News from the McMaster School of Biomedical Engineering

Biomedical engineering students Deena Al-Sammak and Rooaa Shanshal are the co-founders of Power of Play Innovations, which won first place in the Forge incubator's Startup Survivor accelerator and pitch competition this week.

Biomedical engineering graduate student Shadman Khan is one of this year’s recipients of the Governor General's Academic Gold Medal, one of the most prestigious awards students in Canadian schools can receive.

A group of McMaster researchers who routinely work with bacteriophages — viruses that eat bacteria — had a pleasant and potentially very important surprise while preparing slides to view under a powerful microscope.

Two students travelled to Bohemia, New York for a two-week experiential research visit to a Sartorius facility.

Breakthrough provides easier access to type of virus that infects bacteria.

Professor Tohid Didar has been recognized for his international achievements, commitment to knowledge, excellence in education and dedication to serving communities.

Zeinab Hosseinidoust, Fereshteh Bayat and Tohid Didar, working with a colleague from Université Laval, have developed a simple new way to store, identify, and share phages, making them more accessible to patients who need them.

Akansha Prasad has been named a 2024 Vanier Scholar, and Shadman Khan has received the Banting Fellowship Award.

Professor Tohid Didar shares his expertise about smart food monitoring technologies.

Professor Tohid Didar is the corresponding author on a paper about a suite of tests that enable food packages to signal if their contents are contaminated.

Our 2024 Mac Eng grads and Iron Ring recipients reflect on their time as an undergraduate student.

Landon Steenbakkers is a fourth year Chemical and Bioengineering student on a 6-month co-op placement in Göttingen, Germany at Sartorius Stedim Biotech, a leading company in the international field of biopharmaceuticals.