CRAFT Connects Rounds
A place to connect about tackling real-world clinical challenges using microfluidic-enabled technologies
CRAFT Connects Rounds is a monthly webinar series that brings together scientists and clinicians to exchange ideas, spark new potential collaborations, and to explore the value of translational research in the area of microfluidics. The webinars take place on the 3rd Thursday of the month from 4-5PM on Zoom.
Register now to secure your spot and receive reminders for upcoming sessions!
Upcoming Sessions
📅 Date: Thursday, October 15, 2026
🕛 Time: 4:00pm – 5:00pm
📍 Zoom: Register to receive Zoom link
Speakers
To be announced
📅 Date: Thursday, November 19, 2026
🕛 Time: 4:00pm – 5:00pm
📍 Zoom: Register to receive Zoom link
Speakers
- Dr. Axel Guenther, CRAFT Co-Director, Professor, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto
- Dr. Boris Hinz, Professor, Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Toronto; Keenan Research Chair in Fibrosis Research at St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto
📅 Date: Thursday, December 17, 2026
🕛 Time: 4:00pm – 5:00pm
📍 Zoom: Register to receive Zoom link
Speakers
- Dr. Milica Radisic, Professor, Institute of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Toronto; Canada Research Chair in Functional Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering; Senior Scientist at the Toronto General Research Institute
Past Sessions
📅 Date: Thursday, September 17, 2026
🕛 Time: 4:00pm – 5:00pm
📍 Zoom: Register to receive Zoom link
Speakers
- Dr. Yufeng Zhao is an Assistant Professor (status only) in the Faculty of Pharmacy and NRC Research Officer. Yufeng Zhao’s research focuses on the development of efficient protein engineering methods and applications of functional proteins in pharmaceutical science, cell biology and disease diagnostics. Particularly, he designs fluorescent protein-based biosensors to track various analytes (e.g. ions and metabolites) in live cells for elucidating disease mechanisms and advancing drug development. He also develops high-throughput screening platforms to accelerate the engineering of functional proteins including fluorescent proteins, enzymes, and antibodies.
- Dr. Darren Yuen is a nephrologist, an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto, and the Canada Research Chair in Fibrotic Injury. He is a co-founder of Fibrocor Therapeutics, which is developing new anti-fibrotic treatments, and ScarDx, which is developing new software to enable fibrosis imaging with ultrasound. His research group is based at St. Michael’s Hospital. Dr. Yuen’s current research program is focused on developing new diagnostics and therapeutics for organ injury.