At the 25th Annual Conference of the Canadian Biomaterials Society held in Calgary in May 2006, two graduate students received an award for their presentation. Maryse Touzin and Christian Sarra-Bournet, master students in the biomaterials department of Mining, Metallurgy and Materials, won a prize out of the four given for the best presentation in the oral presentation section (Maryse) and the poster presentation section (Christian). A total of 88 laboratory works on Biomaterials across Canada were presented. Congratulations to Christian and Maryse!