The SBC National competition brings together the winners of each of the regional competitions to present their work before some of Canada’s pre-eminent scientists. In addition to a cash award, students vie for a chance to advance to the International Biogenius Competition, held annually at the BIO International Convention.
SANOFI BIOGENIUS CANADA NATIONAL COMPETITION INFORMATION
Monday May 7th through Wednesday May 9th, 2018
The competition will take place on May 8th, 2018, it is open to the public and all are welcome!
Competition Location:
David Naylor Student Commons Room
Medical Sciences Building, UofT
1 Kings College Circle,
Toronto, ON
M5S 1A8
2018 National Competitors

Alberta:
Aaron Abraham
Applying machine learning to predict Alzheimer’s disease using L-arginine cycle metabolites
Eastern Ontario:
Albert Nitu
A novel approach to a highly-effective genetic biomarker-based method for the early-detection of infectious pathogens
Quebec:
Marc Henein
Bioresponsive hydrogel for the treatment of iron overload disorders

Atlantic:
Dhanishta Ambwani
Finding Antagonistic Bacteria to Control Verticillum Dahliae
Greater Toronto:
Daphne-Eleni Archonta
Electrotactic-based microfluidic chip for C. elegans phenotypic analysis of α-synuclein toxicity in Parkinson’s disease
Saskatchewan:
Harkirat Bhullar
Battling Superbugs: A Machine Learning Framework for Identifying Novel Antibiotic Resistance Factors

British Columbia:
Kai Leong
Gait Variability as a Potential Biomarker for Early Alzheimer’s Disease
Manitoba:
Jacob Harvey
Bioplastic production from degradation products of Polyethylene terephthalate
Southwestern Ontario:
Sajeev Kohli
Recruiting Endogenous Proteins for Site Specific Transport