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This week, our PhD student @_shadmankhan is attend

This week, our PhD student @_shadmankhan is attending and presenting at the Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition (CCCE). Follow along with him in our stories to see what he's up to!

Next up in our Summer Takeover Series is Lubna Naj

Next up in our Summer Takeover Series is Lubna Najm, another one of our new Master’s Students. Lubna has been working in the Didar Lab since April 2021, having started as a research assistant before completing her thesis project with us. She recently received her BHSc in Health, Engineering Science and Entrepreneurship (HESE) here at McMaster University. She plans to focus her graduate level project on the development of biosensors prepared using microcontact printing. Check out her takeover later this week to learn more about her exciting work!
#didarlab #maceng #mcmasteruniversity #biomedicalengineering #science #engineering #research #instascience #hamont #biotech #innovation #stemwomen

Our page has been a little quiet recently since we

Our page has been a little quiet recently since we’ve been busy with research – but we’ve decided it's time to fix that! Starting this week, we’ll be introducing members of our team and having them show you a little bit of their work in the lab.
Kicking off this Summer Takeover Series will be Akansha Prasad, one of our newest Master’s Students. Akansha is a familiar face in our lab, having worked as an undergraduate research assistant with us since 2018. She recently received her BEng BME in Biomedical and Chemical Engineering here at McMaster University and also won a CGS-M award from NSERC towards her Master's. Akansha is eager to continue her work on food sensors during her graduate studies. Check out her takeover later this week to learn more about her exciting work!
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Our first publication of 2022 is live at ACS AMI!

Our first publication of 2022 is live at ACS AMI! Check out the highly pathogen repellent surfaces produced without the use of fluorine or lubricant by the team, including @lianee_elizabeth, @amid_shakeri and @_shadmankhan. Another great collaboration with the Soleymani and Weitz Labs!
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https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.1c21672
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Check out our recent interview with BBC News World

Check out our recent interview with BBC News World Service, highlighting our research toward the detection of pathogens using sensors printed in food packaging. Click the link in our bio to listen!
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Congratulations to Didar Lab Master’s student, @

Congratulations to Didar Lab Master’s student, @veronica_bot_science, on her recent success at the 2021 Biotechnology and Bioengineering Conference (BIOTEC). Veronica’s work, which presents an innovative solution for benchtop materials testing, earned both the Jaya Gupta Top Poster Award and Starfish Medical Innovation Award among a field of Masters and PhD students from across Canada and the United States. Veronica envisions her work serving an integral role in the translation of new materials for cardiovascular applications.
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Check out our most recent publication in ACS Nano,

Check out our most recent publication in ACS Nano, a collaboration with @thedellingerlab! Congratulations to all authors, including our own PhD student, @_shadmankhan!
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https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsnano.1c04327
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Congratulations to our senior PhD candidate Martin

Congratulations to our senior PhD candidate Martin Villegas @ma_villain on receiving the Faculty of Health Sciences Outstanding Achievement Award during this year’s FHS Graduate Plenary!
Martin has been a leader within the Didar Lab and the School of Biomedical Engineering since 2016, having first completed his M.A.Sc in Biomedical engineering in our lab, then continuing his research excellence throughout his PhD. He has four notable and highly cited publications to date, has been involved with novel research leading to a patent application and has supported training of many graduate and undergraduate students along the way. He is an active member in the McMaster community who has also served as Co-President of the Biomedical Engineering Graduate Association since 2018, welcoming and supporting all students in the program along their journey. Martin is a highly conscientious student who we are lucky to have as part of our group and we can’t wait to share the next exciting projects he’s working on!
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Congratulations to our PhD student @_shadmankhan w

Congratulations to our PhD student @_shadmankhan who is one of this year’s Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship recipients!
Shadman is a student in the School of Biomedical Engineering developing biomedical materials and biosensors. He is currently working on smart food packaging capable of indicating bacterial contamination and food spoilage in real-time, to overcome our current reliance on predetermined expiry dates, which often lack accuracy. The platform aims to pattern target-responsive DNA entities onto food wraps for the detection of harmful pathogens without the need to open packaging. The proposed biosensor would significantly reduce the prevalence of foodborne illness, improve safety protocols in the food industry and reduce food waste.
He attributes his achievements thus far to the constant and unconditional support of his family and colleagues.
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https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/vanier-and-banting-scholars-recognized-for-their-innovative-research/
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Excited to announce that Dr. Didar has been named

Excited to announce that Dr. Didar has been named as the new Canada Research Chair in Nano-biomaterials! Congratulations to all new and renewed Canada Research Chair recipients here at McMaster University!
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https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/mcmaster-announces-ten-new-canada-research-chairs/
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Check out our most recent publication in ACS Appli

Check out our most recent publication in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, a collaboration with @biohybridslab! Congratulations to all authors, including our own PhD candidates, @ma_villain and Sara Rahmani
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https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c19355
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Congratulations to Fereshteh Bayat, in collaborati

Congratulations to Fereshteh Bayat, in collaboration with @biohybridslab for having their new review paper make cover of this month's ES Nano!
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#bioinspiration #environmentalscience #bacteriophage #biosensors #bigideas #brighterworld #biomedicalengineering #waterquality #mcmasteruniversity #maceng #womeninscience #nano #hamont #instascience #didarlab

Check out our new paper just published with Dr. So

Check out our new paper just published with Dr. Soleymani in Small showing suppression of blood adhesion and clot formation with the RepelWrap! 👀 Congratulations to all authors @s.m.imani Yuting Chan @roddy.mac @amid_shakeri
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https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202004886
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🎉Congratulations to the members of the Didar an

🎉Congratulations to the members of the Didar and Soleymani labs for being named the grand prize winners of the 2020 Create the Future design contest for their creation of RepelWrap!
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Congratulations to Dr. Tohid Didar and Dr. Leyla S

Congratulations to Dr. Tohid Didar and Dr. Leyla Soleymani for being the recipients of this year's Hamilton-Halton Engineering Week's Engineering Innovation of the year award for their work on self-cleaning drug-resistant plastic wrap!
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Yesterday, we said goodbye to our visiting PhD stu

Yesterday, we said goodbye to our visiting PhD student, @esrakasapgil ... We had a very fruitful collaboration and enjoyed having you around. Hope you enjoyed your stay as well 😊🎈👩‍🔬🔬... We wish you all the best, Esra! .
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#tb to our recent paper published in ACS Biomateri

#tb to our recent paper published in ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering in collaboration with @biohybridslab and Dr.
Jeffrey Weitz.
Head to the link below if you want to learn more about Biofunctional Lubricant Infused ePTFE Vascular Grafts and the new surface coating we developed for these medical implants:
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.9b01062
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We are excited to announce that our latest paper o

We are excited to announce that our latest paper on flexible wraps, published in ACSNANO has also been featured on the journal cover!
Congrats to Sara Imani and all other co-authors!
About the cover:
Omniphobic hierarchical polymeric wraps featuring micron-scale wrinkles and nanoparticles and a flexible antibacterial surface repelling drug-resistant bacteria.
Link to paper:
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.9b06287
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Happy Holidays from the DidarLab to you! 🎄 .. L

Happy Holidays from the DidarLab to you! 🎄 .. Lots of fun at our group Holiday party last night! 🎳 Looking forward to another fruitful year!
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Our new publication on creating lubricant-infused

Our new publication on creating lubricant-infused PET vascular grafts with built-in biofunctional nanoprobes is now available online.
Congrats to Maryam Badv and all other co-authors!
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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smll.201905562
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