The SABC 2008 Toronto Competition was held at Seneca@York on April 29 & 30. The results were announced at the Awards Ceremony at MaRS on the evening of May 1st.

Winners of the Sanofi-Aventis BioTalent Challenge 2008 (Greater Toronto Region)
First Prize ($2500 cash + $2500 scholarship to one of our sponsoring academic institutions: Ryerson University, Seneca College, York University or the University of Toronto as well as opportunity for summer employment at Sanofi Pasteur Ltd)
“Identification of genes responsible for Arabidopsis root growth and survival under saline conditions” Jonathan Schneider, Josh Alman and Norman Yau, University of Toronto Schools
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Second prize ($2000 cash)
“Analysis of muscarinic acetylcholine (M4) G-protein coupled receptor’s protein-protein interaction using Split-Ubiquitin Membrane Yeast Two-Hybrid (MYTH) System”
Laura Forrest, Vanessa Lum, Carline Quach and Christina Hwang
Saint Elizabeth Catholic High School
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Third prize ($1500 cash)
“Effects of dispersin B on the effectiveness of the lysis of Staphylococcus epidermidis by Phage K”
Robert Bai, Jeffrey Ho, Wilson Wai, Denise Wong
University of Toronto Schools
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Fourth prize ($1250 cash)
“The effects of Celecoxib on angiogenic migration of skeletal muscle endothelial cells”
Katerina Pizzuto and Alyssa Cantarutti
Saint Elizabeth Catholic High School
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Fifth prize ($1000 cash)
“Studying the Effects of the pH level on Protein Activity, Inhibition and Structure”
Anton Dobrin
Northern Secondary School
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Greatest Commercial Potential ($1000 cash)
“Identification of genes responsible for Arabidopsis root growth and survival under saline conditions”
Jonathan Schneider, Josh Alman and Norman Yau
University of Toronto Schools
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Best project from a school that is new to the competition ($500 cash)
“An alternative to the use of artificial growth hormones and steroids in the agricultural industry: The use of brassinolide to increase the growth rate and yield of mung bean plants without chemical alteration”
Vinodh Rodrigues, Marlo Mallari Jr. and Bernice Cruz
St. Joan of Arc Catholic Secondary School