Heather Sheardown engineered a better eyedrop. Now, McMaster’s new Biomedical Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing (BEAM) project centre will help the chemical engineering professor take her technology from the lab to the manufacturing plant.
Two research projects – one focused on electric vehicles, the other on eye disease – have each received a $4 million boost from the Ontario Research Fund.
Frances Lasowski and Heather Sheardown of 20/20 OptimEyes are creating highly effective drug delivery systems to treat ocular conditions.