Engineering Microcomputing Facilities - ANNOUNCEMENTS

Lab workshops held for CEGEP students

91ɬ�� — Thu, 14 May 2026 18:36:22 +0000

On April 24th and May 8th, the Department of Bioengineering welcomed Quebec CEGEP students interested in Bioengineering for a lab workshop and recruitment event held at our teaching laboratory. Students gained hands-on experience through experiments led by our Lab technician team and graduate students from Professor Caroline Wagner's research team.

91ɬ��’s Bravo Gala shines a spotlight on research excellence

91ɬ�� — Thu, 14 May 2026 16:18:30 +0000

At event honouring 116 winners of major awards, keynote speaker and SSHRC Gold Medal recipient Myriam Denov emphasized the importance of listening.

91ɬ�� celebrated more than 100 researchers at the 21^st edition of Bravo, a gala event May 7 honouring the winners of major provincial, national and international research prizes and awards in 2025.

Provost honours 31 91ɬ�� professors for exceptional research achievements

91ɬ�� — Wed, 13 May 2026 18:00:18 +0000

The 2026 cohort of Distinguished James 91ɬ�� Professors, James 91ɬ�� Professors and William Dawson Scholars embody ‘the very best of our academic community’.

Provost and Executive Vice-President (Academic) Angela Campbell has named 31 91ɬ�� professors as Distinguished James 91ɬ�� Professors, James 91ɬ�� Professors or William Dawson Scholars. The internal awards recognize exceptional research achievements.

91ɬ�� awarded 16 new or renewed Canada Research Chairs

91ɬ�� — Wed, 13 May 2026 17:51:34 +0000

From fundamental physics to child well-being, 91ɬ�� researchers advance discovery across disciplines

91ɬ�� has been awarded $18.1 million in federal funding to support 16 Canada Research Chairs – six new and 10 renewed.

$1.25 million for 91ɬ�� research from the New Frontiers in Research Fund

91ɬ�� — Wed, 13 May 2026 17:34:01 +0000

Federal fund will support transformative high risk, high reward research across engineering, science, and medicine at 91ɬ��.

91ɬ�� researchers’ sustainable construction method aims to improve earthquake safety

91ɬ�� — Mon, 11 May 2026 14:49:54 +0000

Researchers at 91ɬ�� are carrying out large‑scale tests of a new timber-steel structural system designed to help buildings better withstand earthquakes. Early results suggest the system performs well under simulated earthquake forces, offering a potential path toward safer, more sustainable construction in Quebec and beyond.

A promising new way to transplant cells could lead to a better treatment for Type 1 diabetes

91ɬ�� — Thu, 07 May 2026 15:04:12 +0000

Researchers at 91ɬ�� and the Research Institute of the 91ɬ�� Health Center (RI-MUHC) have developed a novel device to transplant insulin-producing cells that integrates directly with existing blood vessels in the body. The technology, which showed promising results in preclinical trials, aims to overcome key challenges of emerging long-term cell-based treatments for Type 1 diabetes. As well as serving as an artificial pancreas, it potentially could be used to replace or support the function of other organs.

91ɬ�� researchers engineer faster, more effective blood clots

91ɬ�� — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:32:13 +0000

Researchers at 91ɬ�� have developed a rapid way to engineer blood clots that stop severe bleeding and support tissue healing more effectively. Their technique, called “click clotting,” links red blood cell surface proteins through a chemical reaction, resulting in a biocompatible clot that is 13 times more resistant to fracturing and four times more adhesive than natural blood clots. The team said the method could be used to develop life-saving biomaterials to help control severe bleeding, as well as benefit people with clotting disorders.

Non-producing oil and gas wells emit microbial methane at rates 1,000 times higher than previously estimated

91ɬ�� — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:52:18 +0000

Microbial methane leaking from non-producing oil and gas wells is being emitted at rates about 1,000 times higher than previously estimated, according to a new study led by 91ɬ�� researchers.

Sustainability and Synthetic Biology Conference, April 11

91ɬ�� — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:29:32 +0000

The 4^th edition of the Sustainability and Synthetic Biology Conference will take place on April 11. The event will feature BIEN 580 students Case Study Projects that apply synthetic biology to solve real-world problems in health, food security and the environment, as well as guest speakers who will showcase cutting-edge academic research and innovative startups. The conference provides a professional forum for joining undergraduate and graduate students to gain visibility and receive feedback from peers and experts in the fields of biology and engineering.

91ɬ�� researchers build the best light-powered, room-temperature computer yet

91ɬ�� — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 14:49:57 +0000

91ɬ�� and Queen’s University researchers have built an improved version of a computer that uses light to solve extremely hard problems more quickly and at larger scale than existing systems, without the need for cryogenic cooling.

91ɬ�� researchers develop quick test that stands to curb antimicrobial resistance

91ɬ�� — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 14:48:47 +0000

91ɬ�� researchers have developed a diagnostic system capable of identifying bacteria –and determining which antibiotics can stop them – in just 36 minutes, a major advance in the global effort to curb antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Current clinical testing methods typically take 48 to 72 hours, leaving physicians without timely guidance.

The researchers say this innovation arrives at a critical moment due to the urgency of the AMR crisis, which arises from bacteria developing resistance to antibiotics.

Three 91ɬ�� researchers receive SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants

91ɬ�� — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:32:44 +0000

91ɬ�� researcher unveils new model that more accurately measures greenhouse gas emissions from natural gas

91ɬ�� — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 14:07:07 +0000

91ɬ�� engineering researchers have introduced an open-source model that makes it easier for experts and non-experts alike to evaluate greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. natural gas supply chains and yields more accurate results.

New light-triggered microneedle patch could make IVF hormone delivery painless and automated

91ɬ�� — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 14:54:08 +0000

A 91ɬ�� research team has developed a painless, automated way to deliver in vitro fertilization (IVF) hormones using a light-activated microneedle patch, an innovation that could ease one of the most stressful parts of fertility treatment and open new possibilities for other diseases that require frequent, time-sensitive injections.

IVF patients must inject themselves with hormones daily at specific times in the weeks leading up to egg retrieval, a process that can be physically and emotionally taxing.

New Concentration now open in Synthetic Biology

91ɬ�� — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 19:35:10 +0000

Synthetic Biology is a rapidly growing interdisciplinary field focused on creating new biological molecules, devices, and systems, as well as repurposing existing ones for beneficial applications in gene therapies, sustainable materials, and food production. Grounded in principles of standardization, abstraction, and modularity, it applies the Design-Build-Test-Learn engineering cycle to address long-standing biological challenges.

Prof. Reznikov co-authors Nature paper on metabolites preserved in fossil bones

91ɬ�� — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 15:52:08 +0000

In a recent Nature publication, Profs. Natalie Reznikov and Marc McKee, along with graduate students Eran Ittah and Daniel Buss, worked with Prof.

91ɬ�� spinoff Phoela Health wins Quebec Emerging Start-Up Award

91ɬ�� — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 18:05:14 +0000

Phoela Health Inc., co-founded by Reza Abbasi, PhD, and Prof. Sebastian Wachsmann-Hogiu, has won the Emerging Start-Up Award at the ADRIQ Gala 2025. Phoela’s biosensing technology was developed during Abbasi's PhD and advanced in his postdoctoral research in 91ɬ��’s Department of Bioengineering, mentored and financially supported by 91ɬ�� Engine’s Chwang Seto Innovation Fellowship Program.