Lab News

Congratulations to the accomplishments achieved by members of our lab!

Fellowship

  • 2014 – 2016
    • Mitacs Elevate Fellowship - Jian Liu

  • 2015 – 2016
    • Western University BME Innovation Fellowship - Asha Parekh

Scholarship

  • 2014 – 2015
    • Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS-M) - Adrianna Mika
    • Ontario Graduate Scholarship - Dawn Bannerman

  • 2015 – 2016
    • Ontario Graduate Scholarship - Betty Li
    • Ontario Graduate Scholarship - Manuella Oliveira

Thesis

  • 2014 – 2015
    • Asha Parekh
    • Dawn Bannerman
    • Julie La

  • 2015 – 2016
    • Adrianna Mika

Travel Awards

  • Betty Li, Candian Biomaterials Society 2016

Conferences

10th World Biomaterials Congress (WBC ), May 17-22, 2016

  • Solmaz Karamdoust “Silver Decorated Bacterial Cellulose: A Tunable Antibacterial Material”

  • Jian Liu “Electrospun biomemetic scaffold for tympanic membrane repair and its acoustic properties”

  • Lina Fu “Bacterial Cellulose Production Using a Novel”

  • Betty Li “Electrospun Collagen Scaffold for Tympanic Membrane Perforations” and “Mechanical Characterization of Electrospun Collagen Fibers Using AFM”

  • Dawn Bannerman “Degradable’ poly(vinyl alcohol) Iron Oxide Hydrogel”

32nd Annual Meeting of the Canadian Biomaterials Society (CBS), May 27-30, 2015

  • Julie La, Solmaz Karamdoust “A Chemopreventive Microfiber Drug Delivery System for Targeted Skin Cancer Treatment

  • Betty Li “Electrospun Collagen Scaffold for Tympanic Membrane Perforations”

  • Nisha Sharma “Effect of ion implantation on electrospun collagen fiber properties”

World Congress on medical physics and biomedical engineering conference, 7-12 June, 2015

  • Nisha Sharma “Comparison of Different Dosage of Ion Implantation on Electrospun Collagen Fibers to Improve Aqueous Stability”