Announcing the awardee of July of our National Summer of Synbio competition! Sponsored by Flow Genomics

It is with great pleasure that we announce our awardee, Giselle McCallum currently doing her Ph.D. at University of British Columbia! Her project is titled Expanding the Bacteroides synthetic biology toolkit to develop an in vivo intestinal malabsorption biosensor. She is engineering Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron to serve as a biosensor for intestinal osmolality, enabling non-invasive, single-cell readouts of environmental changes in vivo. We loved how the information was communicated creatively through the graphics in the poster. The project was extremely interesting and we are looking forward to read the publication.

Flow Genomics provides fast, reliable and accurate sequencing services. They’ve sponsored this competition as enthusiastic supporters and valued members of Canada’s synthetic biology community.

This award is the second of three national prizes that will be awarded this summer. Synbio Canada is gathering applicants across the country to celebrate some of Canada’s synthetic biology achievements and enthusiasm. Giselle will receive the second of three prizes of $500 in cash and $500 in sequencing credits from Flow Genomics. Applications are open for one more award that will be announced in August.