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Soft and Continuum Medical Robotics across Actuation Modes

Soft and Continuum Medical Robotics across Actuation Modes

Seminars

Aug 7, 2025
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Quantum machine learning in chemical space

Quantum machine learning in chemical space

Seminars

Jun 6, 2025
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Final results from our 2024 Future Materials Innovators Program students

Final results from our 2024 Future Materials Innovators Program students

Seminars

May 30, 2025
2:30PM to 3:30PM

2025 Future Directions of Advanced Materials Workshop

2025 Future Directions of Advanced Materials Workshop

Workshop

May 28, 2025
9:15AM to 4:00PM

Separation of Carbon Nanotubes through Host-Guest Chemistry

Separation of Carbon Nanotubes through Host-Guest Chemistry

Seminars

May 23, 2025
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Pillar[5]arene scaffolds for the preparation of advanced materials and bioactive compounds

Pillar[5]arene scaffolds for the preparation of advanced materials and bioactive compounds

Seminars

May 1, 2025
2:30PM to 3:30PM

2025 Biomaterials and Biofabrication for Regenerative Medicine Applications Symposium

2025 Biomaterials and Biofabrication for Regenerative Medicine Applications Symposium

Workshop

Apr 25, 2025
9:00AM to 4:30PM

Liquid Crystals Find New Orders in Soft Robotics

Liquid Crystals Find New Orders in Soft Robotics

Seminars

Apr 11, 2025
2:30PM to 3:30PM

In vitro Biomaterial Host Response Models: From Protein Adsorption to Fibrosis

In vitro Biomaterial Host Response Models: From Protein Adsorption to Fibrosis

Seminars

Mar 28, 2025
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Neural dependency of tissue repair: developing models to study the role of nerves in biological processes

Neural dependency of tissue repair: developing models to study the role of nerves in biological processes

Seminars

Mar 14, 2025
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Biointerfacing Polymer Materials for Sensing and Drug Delivery

Biointerfacing Polymer Materials for Sensing and Drug Delivery

Seminars

Mar 7, 2025
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Two-Dimensional Triplon Excitations in the Quantum Dimer Magnet Yb2Si2O7

Two-Dimensional Triplon Excitations in the Quantum Dimer Magnet Yb2Si2O7

Seminars

Feb 28, 2025
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Tunneling Probe of 2D and Moiré Magnetism

Tunneling Probe of 2D and Moiré Magnetism

Seminars

Feb 14, 2025
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Anisotropic Spin Stripe Domains in Bilayer La3Ni2O7

Anisotropic Spin Stripe Domains in Bilayer La3Ni2O7

Seminars

Feb 7, 2025
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Probing electronic and magnetic excitations in ruthenates with resonant inelastic X-ray scattering

Probing electronic and magnetic excitations in ruthenates with resonant inelastic X-ray scattering

Seminars

Jan 31, 2025
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Four Decades of Silicon Chemistry at McMaster University: Mike Brook’s Exit lecture

Four Decades of Silicon Chemistry at McMaster University: Mike Brook’s Exit lecture

Seminars

Jan 24, 2025
2:30PM to 3:30PM

What about the (nuclear) waste?

What about the (nuclear) waste?

Seminars

Jan 17, 2025
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Machine learning for materials discovery

Machine learning for materials discovery

Seminars

Jan 10, 2025
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Update from our 2024 Future Materials Innovators Program students

Update from our 2024 Future Materials Innovators Program students

Seminars

Dec 6, 2024
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Biomaterials nanotopography for regenerative medicine applications

Biomaterials nanotopography for regenerative medicine applications

Seminars

Nov 29, 2024
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Hydrogen-Based Direct Reduction of Iron Ore Pellets: Microstructural Evolution and Kinetic Studies

Hydrogen-Based Direct Reduction of Iron Ore Pellets: Microstructural Evolution and Kinetic Studies

Seminars

Nov 22, 2024
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Of MOFs and MEF: Unlocking New Strategies for Fluorescence Enhancement

Of MOFs and MEF: Unlocking New Strategies for Fluorescence Enhancement

Seminars

Nov 15, 2024
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Microscopic insights into the structure and stability of granular materials

Microscopic insights into the structure and stability of granular materials

Seminars

Nov 13, 2024
1:30PM to 2:30PM

Harnessing Metallophilicity in Cyanometallate Coordination Polymers for Advanced Functional Materials

Harnessing Metallophilicity in Cyanometallate Coordination Polymers for Advanced Functional Materials

Seminars

Nov 8, 2024
2:30PM to 3:30PM

From Single Molecule to Physiological Systems: Dynamic Characterization and Applications

From Single Molecule to Physiological Systems: Dynamic Characterization and Applications

Seminars

Nov 1, 2024
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Optical heating of plasmonic nanoparticles: insights, applications and perspectives.

Optical heating of plasmonic nanoparticles: insights, applications and perspectives.

Seminars

Oct 25, 2024
2:30PM to 3:30PM

2024 Morrison Lectures Series featuring Professor Karen Wooley

2024 Morrison Lectures Series featuring Professor Karen Wooley

Workshop

Oct 16, 2024 to Oct 18, 2024
6:30PM to 3:30PM

Surface modification and characterization strategies to modulate and understand protein, cell, and tissue interactions with biomaterials

Surface modification and characterization strategies to modulate and understand protein, cell, and tissue interactions with biomaterials

Seminars

Oct 11, 2024
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Genetic control of magnetite crystals biomineralization by magnetotactic bacteria

Genetic control of magnetite crystals biomineralization by magnetotactic bacteria

Seminars

Oct 4, 2024
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Single and self-assembled gold nanoclusters for biophotonic applications and cancer therapy

Single and self-assembled gold nanoclusters for biophotonic applications and cancer therapy

Seminars

Sep 24, 2024
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Biofabrication methods for tissue engineering and cultivated meat

Biofabrication methods for tissue engineering and cultivated meat

Seminars

Sep 20, 2024
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Probing Cartilage Ultrastructure and Micromechanics in Healthy and Osteoarthritic Joints

Probing Cartilage Ultrastructure and Micromechanics in Healthy and Osteoarthritic Joints

Seminars

Jul 30, 2024
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Element Specific Molecular Scale XAFS Structural Approach in Material Science

Element Specific Molecular Scale XAFS Structural Approach in Material Science

Seminars

Jul 23, 2024
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Fast Descriptors and Accelerated Process Development for 2D materials

Fast Descriptors and Accelerated Process Development for 2D materials

Seminars

Jun 10, 2024
2:30PM to 3:30PM

2024 Future Directions of Advanced Materials Workshop

2024 Future Directions of Advanced Materials Workshop

Workshop

May 29, 2024 to May 30, 2024
9:00AM to 3:30PM

Future Materials Innovators Program 2023 Recipients - Final Update

Future Materials Innovators Program 2023 Recipients - Final Update

Seminars

May 3, 2024
2:30PM to 3:30PM

2024 Biomaterials and Biofabrication for Regenerative Medicine Applications Symposium

2024 Biomaterials and Biofabrication for Regenerative Medicine Applications Symposium

Workshop

Apr 26, 2024
9:30AM to 5:00PM

Advancements in 3D Electron Microscopy for Insight into Vertebrate Tissue Biomineralization

Advancements in 3D Electron Microscopy for Insight into Vertebrate Tissue Biomineralization

Seminars

Apr 19, 2024
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Energy yield considerations for PV installations and new advances in photonics power

Energy yield considerations for PV installations and new advances in photonics power

Seminars

Apr 18, 2024
10:30AM to 11:30AM

From Lab to Launch: Empowering Student Entrepreneurs in Biomaterial Innovation

From Lab to Launch: Empowering Student Entrepreneurs in Biomaterial Innovation

Seminars

Apr 12, 2024
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Polymerisation-Induced Self-Assembly

Polymerisation-Induced Self-Assembly

Seminars

Apr 5, 2024
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Germanium in semiconductor laser applications

Germanium in semiconductor laser applications

Seminars

Mar 22, 2024
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Manipulating Exfoliated Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Flakes at the Air-Water Interface: Towards Printing on Water

Manipulating Exfoliated Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Flakes at the Air-Water Interface: Towards Printing on Water

Seminars

Mar 15, 2024
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Ultrafast carrier dynamics in emerging perovskite quantum materials

Ultrafast carrier dynamics in emerging perovskite quantum materials

Seminars

Mar 8, 2024
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Academic entrepreneurship: From research to start-up

Academic entrepreneurship: From research to start-up

Workshop

Mar 7, 2024
8:30AM to 4:00PM

Hybrid Glass Light Sources and Devices on Silicon Photonic Chips

Hybrid Glass Light Sources and Devices on Silicon Photonic Chips

Seminars

Mar 1, 2024
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Peptides: Transforming Natural Ligands into Therapeutics, Imaging Agents and Biomaterials

Peptides: Transforming Natural Ligands into Therapeutics, Imaging Agents and Biomaterials

Seminars

Feb 9, 2024
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Modern al(radio)chemistry to diagnose and treat cancer

Modern al(radio)chemistry to diagnose and treat cancer

Seminars

Feb 2, 2024
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Droplet microreactors for radiopharmaceutical discovery and manufacturing

Droplet microreactors for radiopharmaceutical discovery and manufacturing

Seminars

Jan 26, 2024
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Modelling microstructure evolution in Materials Science & Engineering

Modelling microstructure evolution in Materials Science & Engineering

Seminars

Jan 12, 2024
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Update from our 2023 Future Materials Innovators Program Students

Update from our 2023 Future Materials Innovators Program Students

Seminars

Dec 14, 2023
1:30PM to 2:30PM

Magnetically Actuated Robotic Tools: Devices for the Future of Medicine

Magnetically Actuated Robotic Tools: Devices for the Future of Medicine

Seminars

Dec 8, 2023
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Light-Responsive Materials for Photo-Mechanics, and Brain-Machine Interfaces

Light-Responsive Materials for Photo-Mechanics, and Brain-Machine Interfaces

Seminars

Dec 1, 2023
2:30PM to 3:30PM

From Concepts to Implementation: Machine Learning Accelerated Nanoporous Materials Discovery

From Concepts to Implementation: Machine Learning Accelerated Nanoporous Materials Discovery

Seminars

Nov 24, 2023
2:30PM to 3:30PM

When AI, Modeling, and self-driving laboratories Harmonize for Advanced Material Discovery

When AI, Modeling, and self-driving laboratories Harmonize for Advanced Material Discovery

Seminars

Nov 17, 2023
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Language models in the lab: moving towards a robot chemist

Language models in the lab: moving towards a robot chemist

Seminars

Nov 10, 2023
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Orchestration software and cheap devices to accelerate the adoption of self-driving laboratories

Orchestration software and cheap devices to accelerate the adoption of self-driving laboratories

Seminars

Nov 3, 2023
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Engineering DNA-Based Tools for Chemical and Biological Sensing

Engineering DNA-Based Tools for Chemical and Biological Sensing

Seminars

Oct 27, 2023
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Supramolecular messaging: the unexpected impact ionizable lipid molecular structure has on the delivery of nucleic acids.

Supramolecular messaging: the unexpected impact ionizable lipid molecular structure has on the delivery of nucleic acids.

Seminars

Oct 20, 2023
2:30PM to 3:30PM

The age of FRETomics - Luminescent nanomaterials for biosensing

The age of FRETomics - Luminescent nanomaterials for biosensing

Seminars

Oct 6, 2023
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Bioengineering a path through the post antibiotic era using bacterial viruses

Bioengineering a path through the post antibiotic era using bacterial viruses

Seminars

Sep 29, 2023
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Photon Conversion Materials Based on Organic-Inorganic Hybrids for Photovoltaic and Imaging Technologies

Photon Conversion Materials Based on Organic-Inorganic Hybrids for Photovoltaic and Imaging Technologies

Seminars

Sep 22, 2023
2:30PM to 3:30PM

7th Microscopy Characterisation of Organic-Inorganic Interfaces Conference

7th Microscopy Characterisation of Organic-Inorganic Interfaces Conference

Workshop

Jun 27, 2023 to Jun 28, 2023
9:00AM to 6:00PM

2023 Future Directions of Advanced Materials Workshop

2023 Future Directions of Advanced Materials Workshop

Workshop

May 31, 2023 to Jun 1, 2023
9:00AM to 3:30PM

BIMR Seminar: Future Materials Innovators Program 2022 Recipients

BIMR Seminar: Future Materials Innovators Program 2022 Recipients

Seminars

May 5, 2023
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Biomaterials and Biofabrication for Regenerative Medicine Applications

Biomaterials and Biofabrication for Regenerative Medicine Applications

Workshop

Apr 21, 2023
9:00AM to 6:00PM

The development of advanced dynamic in-vitro lung models in Hirota’s lab

The development of advanced dynamic in-vitro lung models in Hirota’s lab

Seminars

Apr 14, 2023
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Mastering Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering

Mastering Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering

Seminars

Apr 11, 2023
10:00AM to 4:00PM

From the Biophysics of Red Blood Cells to Covid-19 Vaccines

From the Biophysics of Red Blood Cells to Covid-19 Vaccines

Seminars

Mar 31, 2023
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Exploring Kitaev Magnetism Beyond the Honeycomb Lattice

Exploring Kitaev Magnetism Beyond the Honeycomb Lattice

Seminars

Mar 24, 2023
2:30PM to 3:30PM

AI for antibiotic discovery

AI for antibiotic discovery

Seminars

Mar 10, 2023
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Are cuprates good candidates for high-Tc multiferroism?

Are cuprates good candidates for high-Tc multiferroism?

Seminars

Feb 23, 2023
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Molecules Represented as Graphs: A Key to Accelerating Molecular Simulations and Inverse Design

Molecules Represented as Graphs: A Key to Accelerating Molecular Simulations and Inverse Design

Seminars

Feb 17, 2023
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Novel sampling and measurement methods for characterizing exposure

Novel sampling and measurement methods for characterizing exposure

Seminars

Feb 10, 2023
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Fracture in heterogeneous brittle materials

Fracture in heterogeneous brittle materials

Seminars

Feb 3, 2023
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Wettability control on multiphase flow in porous media with applications to the energy system

Wettability control on multiphase flow in porous media with applications to the energy system

Seminars

Jan 27, 2023
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Smart materials for artificial synapses, self-organized learning and pattern recognition, and their nanoscale imaging

Smart materials for artificial synapses, self-organized learning and pattern recognition, and their nanoscale imaging

Seminars

Jan 20, 2023
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Shaping 3D microenvironments using light: the new era of cell mechanobiology

Shaping 3D microenvironments using light: the new era of cell mechanobiology

Seminars

Dec 2, 2022
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Highly multiplexed imaging to capture biological complexity in situ

Highly multiplexed imaging to capture biological complexity in situ

Seminars

Nov 25, 2022
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Super-resolution made easy

Super-resolution made easy

Seminars

Nov 18, 2022
2:30PM to 3:30PM

How CALM is Supporting Materials Research at McMaster

How CALM is Supporting Materials Research at McMaster

Seminars

Nov 11, 2022
2:30PM to 3:30PM

The Benefits of Being Thin: How Ultrathin Silicon Membranes are Enabling New Technologies for Discovery in Biomedical Research

The Benefits of Being Thin: How Ultrathin Silicon Membranes are Enabling New Technologies for Discovery in Biomedical Research

Seminars

Nov 4, 2022
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Structural characterization opportunities at the Brockhouse beamlines at the Canadian Light Source

Structural characterization opportunities at the Brockhouse beamlines at the Canadian Light Source

Seminars

Oct 27, 2022
4:00PM to 5:00PM

Porous Electrochemical/Catalytic Materials: Design, Characterization, and Application

Porous Electrochemical/Catalytic Materials: Design, Characterization, and Application

Seminars

Oct 21, 2022
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Manufacturing Next-Generation Membranes from Nanostructured Polymers

Manufacturing Next-Generation Membranes from Nanostructured Polymers

Seminars

Oct 7, 2022
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Molecular Engineering Polyelectrolyte Complex Materials

Molecular Engineering Polyelectrolyte Complex Materials

Seminars

Sep 29, 2022
1:30PM to 2:30PM

Ion Dynamics in Lithium-Ion Batteries as Revealed by Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

Ion Dynamics in Lithium-Ion Batteries as Revealed by Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

Seminars

Sep 23, 2022
2:30PM to 3:30PM

BIMR Seminar: Update from our Future Materials Innovators Program Recipients

BIMR Seminar: Update from our Future Materials Innovators Program Recipients

Seminars

Sep 16, 2022
2:30PM to 4:30PM

Beyond Li-Ion Batteries: Prospects for Li-S Batteries

Beyond Li-Ion Batteries: Prospects for Li-S Batteries

Seminars

Sep 1, 2022
3:00PM to 4:00PM

BIMR Workshop – Future Directions of Advanced Materials

BIMR Workshop – Future Directions of Advanced Materials

Workshop

May 30, 2022 to May 31, 2022
9:30AM to 3:30PM

Trends in materials and product design: from microstructure optimization to “architectured materials”

Trends in materials and product design: from microstructure optimization to “architectured materials”

Seminars

May 13, 2022
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Wearable Electronics Using a Textile-Centric Design Approach

Wearable Electronics Using a Textile-Centric Design Approach

Seminars

May 4, 2022
11:00AM to 12:00PM

Multi-Dimensional Microscopy to Probe Osseointegration and Biomineralization

Multi-Dimensional Microscopy to Probe Osseointegration and Biomineralization

Seminars

Apr 29, 2022
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Getting to the surface of biology

Getting to the surface of biology

Seminars

Apr 22, 2022
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Using Electrons and Photons for Materials Characterization: Where do we stand?

Using Electrons and Photons for Materials Characterization: Where do we stand?

Seminars

Apr 14, 2022
2:30PM to 3:30PM

New Developments at the Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy: Imagine the Possibili-ties!

New Developments at the Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy: Imagine the Possibili-ties!

Seminars

Apr 8, 2022
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Electrocatalytic transformations of small waste molecules

Electrocatalytic transformations of small waste molecules

Seminars

Mar 18, 2022
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Development and understanding of catalysts for electrochemical CO2 conversion

Development and understanding of catalysts for electrochemical CO2 conversion

Seminars

Mar 11, 2022
2:00PM to 3:00PM

The Materials for Tomorrow, Today

The Materials for Tomorrow, Today

Seminars

Feb 25, 2022
1:00PM to 2:00PM

Search for Broken Symmetries in Kagome Lattice Superconductor

Search for Broken Symmetries in Kagome Lattice Superconductor

Seminars

Feb 18, 2022
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Kitaev Physics in low-dimensional materials

Kitaev Physics in low-dimensional materials

Seminars

Feb 11, 2022
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Magnetic order mediated by fluctuating valence bonds in a quasi-2D quantum magnet Cu3B2O6

Magnetic order mediated by fluctuating valence bonds in a quasi-2D quantum magnet Cu3B2O6

Seminars

Feb 4, 2022
2:30PM to 3:30PM

ENGINEERED MICROMOTORS AND NANO-PROBES FOR MOBILE HEALTH VIRAL DIAGNOSTICS

ENGINEERED MICROMOTORS AND NANO-PROBES FOR MOBILE HEALTH VIRAL DIAGNOSTICS

Seminars

Jan 28, 2022
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Functional nucleic acids as bacterial and viral sensors

Functional nucleic acids as bacterial and viral sensors

Seminars

Jan 21, 2022
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Functional hierarchical materials as the building blocks for the next generation of biomedical devices

Functional hierarchical materials as the building blocks for the next generation of biomedical devices

Seminars

Jan 14, 2022
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Development of Nucleic Acid-Based Nanostructures for Applications at the Interface with Biology

Development of Nucleic Acid-Based Nanostructures for Applications at the Interface with Biology

Seminars

Jan 7, 2022
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Engineering Biomaterials to Mimic and Repair Tissues

Engineering Biomaterials to Mimic and Repair Tissues

Seminars

Nov 26, 2021
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Three-Dimensional Bioprinting for Tissue Fabrication

Three-Dimensional Bioprinting for Tissue Fabrication

Seminars

Nov 19, 2021
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Advancing models of lung health and disease through interdisciplinary collaborations.

Advancing models of lung health and disease through interdisciplinary collaborations.

Seminars

Nov 12, 2021
2:30PM to 3:30PM

Engineered Microenvironments to Mimic the Physical and Biochemical Properties of Healthy and Diseased Tissue.

Engineered Microenvironments to Mimic the Physical and Biochemical Properties of Healthy and Diseased Tissue.

Seminars

Nov 5, 2021
2:30PM to 3:30PM

How Robots Can Teach Us to Trust A.I.

How Robots Can Teach Us to Trust A.I.

Seminars

Oct 29, 2021
2:30PM to 3:30PM

New Tools and Technology to Accelerate Process Chemical Research and Discovery

New Tools and Technology to Accelerate Process Chemical Research and Discovery

Seminars

Sep 24, 2021
2:30PM to 3:30PM