Recent Events

June 9, 2009
Congratulations to Rano Matta for being accepted to Queen's University, School of Medicine. Another MD in the making!

June 3, 2009
Congratulations to the Bone-Heads that went to the 2009 Canadian Biomaterials Society Meeting (May 20-23, 2009), at Laval University In Quebec. The following has proudly represented the group by returning with awards!

Dr. Yuko Ujiie - CBS travel award

Dr. Vanessa Mendes - Oral presentation on Biomaterials for Bone 1

Rano Matta - Oral presentation on Material-Cell interactions

Dr. Michel Araujo - Oral presentation on Biomaterials for Bone 2

David Grant - Poster presentation on Biomaterials for Bone

Congratulations to Bone-Heads for winning the 2009 CBS Soccer Tournament! A special thanks to Dr. J. E. Davies for his coaching and encouragement during the game.

June 1, 2009
Congratulations Hamideh for winning the 2009 IBBME Research Day Presentation Award, and 2009 Dentistry Poster Award. What a star student!

June 3, 2009
The bone interface group website will now be updated on a regular basis as a new webmaster has been appointed!

Aug 5, 2005
Awards honouring Bone Interface Group members can now be found on our 'Awards' page. Congratulations everyone! Bone Interface Group

Aug 4, 2005
Presentation posters by Bone Interface Group members are now uploaded. Bone Interface Group
Osteoinductive potential of in vitro elaborated bone matrix
Platelet Releasate Stimulates Bone Marrow Cell Migration and Proliferation In Vitro
Fibrin Filled Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering: An in vivo Study
Shaping 3-D Biodegradable Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering
Examination of the Effects of Thrombin on the Migration of Osteogenic Cells
Human Umbilical Cord Perivascular (HUCPV) Cells: A source of cells for allogeneic cell based therapies

Mar 2, 2005
Congratulations to Antonio Salgado, on his recent successful Ph.D. thesis defense at the University of Minho! Antonio was a valued member of our team at the University of Toronto while doing part of his research work which contributed to the thesis. JED was one of his external examiners, the other was Dietmar Hutmacher from Singapore. See the pictures: 1 | 2 | 3 Bone Interface Group

Feb 9, 2005
We would like to thank the BONE Foundation for using one of our scanning electron micrographs in their logo design as well as the BONE conference brochures. Bone Interface Group

Feb 9, 2005
U of T team discovers stem cell jackpot The Toronto Star

Feb 8, 2005
Canadian team finds new source of stem cells The Globe and Mail

Feb 8, 2005
New stem cell source could boost bone marrow success News@UofT