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

Prof. Radisic awarded Canada Research Chair!

Congratulation to Nimalan Thavandiran for defending his master!!

Congratulation to Yun Xiao for bypassing to PhD!!

Congratulation to Lara for receiving an NSERC USRA award for summer 2012!

Congratulation to Rohin Iyer for defending his PhD on Feb 06th, 2012!!!

Prof. Radisic’s h-index reaches 25!!!

Congratulations to Lewis, Loraine, Boyang, Anne, Yun, Nimalan and Sara for the following publications:

• Cardiac tissue engineering: current state and perspectives. Chiu LL, Iyer RK, Reis LA, Nunes SS, Radisic M. Front Biosci. 2012 Jan 1;17:1533-50. PMID: 22201819
• A peptide-modified chitosan-collagen hydrogel for cardiac cell culture and delivery. Reis LA, Chiu LL, Liang Y, Hyunh K, Momen A, Radisic M. Acta Biomater. 2011 Dec 6. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 22155066
• Micro- and nanotechnology in cardiovascular tissue engineering. Zhang B, Xiao Y, Hsieh A, Thavandiran N, Radisic M. Nanotechnology. 2011 Dec 9;22(49):494003. Epub 2011 Nov 21. PMID: 22101261

Congratulation to Boyang Zhang for passing PhD qualifying exam!

Prof. Radisic’s h-index reaches 24!

Congratulations to:

• Loraine Chiu for receiving OGSST/Queen Elizabeth II
• Anne Hsieh for receiving OGSST/Queen Elizabeth II
• Lewis Reis for receiving OGSST/Queen Elizabeth II
• Boyang Zhang for receiving MATCH
• Nimalan Thavandiran for receiving  HSFC and MATCH
• Yun Xiao for receiving Chinese Government Scholarship
• Jason Miklas for receiving Ontario Graduate Scholarship
• Mark Li for receiving Restracomp SickKids

Prof. Radisic talks to Nature about her career development. The article provides great tips for post-docs looking for academic positions. Read more at:

http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/2011/110630/full/nj7353-667a.html