91�� News - Faculty of Engineering

New Concentration now open in Synthetic Biology

webfull — 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.

Published: 22 December 2025

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

webfull — 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.

Published: 22 December 2025

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

webfull — 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 91��’s Department of Bioengineering, mentored and financially supported by 91�� Engine’s Chwang Seto Innovation Fellowship Program.

Published: 10 December 2025

Two 91�� professors awarded funding for AI research through Canada-France collaboration

webfull — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 15:14:57 +0000

Published: 18 November 2025

91�� iGEM Wins Grand Prize at the 2025 iGEM Competition

webfull — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 16:10:16 +0000

We are thrilled to announce that 91�� iGEM has been named the 2025 Grand Prize Winner of the international iGEM competition!

Selected as the #1 iGEM team among 195 participating undergraduate institutions worldwide, 91�� iGEM has once again brought home a first-place award after previously securing the top spot in 2023. This achievement places 91�� iGEM among a group of only four teams globally to have won the Grand Prize more than once.

Published: 4 November 2025

91�� researchers awarded $9.7 million in CFI funding

webfull — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 16:08:32 +0000

Thirty-two 91�� research projects have received new funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation's for investments in research infrastructure to support their innovative projects, for a total federal investment of $9.7 million.

Published: 10 October 2025

Experts: Pedestrian Safety Month

webfull — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 14:40:41 +0000

Fall is a dangerous season for pedestrians, with a rise in road accidents linked to reduced visibility and shorter daylight hours. According to the Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ), October and November consistently see spikes in pedestrian injuries and fatalities, with a notable increase in deaths in recent years.

To draw attention to this problem, the SAAQ marks Pedestrian Safety Month each October, as do authorities in several other jurisdictions.

Published: 9 October 2025

Rebuilding Life: Bioprinting and the Next Frontier in Medicine - Thu. Oct 9 @ 6pm

webfull — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 14:53:28 +0000

A message from the 91�� Institute for Advanced Materials (MIAM):

Attend our next "FUTURE OF MATERIALS" roundtable with Matt Kinsella and May Griffith on bioprinting, with demonstrations: Thu. October 9 at 6:00 pm, Arts W-120 (91�� Campus). Please register at https://lnkd.in/evAZq9uK.

Published: 2 October 2025

91�� Startup, Phoela Health, Among Top Five Student-Led Foodtech Ventures in Canada

webfull — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 17:12:50 +0000

A 91��-engineered biosensor is helping to redefine food safety across Canada.

Published: 18 September 2025

Prof. Mahshid Inducted into the Royal Society of Canada College

webfull — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 16:09:01 +0000

Congratulations to Professor Sara Mahshid on being inducted into the Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholar, Artists and Scientists! Read more here.

Published: 5 September 2025

91������ News - Faculty of Engineering

New Concentration now open in Synthetic Biology

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

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

Two 91������ professors awarded funding for AI research through Canada-France collaboration

91������ iGEM Wins Grand Prize at the 2025 iGEM Competition

91������ researchers awarded $9.7 million in CFI funding