Undergraduate Students

Lab2Market Launch Fall 2026 Information Session

admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 14:37:54 +0000

Applications are now open for Lab2Market Launch Health Fall 2026 cohort!

Learn how L2M Launch programs help entrepreneurial graduate students and research teams turn innovations into ventures.

Mixer Monday

admin — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 20:45:20 +0000

This monthly meeting is a chance for you to harness the collective knowledge of the community and overcome your current hurdles in building your current or next big idea. Talk about projects, ideas, and start-ups.

Holiday Closure | �� Engine Centre

admin — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 16:59:24 +0000

�� Engine Centre will close at 4:30PM on Wednesday, December 23, 2025, and will reopen on Monday, January 4, 2027.

Wishing everyone a restful holiday break.

Application Deadline: TechAccel Program Summer 2026

admin — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 20:59:02 +0000

Application Deadline: April 19, 2026, at 11:59 PM ET

Call for Application: TechAccel Program Summer 2026

admin — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 21:15:31 +0000

Application Deadline: April 19, 2026, at 11:59 PM ET

Three �� researchers receive SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants

admin — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:32:44 +0000

New Concentration now open in Synthetic Biology

admin — 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.

In Memoriam: Robert Lee

admin — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 19:15:30 +0000

The Department is sad to announce the passing of Dr. Robert G. H. Lee, proud alumnus of our metallurgical engineering program (class 1947), great innovator of air-injection technology in molten metal furnaces, and generous �� supporter (created the Robert Lee scholarship).

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

admin — 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.

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

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

Memorial Tribute to Professor John Gruzleski

admin — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 16:25:11 +0000

“Dean Yargeau and members of the Faculty Council,

�� iGEM Wins Grand Prize at the 2025 iGEM Competition

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

We are thrilled to announce that �� 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, �� iGEM has once again brought home a first-place award after previously securing the top spot in 2023. This achievement places �� iGEM among a group of only four teams globally to have won the Grand Prize more than once.