1st Place: Tasnia Nabil
Our 2017 National Grand Prize winner was Tasnia Nabil of Southwestern Ontario for her project “A Novel Computational Approach to Advance Ferromagnetic NanoTherapy as a Therapeutic Solution for Cancer.” Tasnia discovered a new cancer treatment using Ferromagnetic NanoTherapy. Her treatment has been shown to theoretically kill 88% of breast cancer cells in less than an hour.
2nd Place: Justin LinOur National Runner-Up was Justin Lin for his project “Development of an Interfering Peptide- Directed Knockdown of Misfolded SOD1.”
4th Place: Varun Kundra
Our fourth place winner was Varun Kundra for his project “A novel electrode-based biosensor for the detection and diagnosis of CNS injuries.”
3rd Place: Jody MouOur third place and commercialization winner was Jody Mou for her project “Optimization of 3D tumour model manufacturing with cell printer technology for controlled ECM deposition in a biocomposite scaffold.”
5th Place: Harkirat Bhullar
Our fifth place winner was Harkirat Bhullar for his project “Deep Learning for Autism Diagnosis: Insights into Genomic and Phenotypic Features.”
