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The Centre for Advanced Materials and Biomaterials Research is pleased to announce the upcoming virtual 2021 CAMBR Day. While we know we will not be able to meet in person, we are happy to virtually host two excellent keynote speakers, and to offer a chance for students to display their research during short talk sessions and poster presentations which will be attended in a Gather Town platform.

Please find the detailed registration information below.

Date and Time:  Thursday, June17, 2021 10-11:00am and 1-5:00pm

Abstract Deadline: Extended until Tuesday June 1, 2021

Registration Deadline: Thursday, June 10, 2021

Please complete the registration form to register free of charge. Please also complete the abstract submission form to present a poster/flash talk.

All forms are to be sent to Aneta Borecki at aurbania@uwo.ca.

The Centre for Advanced Materials and Biomaterials Research is pleased to offer awards of $500 towards participation in an international conference. The goal of this program is to offer our trainees exposure to an international conference audience and content and to promote CAMBR research internationally. The funds can be used to cover registration fees for virtual conferences or towards travel if this becomes possible later in 2021.

Application:  -Three Minute Thesis style video (see attached application form)
                       -Application form
                       -Short CV (3 pages max)

Application Deadline: Friday, December 18, 4:00pm, 2020

Email to Elizabeth Gillies (egillie@uwo.ca)

Application Form and Details

Title: ATRP: More active than dormant
Presenter: Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Center for Macromolecular Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Date: Wednesday October 14, 2020
Time: 1:30
Location: This talk will be hosted jointly with the MSED-Virtual Seminar series
(Macromolecular Science and Engineering Division of the Chemical
Institute of Canada). We will be using their platform, so you will need
to go to the following site to sign up and receive a link for the talk.
It is very easy and only takes a minute.

Title: Manufacturing a 3D Printed Bioartificial Pancreas for Type 1 Diabetes Cellular Therapy
Presenter: Corinne Hoesli, Department of Chemical Engineering, McGill University
Date: Friday, February 21, 2020
Time: 10:00
Location: Dental Sciences Building, Room 0010

Abstract

Title: Biowire models of healthy and diseased myocardium
Presenter: Dr. Milica Radisic, Toronto General Research Institute, University of Toronto
Date: Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Time: 1:30
Location: Physics & Astronomy Seminar Room 100
Further Details: COFFEE + cookies will be available in the Atrium, 2nd floor, at 1:15 p.m. A networking mixer will follow at the Grad Club.

Biography

Abstract

Date: Wednesday, April 17, 2019: 8:30 am - 2:30 pm
Location: Physics and Astronomy Atrium

Registration and abstract submission are now open for our CAMBR Day on Wednesday, April 17.

The CAMBR day program will include:

• Keynote lecture from Prof. Nicholas Fang, Mechanical Engineering, MIT
• Talks from Western Faculty: Mikko Karttunen (Applied Math; Chemistry), Lauren Flynn (Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Anatomy and Cell Biology), Eric Johlin (Mechanical and Materials Engineering), Jamie Noel (Chemistry)
• Flash talks and posters by CAMBR trainees
• Networking opportunities

Please complete the registration form to register for free, including lunch and coffee break. Please also complete the abstract submission form to present a poster/flash talk.

All forms are to be sent to Aneta Borecki at aurbania@uwo.ca.

The deadline is Friday, April 5, by the end of the day.

Title: Challenges and Success: Working at the Interface Between Industry and Academia
Presenter: Dr. Michael May, President and CEO of the Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine (CCRM)

Date: Tuesday, April 9, 2019
Time: 1:30 - 2:30 pm
Location: SEB 2100

Further Details: A networking mixer will follow at 3:30 pm at the Grad Club.

Dec. 5, 2018 Dr. Robert G. Kelly, University of Virginia " Measurement and Modeling of Damage from Atmospheric Galvanic Corrosion and Its Mitigation"

2015 Dr. Gregory D. Scholes, Princeton University "Photosynthetic light harvesting and ultrafast energy transfer"

2013 Dr. Gianluigi Botton, McMaster University "From Atoms and Bonds to Colours: What Can we "see" with an Electron Microscope?"

2012 Dr. Linda Nazar, University of Waterloo "Energy Materials and Climate Change" 

2011 Dr. Eugenia Kumacheva, University of Toronto "Building Polymers from Inorganic Nanoparticles"

2017 Dr. Elizabeth Gillies, Fallona Family Interdisciplinary Science Award Lecture, Western University "Triggered Degradation of Plastics: From Pharmaceuticals to Agricultural Products"