Greater Toronto Area
The Sanofi Aventis BioTalent Challenge for the Greater Toronto region is coordinated by the Bioscience Education Canada.
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The 2010 Biotechnology Initiative Lectures and Merck Frosst “Exploring Minds” Workshops
Once again, the TBI Explore Biotechnology lectures and Merck Frosst Exploring Minds workshops, held concurrently with the SABC competition, will be available free of charge, to high school classes accompanied by their teachers. The lectures and workshops are made available by the generous sponsorship of The Biotechnology Initiative and Merck Frosst respectively.
The TBI Lecture Series and Merck Frost” Exploring Minds” Workshops take place at York University on Tuesday April 6th and Wednesday April 7th, 2010. Venues include the Accolade West Building, and the Research Tower. The Merck Frosst Workshops take place in Room 280, York Lanes, adjacent to the York Research Tower.
Registration for these lectures must be done through the Bioscience Education Canada office at at 416-640-0206 – Email. We ask that you try to book your classes for two lectures and a workshop.
Program and Session Descriptors (pdf)
SABC 2010 GTA Winners
1st Place
“TLR2 signalling mechanism in a murine model of Kawasaki Disease”
Colin Carter (Northern Secondary School, Toronto)
Teachers: Dr. Danielle Gauci/ Mr. Frank De Leo
Mentor: Dr. Rae Yeung (The Hospital for Sick Children)
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2nd Place
“The antiviral drug Adefovir exhibits a potent cytotoxic effect in AML cell lines by inducing a caspase-independent cell death”
Alessia Manzoli, Megan Vellozo, and Lauren Moretto (St. Elizabeth Catholic High School, Thornhill)
Teachers: Mr. Phil Sax and Mrs. Seham Grove
Mentors: Dr. Mark Minden and Dr. Haytham Khoury (Ontario Cancer Institute / Princess Margaret Hospital) _______________________________________________________________________
3rd Place
“The effect of anti-oxidants on plant dynamics through fertilizer use efficiency”
Supritha Nilam (Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School, St. Catharines)
Teacher: Mr. G. Hinton
Mentor: Dr. Jay Subramanian (University of Guelph-Vineland)
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4th Place
“The effects of Vaccinia virus and chemotherapeutic agents on the cell viability of breast and colon cancer cell lines”
Clarissa Samson, Jocelyn Micallef and Laura Caruso (St. Joan of Arc Catholic Secondary School, Mississauga)
Teacher: Mr. Glen Kim
Mentors: Dr. Andrea McCart and Ms Ottolino-Perry (Toronto General Research Institute)
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5th Place
“In vitro comparison on effects of curcumin, 6-gingerol, quercetin, kaempferol and catechin on pancreatic adenocarcinoma”
Li(Danny) Liang, Ashkan Parcham-Kashani, Rogerio Huang and Krishna Modi (Newtonbrook Secondary School, Toronto)
Teacher: Mrs. Simone Labi-Han
Mentors: Dr. Herman Yeger and Dr. Roula Antoon (The Hospital for Sick Children)
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Award for Best from New School
“The effect of anti-oxidants on plant dynamics through fertilizer use efficiency”
Supritha Nilam (Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School, St. Catharines)
Teacher: Mr. Gerry Hinton
Mentors: Dr. Jay Subramanian (University of Guelph-Vineland)
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Award for Best Commercialization Potential
“The use of nano-cellulose in substrates for electronic display systems and medical instruments requiring optical precision”
Adarsh Gupta and Samantha Pramanick (University of Toronto Schools, Toronto)
Teacher: Ms. Meg O’Mahony
Mentors: Dr. Mohini Sain, Ms. Crystal Wu and Dr. Julasak Juntaro (University of Toronto)
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E-Application system for SABC 2011 Proposals will be open on June 1st 2010.
Get an early start.
You can find the required headings for the 1,200 word body of your proposal by looking at the Proposal Development Page.
Mailing address:
c/o Regional SABC Coordinator
Bioscience Education Canada
700 Bay Street, Suite 2303, PO Box 167
Toronto, ON M5G 1Z6
T & F: 416-640-0206
bioscienceeducation.ca
For further information, contact the Toronto Regional Coordinator, Tony Legault, at tony.legault@bioscienceeducation.ca
Past Greater Toronto Sanofi Biotalent Challenge Winners and Events