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<p style = "text-align:center; font-size:19px;">iGEM 2013 North American Regional– Toronto, Canada<br/><i>Brought to you by The University of Toronto Arts and Sciences, Ontario iGEM (oGEM), and The Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI)</i>
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<p style = "font-size:17px;">Organizing Committee
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<b>Graham Cromar</b> (Ontario iGEM, Molecular and Medical Genetics)

<br/><b>Brendan Hussey</b> (Ontario iGEM, Cell & Systems Biology)

<br/><b>Alison Symington</b> (Ontario Genomics Institute)

<br/><b>John Parkinson</b> (Biochemistry & Molecular and Medical Genetics)

<br/><b>David McMillen </b>(Chemical & Physical Sciences)

<br/><b>Sergio Peisajovich</b> (Cell & Systems Biology)

<br/><b>Alan Moses</b> (Cell & Systems Biology)

<br/><b>Boris Steipe</b> (Biochemistry)

<br/><b>Rob Reedijk</b> (Biochemistry)
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<p style = "font-size:17px;">Social Event Committee
<b>Pantea Razzaghi</b> (Synbiota)
<b>Connor Dickie</b> (Synbiota)
<b>Justin Pahara</b> (Synbiota)
<b>Kevin Chen</b> (Synbiota)
<b>Alejandro Saettone</b> (Synbiota)
<b>Kelly Seagram</b>
<b>Shanly Meronek</b>
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<a href="http://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/" title="UofTArtsandScience"><img Align="centre" src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2013/a/a7/Arts_and_science_logo.png" style="margin-right:50px;" border="0" alt="UofTartsandscience" width="450" /></a>

<p style = "font-size:17px;color #003366">The University of Toronto
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<p>Established in 1827, the University of Toronto is Canada’s largest university. The University of Toronto is 

home to 10 Nobel Laureates including Sir Frederick Banting and J.J.R. Macleod who won the Nobel Prize 

in 1923 for their work with Charles Best in the discovery of the role of insulin in controlling diabetes.

The Department of Biochemistry at the University of Toronto is a modern, research-intensive enterprise

within the Faculty of Medicine. The Department was founded in 1907 and has a proud tradition of 

excellence in research and in teaching.  Today, the Department boasts a large faculty (over 50 members 

and growing) whose research spans the breadth that is biochemistry today. There are a number of 

foci of research activity in the Department that include the University's Medical Sciences Building, 

the Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, the Research Institute at the Hospital for Sick 

Children, the Ontario Cancer Institute at Princess Margaret Hospital, the Samuel Lunenfeld Research 

Institute at Mt. Sinai and other sites in the University of Toronto community.</p>
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<p style = "font-size:17px;">Ontario iGEM
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Ontario iGEM (affectionately known as ‘oGEM’) is a federation of Ontario iGEM teams including 

university teams from Toronto, Waterloo, Queens, Ottawa, McMaster, Guelph and Western.  

Membership is open to faculty, staff, trainees and students of any Ontario iGEM team.  The goals of 

oGEM are to advance the study of synthetic biology through the promotion of programs that enhance 

the iGEM experience and to pursue opportunities that support long-term growth and sustainability of 

the iGEM program in our region.  This includes: sharing resources and expertise, fostering education, 

presenting a united voice, creating a community, contributing to the development of critical mass 

related to synthetic biology expertise in Canada, and cultivating relationships in science, media, industry

and politics that further the cause of synthetic biology education through the support of our iGEM 

teams.
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<a href="http://www.ontariogenomics.ca/" title="OGI"><img Align="centre" src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2013/5/5b/OGIlogo.JPG" style="margin-right:50px;" border="0" alt="OGI" width="350" /></a>
<p style = "font-size:17px;">Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI)
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The mission of the Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) is to use world-class research to create strategic 

genomics resources and accelerate Ontario’s development of a globally-competitive life sciences 

sector. OGI strategically cultivates, funds, and manages large-scale genomics projects and the genomics 

resources they create, as well as technology development and technology service platform provision

associated with these projects.  OGI’s primary partners in developing genomics projects are Ontario’s

public and private research institutions in the life sciences, which carry out the projects that OGI funds

and manages.  We receive support from and work closely with Ontario’s Ministry of Research and 

Innovation and, as with other regional genome centres, Genome Canada.  Through the outreach group, 

OGI organizes conferences in areas of ‘omics’ biology as well as supports student networks and other 

educational activities.</p>
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