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A List of things to do During Quarantine

Read about something unrelated to your field of study Paint how you feel Cook a favorite recipe Learn to bake...
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Alumni Profile – Dr. Cindy Yip

Dr. Cindy Yip is currently a Global Project Leader in Immunology and Heamatology at the Global Rare Disease division of...
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As COVID-19 protective supplies dwindle, U of T Engineering grad students are stitching face masks for Toronto

U of T Engineering graduate students Kramay Patel (IBBME MD/PhD candidate) and Chaim Katz (IBBME PhD candidate) are temporarily trading in their electrodes and amplifiers for sewing machines and cotton threads.   They’ve launched Stitch4Corona,...
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BME student partners with Toronto makers to aid in COVID19 equipment production and hospital R&D projects

After COVID-19 was officially declared a pandemic and the City of Toronto issued closing orders and social distancing measures, I...
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Engineering alumni startup Nanoleaf to source more than one million masks amid COVID-19 shortages

Two weeks ago they were making light panels. Today they’re sourcing medical equipment.   The COVID-19 outbreak has led to reports of shortages of life-saving personal protective equipment (PPE) for front-line health workers, including in...
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Explainer: U of T Engineering professor Omar F. Khan on COVID-19 vaccination efficacy, misconceptions and Canada’s rollout

One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccines are being deployed and administered around the world — with vaccine development, manufacturing...
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How does COVID-19 invade our bodies so easily? U of T Engineering team uses ‘organ-on-a-chip’ model to find out

In order for a COVID-19 vaccine and antiviral drugs to be developed, scientists first need to understand why this virus...
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Lessons on inspiring community action during the COVID19 pandemic

In March of 2020, I started the Stitch4Corona initiative: a community-based initiative which provided face masks to the Greater Toronto Area’s (GTA)...
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Meet Donnelly Centre team developing on-the-go test for COVID-19

While most people are sheltering at home, for a team led by Professor Warren Chan it’s business as usual as they continue...
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New ‘rock candy’ approach could lead to simpler, faster tests for COVID-19

Testing for viruses is not a new science, but the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the bottlenecks in established methods. Now,...
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Researchers develop a quantum dot smartphone device to diagnose and track COVID-19

Researchers at the University of Toronto (Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research)...
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Review paper summarizes diagnostic tools and surveillance for COVID19

Prof. Warren Chan (IBBME, Donnelly Centre), Dr. Samira Mubareka (Sunnybrook Hospital), Dr. Jonathan Gubbay (Public Health Ontario) and their trainees have summarized current diagnostic tools for...
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