Sanofi Biogenius Canada

In 2009, Northern Manitoba was added as the 14th SBC region, and in 2010, students from Quebec City competed in the Montreal competition.

The first national competition was held in 2002 when the BIO convention returned to Toronto, and has continued at the NRC headquarters in Ottawa for the past 10 years.

In the spring of each year, students present their research findings and work to a panel of judges in regional competitions across the country.

The panel represents people from all walks of life and students are challenged to explain their science to the general public, and to present their experimental work in a convincing manner.

[8] Students compete for cash awards and a spot at the International BioGENEius Competition held at the BIO conference.

The National First-Place Winners from each year are listed below: The project explored the possibility of inserting small, therapeutic peptides into an antibody with the intention of stabilizing them.

Specifically tested were reiterations of peptides that inhibit HIV infection by preventing the virus from entering the host cell.

A novel computational tool was created to advance Ferromagnetic NanoTherapy into routine clinical applications by determining the necessary parameters for an optimal therapy and provide a visualization of the nanoparticle heat generation in the body.

[38] In 2007, Ted Paranjothy from Winnipeg, Manitoba won the US$7,500 first prize at the sanofi-aventis International BioGENEius Challenge in Boston.

[38] invited the top two Canadian competitors and Austin Wang from New Westminster BC won the $7,500 prize for the Global Environmental Challenge.