May 3Welcome to students joining our group for summer projects!Juliana and Graham are returning to start new projects, and we welcome Jennifer, Pew and Xinxin in the group. Congratulations to Juliana...
Mar 18A new article on bioplastics published in Nature Chemical Biology!Take a look at the collaborative manuscript on "aquaplastics". These water processable plastic-like materials are made of microbial...
Feb 1Our research was featured in the 2019-2020 Dean's Major Gift Report.Read the full Faculty of Engineering 2019-2020 Major Gift Report here.
Jan 8Happy New Year! This semester, we welcome a new undergraduate researcher in the group, Coralie! Coralie is joining for a CHEE 494 project. We also...
Dec 1, 2020Masoud and Daniel are presenting their work at the Virtual Fall 2020 MRS meeting!If you are attending the conference, go listen to their talks and contact them with comments or questions. Find more details about the...
Nov 12, 2020Congratulations to Zahra, Masoud, Xiaodan and Oliver for the acceptance of their article!Our article was just accepted for publication in ACS Synthetic Biology! Along with our collaborators at Northwestern University, we are...
Nov 6, 2020Congratulations to Dalia for her presentation prize at the QCAM annual symposium!Dalia received the first presentation prize in the biomedical category for her oral presentation.
Sep 8, 2020Prof. Dorval Courchesne is selected as an "Emerging Leader in Chemical Engineering"!She will give a plenary TED talk-style presentation during the upcoming Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference. Read more here.
Sep 3, 2020A new semester is starting! We welcome a new undergraduate researcher, Graham, for a CHEE 494 project!
Jul 23, 2020Congratulations to Dalia, Zahra, Daniel and Bita for the acceptance of their article!In this article for Scientific Reports, entitled "Fabrication of Fluorescent pH-Responsive Protein-Textile Composites", we report the...
Jun 5, 2020Congratulations to Daniel for sucessfully defending his PhD proposal!Congratulations Daniel!
May 19, 2020Prof. Dorval Courchesne receives the 2020 Christophe Pierre Award for Research Excellence!This award recognizes early excellence and potential for future pre-eminence in research by academic staff in the Faculty of Engineering...
May 6, 2020Congratulations to Sophia and Oliver for the acceptance of their critical review article!Our article, entitled "Challenges in Engineering Conductive Protein Fibers: Disentangling the Knowledge" will be published in The...
May 1, 2020Congratulations to Jiawei for completing his MEng degree this semester!Congratulations Jiawei!
Apr 30, 2020Our lab is physically closed, but our group is still active remotely!We are welcoming two new members in the group in May: Welcome to Angie Cai, new MEng student and recipient of a MEUSMA award! We also...
Apr 30, 2020Congratulations to Zahra, Dalia and Masoud who were awarded FRQNT Doctoral Research Scholarships!Big congratulations!
