for Gene Researcher for a Week Application
for Research Grant Application
Philip Edgcumbe
The Gene Researcher for a Week program sparked Philip's interest in science and genetics. He is now working at the UBC Brain Research Centre for the third summer in a row, and attributes his success to the Gene Researcher for a Week program.
After GRFAW:
- Granted summer studentship in the Brain Research Centre for three consecutive summers
- Placed fourth at the 2005 Regional Sanofi-Aventis Biotech Challenge
- Won a gold medal at the 2006 Greater Vancouver Regional Science Fair
- Won a bronze medal at the 2006 Canada Wide Science Fair
- Placed first at the 2006 Regional Sanofi-Aventis Biotech Challenge, and fourth nationally
GRFAW Alumni - Where are they now?
Nico Oey
Thanks to the Gene Researcher for a Week program, Nico is one of 15 National Biology Scholars in Canada. He is busy conducting research with Dr. Andrew Emili at the Terrence Donnely Centre of Biomolecular Research and Dr. Brent Derry at the Sick Children's Hospital in Toronto. Nico is attending the University of Toronto and will continue to pursue a career in Molecular Genetics and Pharmacology.
Christina Chiu
Shortly after completing Gene Researcher for a Week, Christina spent her summer studying at the University of Toronto's DEEP Biomedical Engineering Senior Stream. She received first place honours at the Sanofi-Aventis Biotech Challenge in November 2006, which enabled her to work at the Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Medicine at the University of British Columbia. Her project, manipulating glucose-responsive non-pancreas cells to produce insulin under a drug inducible promoter, won first prize at the British Columbia Sanofi-Aventis Biotech Challenge. She recently received a Millennium Excellence Award Scholarship of $4000.