British Columbia Student's New Method for Diagnosing HIV in Newborns Wins Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada - Seite 3

The nine final national projects were presented at NRC headquarters Friday, May 23 to a panel of eminent Canadian scientists:

• Dr. Julie Ducharme, General Manager, Human Health Therapeutics, National Research Council
• Dr. Pierre Meulien, President, Genome Canada
• Ms. Jessie McAlpine, SBCC Alumna, Student at University of Toronto
• Dr. Jim Richards, Director, Better Vaccine High-Risk Population, Human Health Therapeutics, National Research Council
• Dr. Robert Tsushima, Associate Dean, Research and Partnerships, Faculty of Science, York University

National Awards Presenters included:

• MC - Senator Joseph A. Day
• MC - Denise Amyot, President and ceo of the Association of Canadian Community Colleges
• VROC Expert Participation Awards - Brent Peltola
• SBCC commercialization Award - Karimah Es Sabar, CEO and president of the Centre for Drug Research and Development
• 5^th Place - Ms. Jessie MacAlpine, SBCC alumna
• 4^th Place - Pierre Meulien, Genome Canada
• 3^rd Place - Dr. Jim Richards, NRC
• 2^nd Place - Kevin Cougler, Partners In Research
• 1^st Place - Jon Fairest, Sanofi Canada President and CEO

About the Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada (SBCC)
The Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada (SBCC) is a national, biotechnology research competition that encourages high school and CEGEP students to pursue future studies and careers in the exciting field of biotechnology. Coordinated by Partners In Research, the initiative is sponsored by Sanofi Pasteur Limited, Sanofi Canada, the Ontario Government (Ministry of Research & Innovation), York University, the National Research Council Canada/Conseil national de recherches Canada (NRC-CNRC), Canadian Institutes of Health Research/Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada (CIHR-IRSC) and Genome Canada.

For more information, please visit www.sanofibiogeneiuschallenge.ca, follow us on Facebook or Twitter at https://twitter.com/@SBCCDBSC hashtag: #SBCC2014

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