stroke/Richard Lewar Centre of Excellence
University of Toronto
Affiliated Scientist
Toronto General Research Institute
164 College St, Rm.407
Toronto, Ontario
M5S 3G9
m.radisic@utoronto.ca
Phone: 416-946-5295
Fax: 416-978-4317
http://www.labs.chem-eng.utoronto.ca/radisic/
Our lab was awarded NSERC I2I grant for development of a microfluidic device
for separation of cardiomyocytes!
Congratulation to Anne for winning the CMC Microsystems awards at 2012 MATCH Symposium!
Congratulation to Xiao Yun (Jo) for winning the best poster prize at the World Biomaterials Congress in Cheng Du, China!
Congratulation to Boyang Zhang, James Green, Shashi Murthy, and Milica Radisic for publishing their paper in PloS One
Label-free enrichment of functional cardiomyocytes using microfluidic deterministic lateral flow displacement. Zhang B, Green JV, Murthy SK, Radisic M. PLoS One. 2012;7(5):e37619. Epub 2012 May 29. PMID: 22666372
Congratulation to Iyer RK, Odedra D, Chiu LL, Vunjak-Novakovic G, Radisic M. for publishing their paper in Tissue Eng Part A
VEGF Secretion by Non-Myocytes Modulates Connexin-43 Levels in Cardiac Organoids. Iyer RK, Odedra D, Chiu LL, Vunjak-Novakovic G, Radisic M. Tissue Eng Part A. 2012 Apr 20. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 22519405
Congratulation to Chiu LL, Janic K, Radisic M. for publishing their paper in Int J Artif Organs.
Engineering of oriented myocardium on three-dimensional micropatterned collagen-chitosan hydrogel. Chiu LL, Janic K, Radisic M. Int J Artif Organs. 2012 Apr 13;35(4):237-250. doi: 10.5301/ijao.5000084. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 22505198
Congratulation to Loraine on winning NSERC-PDF
Congratulation to Lewis on winning NSERC post-graduate scholarship
Congratulation to Milica Engineers Canada Young Engineer Achievement Award