Greater Toronto
2011 Greater Toronto: Toronto student “hacks” supercomputer network to find cure for CF
While many high school students can navigate computers with ease, not many can say they’re had a major success using the Canadian SCINET supercomputing network. In fact, Marshall Zhang, 16, a Grade 11 student at Richmond Hill’s Bayview Secondary School, this year used the massive computer system to find a new and potentially effective drug [...]
Merck “Exploring Minds” Bioscience Lectures and Workshops, April 19th and 20th at Ryerson University
With the generous support of Merck & Co., Bioscience Education Canada is proud to partner with Ryerson University to present this free series of bioscience lectures and workshops for high school students. BEC also appreciates the participation of personnel from eight institutions of research or post-secondary education. The Lecture and Workshop Series take place on [...]
SABC 2011 Greater Toronto
2011 Winners of the Sanofi Aventis BioTalent Challenge (Toronto) First Place Winner Marshall Zhang (Bayview Secondary School) Mentors: Dr. Christine Bear, (Hospital for Sick Children) and Steven V. Molinski, (University of Toronto) “Determining a potential basis for mechanisms of action of small molecules in the rescue of Delta F508-CFTR” Second Place Alexander Tigert and Zelun [...]
SABC Greater Toronto 2010
The Sanofi Aventis BioTalent Challenge for the Greater Toronto region is coordinated by the Bioscience Education Canada. ————————————————————————————————————– 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 [...]
Student opens door to new diagnosis and early treatment of child heart disease
Greater Toronto SABC finalist Colin Carter has long been intrigued by the human immune system. And this year’s competition gave him the opportunity to conduct leading-edge research at Toronto’s famed Hospital for Sick Children on a challenging auto-immune disease called Kawasaki Disease. In auto-immune diseases, the body attacks itself because it can’t tell the difference [...]
Research on childhood autoimmune disease wins Grade 12 Toronto Student $2500, scholarships and entry to National Biotech Competition
For release: Thursday, April 8, 2010 Innovative research that could lead to an improved treatment for a childhood autoimmune disease has earned a 17-year-old student from Northern Secondary School the first place prize in the 2010 Sanofi-Aventis BioTalent Challenge (SABC) in the Greater Toronto region. Grade 12 student Colin Carter won the $2500 cash prize [...]
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 [...]
2009 National Finalist Greater Toronto
Using Ultrasound to ‘See’ if Cancer Treatments Are Working Three Thornhill students have successfully used ultrasound to detect cancer cells, opening the door to a new, inexpensive cancer diagnosis tool. “We wanted to find an alternative way of detecting effectiveness of cancer treatments that would be non-invasive,” said 17-year old Ellie. Their hope was to [...]
Winning projects in the Greater Toronto Regional 2009 SABC
Ground-breaking research by three Grade 12 students from St. Elizabeth Catholic High School has earned the first place prize in the 2009 Sanofi-Aventis BioTalent Challenge (SABC) in the Greater Toronto region. “High Frequency Ultrasound Analysis of Apoptosis in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Cells in Vitro” Alessandro Caroti, Ellie Shuo Jin, and Hans Tee St. Elizabeth Catholic [...]
The 2009 Biotechnology Initiative Lectures and Merck Frosst “Exploring Minds Workshops”
Once again, Bioscience Education Canada is collaborating with the faculty of the School of Biological Sciences and Applied Chemistry, Seneca College to offer free biotechnology lectures and workshops for high school students in the Greater Toronto Area. The lectures and workshops are made available by the generous sponsorship of The Biotechnology Initiative and Merck Frosst [...]