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<p>Synbiologica’s initial target market will be scientific researchers, particularly those with PhDs who are in control of their own research and equipment. These scientists will be responsible for making the decision to incorporate BEAR into their laboratories. A demographic overview of science and engineering PhDs showed that 9 out of every 10 scientists and engineers worked in a large city in 2001.<a class="super" href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Lethbridge_Entrepreneurs/market_overview#foot_one_AG">1</a> 60% of science and engineering PhDs work in education and at government institutions.<a class="super" href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Lethbridge_Entrepreneurs/market_overview#foot_two_AG">2</a> In 2001, the average earnings of PhDs working in the public sector surpassed those in the private sector.<a class="super" href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Lethbridge_Entrepreneurs/market_overview#foot_three_AG">3</a> On average, a scientist or engineer with a PhD employed on a full-time basis earned $70,000.<a class="super" href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Lethbridge_Entrepreneurs/market_overview#foot_four_AG">4</a></p><br />
<p>In 2001, the average age of employed science and engineering PhDs was 46, much older than the average age of 39 for employed Canadians.<a class="super" href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Lethbridge_Entrepreneurs/market_overview#foot_five_AG">5</a></p><br />
<p>There were 4 times as many men with science and engineering PhDs than women in 2001, but this gap is gradually narrowing. Female PhDs also earned only 77% of what male PhDs earned.<a class="super" href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Lethbridge_Entrepreneurs/market_overview#foot_six_AG">6</a></p><br />
<p>BEAR will be valuable to scientific researchers, particularly those of the endocrinology and neuroscience demographic. There are 447 endocrinologists practicing in Canada, 78% of which work in a health science centre and 37% of which work in a university.<a class="super" href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Lethbridge_Entrepreneurs/market_overview#foot_seven_AG">7</a> In the United States, there are 5341 practicing endocrinologists, approximately 1500 of which are involved in research.<a class="super" href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Lethbridge_Entrepreneurs/market_overview#foot_eight_AG">8</a> As scientists learn more about the role of specific hormones in the brain, the more they can contribute to the development of treatments for neurological and mental diseases. The opportunity to publish their research is an interest shared by all scientists. Producing publications allows researchers to continue funding new projects.</p><br />
<p>In order to produce reliable experimental results, researchers must have a multitude of test subjects or animals to which BEAR will be applied. For example, for every animal used in a neurological behaviour test, one BEAR apparatus will be needed to monitor hormonal changes in each individual animal if they are to be tested at the same time. Situations arise where natural circumstances control when a test must be performed (for example, when a lab rat becomes pregnant) at a time different from other test subject. BEAR is a more efficient means of doing individual tests. The majority of a monoclonal antibody test kit would be wasted as these kits are designed to perform many tests at once. In special situations like these, scientists often cannot store a sample for later use to run more tests at once because the hormones are at risk of breaking down. A new hormone-detecting disposable unit will be needed for each test performed. Each researcher using animal test subjects will need multiple BEAR devices and will need to continue to purchase the disposable cartridges to continue their research, ensuring an ongoing market for Synbiologica.</p><br />
<p>The biotechnology market consists of the development, manufacturing and marketing of products based on advanced biotechnology research. This market is predicted to grow steadily over the next few years with a growth rate between 6-7%. In 2016, the Canadian biotechnology market is forecast to have a value of $4.6 billion, an increase of 39.4% since 2011 (Figure 2).<a class="super" href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Lethbridge_Entrepreneurs/market_overview#foot_nine_AG">9</a> 67.4% of the biotechnology market is dedicated to medical device and health care and 23.8% of the market focuses on food and agriculture.</p><br />
<img class="figure_AG" src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2013/3/39/EiGEM_2013_Lethbridge_market_research_Figure_two.png" alt="Figure 2: Canada biotechnology market value forecast: $ billion, 2011-2016" /><br />
<p class="center_AG">Figure <span lang="en-ca">1</span>: Canada biotechnology market value forecast: $ billion, 2011-2016</p><br />
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<p>In 2008, the Canadian biomedical device market had been valued at $6.4 billion annually. The performance of the market is forecast to accelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 5.3% for the five-year period 2011 - 2016, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $13.2 billion by the end of 2016.<a class="super" href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Lethbridge_Entrepreneurs/market_overview#foot_ten_AG">10</a></p><br />
<p>Though BEAR was initially designed to be a research and diagnostic tool, we see future application in the Livestock agriculture industry as a hormone and health monitoring system. In 2011, of the 12,457,000 head of cattle produced, 45% were exported to other countries. Alberta produces 39.3% of beef cattle in Canada. Beef Production contributed $25.96 billion to the Canadian economy and beef exports were valued at $1.33 billion.</p><br />
<p>Cattle in Canada are subject to quality and health testing, which includes the monitoring of disease and meat quality. BEAR modular design gives us the opportunity to integrate into the livestock agriculture industry because we can alter BEAR to detect hormones relevant to the livestock industry, such as pregnancy and growth hormones. The company interviewed researchers and commercialization specialists at the Lethbridge Research Centre for agriculture, who saw the devise as a useful tool and identified areas of application in both livestock agriculture research and industry. We predict that use in the livestock industry will be our highest revenue source.</p><br />
<p>Total annual costs to establish and operate a medical device manufacturing facility in Canada are the lowest in the G-7. Canada holds a 4.8% cost advantage over the United States in medical device manufacturing.<a class="super" href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Lethbridge_Entrepreneurs/market_overview#foot_eleven_AG">11</a><a class="super" href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Lethbridge_Entrepreneurs/market_overview#foot_twelve_AG">12</a></p><br />
<p>The Canadian medical equipment and supplies market analyzes manufacturers of these supplies.<a class="super" href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Lethbridge_Entrepreneurs/market_overview#foot_thirteen_AG">13</a> Equipment and supplies monitored in this market range from prosthetics and eyeglasses to dialysis tubing and syringes. Our product would fit into this market as a disposable testing tool.</p><br />
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<img class="figure_AG" src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2013/8/89/EiGEM_2013_Lethbridge_market_research_Figure_three.png" alt="Figure 3: Canada health care equipment and supplies market value forecast: $ million, 2011-2016" /><br />
<p class="center_AG">Figure <span lang="en-ca">2</span>: Canada health care equipment and supplies market value forecast: $ million, 2011-2016</p><br />
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<p>The performance of the market is forecast to accelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 5.3% for the five-year period 2011 - 2016, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $13.2 billion by the end of 2016.</p><br />
<p class="italic_AG">The manufacturing of medical devices involves the application of diverse biomedical and engineering disciplines.<a class="super" href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Lethbridge_Entrepreneurs/market_overview#foot_fourteen_AG">14</a> In addition, the industry is able to draw on world-class innovative research being conducted in Canadian universities, research institutes and hospitals, some of which is spun-off into Canadian medical device companies.<a class="super" href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Lethbridge_Entrepreneurs/market_overview#foot_fifteen_AG">15</a><a class="super" href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Lethbridge_Entrepreneurs/market_overview#foot_sixteen_AG">16</a></p><br />
<p>This statement speaks strongly to who Synbiologica is and the direction in which the company intends to move. The Synbiologica team consists of scientists with diverse academic backgrounds who are all currently involved in research at the University of Lethbridge. The team plans to draw from each member’s previous experience and expertise to contribute to developing BEAR and future projects.</p><br />
<p>The Canadian Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) Tax Incentive Program, administered by the Canada Revenue Agency, encourages Canadian businesses of all sizes, and in all sectors to conduct R&D in Canada. It provides claimants cash refunds and/or tax credits for their expenditures on eligible R&D work done in Canada.<a class="super" href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Lethbridge_Entrepreneurs/market_overview#foot_seventeen_AG">17</a> Synbiologica will use this resource to conduct new and innovative research in Canada and encourage other scientists to do the same.</p><br />
<p>Synbiologica intends to utilize the support of the National Research Councel under the Industry Research Assistance Program (IRAP) who provides innovation and funding services customized to the companies specific needs. Their goal is to help companies accelerate the growth of their business through innovation and technology.</p><br />
<p>Synbiologica is currently exploring Canada’s <span class="italic_AG">Food and Drugs Act</span> for guidance in future development of products and ensure the products comply with Canadian medical device regulations.</p><br />
<p>Synbiologica intends to pursue the Alberta Innovates Technology Futures Voucher Program for $15000 to assist in a comprehensive third party market analysis, as outlined in the Financial section. An additional market assessment will be performed by the University of Lethbridge technology transfer office prior to filing a patent.</p><br />
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<p>The Lethbridge Entrepreneurial iGEM team is in the process of developing a method of detecting hormones using the concepts of synthetic biology. Our system is designed to detect hormones without extensive sample preparation, eliminating long waits for lab results. Eventually, we hope to expand on this and develop a real time assay. This will allow researchers and medical practitioners to observe fluctuations in hormone levels in real time, obtaining more critical information about hormones and their physiological effects. Our assay will also be modular, allowing the user to monitor multiple hormones with the same system. We are actively working on the research and development of our idea. With the help of the University of Lethbridge Industry Liaison Office and Office of Research Services, we are also in the initial stages of patenting our method.</p><br />
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<p>The Lethbridge Entrepreneurial iGEM team is in the process of developing a method of detecting hormones using the concepts of synthetic biology. Our system is designed to detect hormones without extensive sample preparation, eliminating long waits for lab results. Eventually, we hope to expand on this and develop a real time assay. This will allow researchers and medical practitioners to observe fluctuations in hormone levels in real time, obtaining more critical information about hormones and their physiological effects. Our assay will also be modular, allowing the user to monitor multiple hormones with the same system. We are actively working on the research and development of our idea. With the help of the University of Lethbridge Industry Liaison Office and Office of Research Services, we are also in the initial stages of patenting our method.</p><br />
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<p>The Lethbridge Entrepreneurial iGEM team is in the process of developing a method of detecting hormones using the concepts of synthetic biology. Our system is designed to detect hormones without extensive sample preparation, eliminating long waits for lab results. Eventually, we hope to expand on this and develop a real time assay. This will allow researchers and medical practitioners to observe fluctuations in hormone levels in real time, obtaining more critical information about hormones and their physiological effects. Our assay will also be modular, allowing the user to monitor multiple hormones with the same system. We are actively working on the research and development of our idea. With the help of the University of Lethbridge Industry Liaison Office and Office of Research Services, we are also in the initial stages of patenting our method.</p><br />
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<p>The Lethbridge Entrepreneurial iGEM team is in the process of developing a method of detecting hormones using the concepts of synthetic biology. Our system is designed to detect hormones without extensive sample preparation, eliminating long waits for lab results. Eventually, we hope to expand on this and develop a real time assay. This will allow researchers and medical practitioners to observe fluctuations in hormone levels in real time, obtaining more critical information about hormones and their physiological effects. Our assay will also be modular, allowing the user to monitor multiple hormones with the same system. We are actively working on the research and development of our idea. With the help of the University of Lethbridge Industry Liaison Office and Office of Research Services, we are also in the initial stages of patenting our method.</p><br />
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<p>The Lethbridge Entrepreneurial iGEM team is in the process of developing a method of detecting hormones using the concepts of synthetic biology. Our system is designed to detect hormones without extensive sample preparation, eliminating long waits for lab results. Eventually, we hope to expand on this and develop a real time assay. This will allow researchers and medical practitioners to observe fluctuations in hormone levels in real time, obtaining more critical information about hormones and their physiological effects. Our assay will also be modular, allowing the user to monitor multiple hormones with the same system. We are actively working on the research and development of our idea. With the help of the University of Lethbridge Industry Liaison Office and Office of Research Services, we are also in the initial stages of patenting our method.</p><br />
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<p>The Lethbridge Entrepreneurial iGEM team is in the process of developing a method of detecting hormones using the concepts of synthetic biology. Our system is designed to detect hormones without extensive sample preparation, eliminating long waits for lab results. Eventually, we hope to expand on this and develop a real time assay. This will allow researchers and medical practitioners to observe fluctuations in hormone levels in real time, obtaining more critical information about hormones and their physiological effects. Our assay will also be modular, allowing the user to monitor multiple hormones with the same system. We are actively working on the research and development of our idea. With the help of the University of Lethbridge Industry Liaison Office and Office of Research Services, we are also in the initial stages of patenting our method.</p><br />
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<p>Thank you to Alberta Innovates Technology Futures (AITF)– geekStarter Program, with special thanks to Jennifer Hill and Sarah Lee, for financial support towards our project development and participation in the iGEM program and for planning and organizing all of our geekStarter workshops.</p><br />
<p>Thank you to The University of Lethbridge and the University Liaison and Technology Transfer Office, with special thanks to Morgan Guo, for their ongoing support in providing us with laboratory space, prior art and patent ability assessments, and allowing us to maintain full rights to our patents. Additionally, these offices <br />
<span lang="en-ca">helped </span>organize the South Venture Business Plan Competition<span lang="en-ca">,</span> in conjunction with the department of Management and support from Steve Craig.</p><br />
<p>Thank you to Mr. Bill Halley from the Regional Innovation Network of Southern Alberta (RINSA) for his ongoing support and advice.</p><br />
<p>Thank you to everyone at Community Futures Lethbridge with special thanks to Geoff Rougeau for organizing and running the Chinook Entrepreneur Challenge.</p><br />
<p>Thank you to Renea Barlow at Tecconnect for providing us with valuable resources and business advice.</p><br />
<p>Thank you to K. Gregory Senda at Peterson and Purvis LLP for helping us with our company incorporation and providing ongoing legal counsel. </p><br />
<p>Thank you to Dan Polonenko at Gowlings for providing us with patent counseling and document review. </p><br />
<p>Thank you to Cal Koskowich for helping us understand the Industry research Assistance Program.</p><br />
<p>Thank you to Dana Woodward for designing our logo, brochure, powerpoint slides and business cards.</p><br />
<p>Thank you to Ted and Dorothy Coatham for helping us set up our financial statements. </p><br />
<p>Thank you to Dr. Ute Kothe and Steve Craig for their encouragement and support of our group.</p><br />
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<p>Thank you to Alberta Innovates Technology Futures (AITF)– geekStarter Program, with special thanks to Jennifer Hill and Sarah Lee, for financial support towards our project development and participation in the iGEM program and for planning and organizing all of our geekStarter workshops.</p><br />
<p>Thank you to The University of Lethbridge and the University Liaison and Technology Transfer Office, with special thanks to Morgan Guo, for their ongoing support in providing us with laboratory space, prior art and patent ability assessments, and allowing us to maintain full rights to our patents. Additionally, these offices <br />
<span lang="en-ca">helped </span>organize the South Venture Business Plan Competition<span lang="en-ca">,</span> in conjunction with the department of Management and support from Steve Craig.</p><br />
<p>Thank you to Mr. Bill Halley from the Regional Innovation Network of Southern Alberta (RINSA) for his ongoing support and advice.</p><br />
<p>Thank you to everyone at Community Futures Lethbridge with special thanks to Geoff Rougeau for organizing and running the Chinook Entrepreneur Challenge.</p><br />
<p>Thank you to Renea Barlow at Tecconnect for providing us with valuable resources and business advice.</p><br />
<p>Thank you to K. Gregory Senda at Peterson and Purvis LLP for helping us with our company incorporation and providing ongoing legal counsel. </p><br />
<p>Thank you to Dan Polonenko at Gowlings for providing us with patent counseling and document review. </p><br />
<p>Thank you to Cal Koskowich for helping us understand the Industry research Assistance Program.</p><br />
<p>Thank you to Dana Woodward for designing our logo, brochure, powerpoint slides and business cards.</p><br />
<p>Thank you to Ted and Dorothy Coatham for helping us set up our financial statements. </p><br />
<p>Thank you to Dr. Ute Kothe and Steve Craig for their encouragement and support of our group.</p><br />
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<p>The Lethbridge Entrepreneurial iGEM Team and Synbiologica Group, would like to acknowledge the support of our advisors for their enthusiasm, guidance and response to late night emails for advice and review of material. Without your encouragement and support towards our project from the beginning none of our success would have been possible.</p><br />
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<p class="indent_AG">Steve Craig, a member of the Faculty of Management, said “<span class="italic_AG">Entrepreneurial iGEM is an excellent opportunity for students to expand their educational experience to areas outside pure science. Through this initiative students develop knowledge and skills in market research, project management, stakeholder analysis / communications, ethics and risk management (among others).</span>”</p><br />
<p>iGEM has clearly given us the opportunity to learn skills that can be applied to areas outside scientific research, such as presentation skills, creativity and social awareness. And like Mr. Craig said, in the entrepreneurial stream, we learn how to adapt our skills to a business-focused project.</p><br />
<p>For many of the members of the Lethbridge Entrepreneurial iGEM team, their first public presentation was at an iGEM Jamboree. Scientific presentations are not addressed in class until upper level courses are reached. We had to learn how to create and give an impactful presentation. We are all familiar with the scientific aspects of our project and are quite comfortable talking about them.</p><br />
<p>When we were required to give a business pitch presentation at the business plan competitions, we were somewhat less comfortable speaking about our project, as we had to address market size, financial statements, etc. At this point, we were still learning about these aspects of business, which posed challenges when it came to presenting about these topics. Due to past experience with iGEM, we already had developed the skills to give presentations and we were able to apply this to our new content. This experience made it much easier for us to do well in the business plan competitions.</p><br />
<p>The entrepreneurial stream of iGEM has given us the opportunity to explore the economic impact of synthetic biology. In previous iGEM projects with which the group has been involved, we were not required to consider how our project would fit into a specific market or effect the economy. For entrepreneurial iGEM, we had to learn how to do market research and adapt our financial projections based on the market. We had to develop a whole new skill set, learning how to integrate business and science.</p><br />
<p>Many first time iGEM students are faced with tackling the steep learning curve of understanding synthetic biology while learning new lab skills and usually balancing classes at the same time. In order for this to be undertaken appropriately a few key skills are required, practiced and built upon. These include organization and time management, these are a unique experience for each student, and are required in the end to sync with those of their team mates. As a team we have learned that available time to contribute to the project might now always line up and that the work will still need to be completed. This has led us to develop skills in project management, where a global overview of the project is required. From this perspective we are able to work on setting goals and understanding outside commitments so that we can align a work schedule with available time.</p><br />
<p class="indent_AG">Dr. Ute Kothe, Associate Professor of Biochemistry, has seen first-hand how the Synbiologica team has grown and learned from High School, Collegiate and Entrepreneurial iGEM in these ways. She states, “<span class="italic_AG">The entrepreneurial iGEM opportunity offers students the richest learning environment I have ever seen. The four students in the Lethbridge team, whom I all know personally, have grown significantly while working on this project. They all have acquired a range of professional skills that are far beyond what is offered in a regular science program. Obviously, they have gained deep insight into management, budgeting, patenting, creating business plans and other topics associated with forming a start-up company. But in my eyes even more valuable is what they learned about themselves: these students have experienced that with motivation and determination anything is possible. They have learned that they can learn anything if they want to. They have developed an incredible independence. They have learned to communicate with any type of person to promote their cause. All this not only helps them in their entrepreneurial iGEM project, but it will be a catalyst for their future careers in any type of field whether it will be scientific, entrepreneurial or even something entirely unrelated.</span>”</p><br />
<p>The Lethbridge Entrepreneurial iGEM team and Synbiologica would like to thank the iGEM Foundation for all the opportunities it has given us. We are grateful for everything we have experienced and learned throughout our synthetic biology careers, much of which would not have been possible without the wonderful people who organize and judge the competition.</p><br />
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<p>We have begun preliminary research and development of our product. Thus far, we have expressed, purified and stored one of the proteins (protein A) with which we will develop BEAR. Currently, we are in the process of expressing our second protein (Protein B) of interest. We cannot release the names of the proteins at this time in order to protect our intellectual property.</p><br />
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<p>Figure 2. Overexpression 15% SDS-PAGE of Protein B. The overexpression was not successful under the conditions we used. We will conduct several test expressions at lower temperature, lower IPTG concentration, and induce expression at different cell concentrations.</p><br />
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<h3>South Venture Business Plan competition – Winner</h3><br />
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<p>This competition was hosted by the Faculty of Management at the University of Lethbridge. Students and alumni (within 1 year after graduation) from the University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge College and Medicine Hat College of any major were welcome to participate. A workshop was hosted by Innovate Calgary to introduce contestants to the elements of a strong business plan. This competition was funded by Alberta Innovates Technology Futures. We were required to compose a 30-page business plan and give a 20 minute pitch presentation to judges from the University of Lethbridge, Alberta Innovates Technology Futures and Medicine Hat College. The winners prize was $10 000 of start-up funding and entrance into the TEC Venture Business Plan competition, hosted by TEC Edmonton.</p><br />
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<p>This business Plan competition was hosted by Community Futures – Lethbridge Region. All entrepreneurs in Lethbridge and area were welcome to participate. Business plan development workshop presentations were provided by local law firms, accountants, and other businesses. These workshops focused on specific aspects of a business and business plans, providing clear insight into the strengths and weaknesses of Synbiologica Ltd’s business plan. We were required to submit a 20-page business plan and give a 20 minute presentation to a panel of judges from the Regional Innovation Network of Southern Alberta (RINSA) and from the APEX Southern Alberta Regional Innovation Network. First Place prize included $10 000 provided by ATB Financial and some local small businesses, as well as $10 000 of in-kind services, such as business coaching and media advertising.</p><br />
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<p id="after_tec_AG">The TEC Venture Prize competition was hosted by TEC Edmonton – a business incubator in Edmonton, Alberta. Judges at this competition provided extensive written feedback about our business plan. It helped us gauge what we needed to improve to be able to compete in the biotechnological market place.</p><br />
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<p id="after_innovate_cal_AG">The Innovate Calgary workshop was held at the University of Lethbridge as part of the initial training for the South Venture Business Plan competition. This workshop was the first exposure to the business world for the members of Synbiologica Ltd. We were introduced to the basic components of a business plan, intellectual property protection, insurance, funding sources, investment and networking.</p><br />
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<p>Accelerate SOUTH50 is an entrepreneur and technology event where founders, business leaders, start-up entrepreneurs, advisors, investors, mentors and students converge to expand and support the entrepreneurial eco-system in southern Alberta. This event was sponsored by the Regional Innovation Network of Southern Alberta (RINSA). We had the opportunity to learn about the different kinds of intellectual property and brand protection, how to develop and expand on our business plan using the Growth Wheel®. It was an excellent opportunity to network with technology focused businesses and investment groups.</p><br />
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<p id="after_aayec_AG">Isaac Ward is an aboriginal student at the University of Lethbridge invited to the Alberta Aboriginal Youth Entrepreneur Camp (AAYEC). It was an opportunity that would provide aboriginal youth and students aged 18-35 in the province of Alberta to learn about basics of starting a small business. It was a weeklong camp that integrated intense business training provided by the Acadia Centre for Social and Business Entrepreneurship with integrated cultural practices provided by camp mentors and Elders that encouraged aboriginal students to explore the skills required to be a successful entrepreneur. The camp was held at the Red Lodge Guest Ranch in Bowden, Alberta, and organized by the Alberta Indian Investment Corporation. At the camp we learned about skills such as Team Building, research, marketing, business operations, financing and presentation skills were taught. The camp gave Isaac the opportunity to really take time to focus on exploring the aspects of business while integrating the sustainable practices of his aboriginal heritage. He was able to bring these skills back to the Synbiologica group and apply them towards developing our business plan.</p><br />
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<p id="after_geek_AG">The Alberta Innovates Technology Futures GeekStarter Program provided us as well as the other entrepreneurial and collegiate iGEM teams in Alberta with workshops and guest speakers who have been involved in iGEM and specialize in specific areas of synthetic biology. We also had the opportunity to give practice presentations to previous iGEM judges before attending the iGEM competition. AITF has provided us with many valuable networking resources and skill development opportunities.</p><br />
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<p id="after_medica_AG">The MEDICA trade fair, held in Dusseldorf Germany, is the largest medical device and equipment tradeshow in the world. Synbiologica Ltd was granted a travel award from the Alberta-Germany Collaboration Fund in order to attend this conference. We will be attending with the intent of looking for collaborators to work with us on our project who have the skills and resources we may not have access to. The MEDICA Conference will take place from November 20-23, 2013.</p><br />
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<p>Learning from the best – that’s exactly what a group of research-focused students is doing at the University of Lethbridge.</p><br />
<p>Members of the U of L’s International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) team are part of a phenomenon that began 10 years ago as a course at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Today, the annual iGEM contest is the world’s leading undergraduate synthetic biology competition – and each year, U of L students regularly rank among the top iGEM teams worldwide.</p><br />
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<p>An emerging field, synthetic biology sees cells, enzymes and metabolic pathways as more than biological entities; they’re sophisticated parts that can be programmed like machines to perform specific activities. As a result, research in synthetic biology is opening up remarkable possibilities in such sectors as agriculture, pharmaceutical, medical diagnostics, clean energy and resource extraction. In 2011, for example, U of L students developed a petrochemical-eating bacteria that could be used to help clean up water in tailings ponds, a discovery that placed the University’s iGEM team among the top 16 competitors in the world, alongside students from Harvard University, MIT, the University of Washington and Johns Hopkins University.</p><br />
<p>This October, the U of L’s iGEM team once again demonstrated its strong innovation abilities. In addition to creating a bioengineering part that works like a zip drive, compressing genetic information, the team developed software that rapidly determines what DNA sequences are compatible to compress together. These inventions, which will allow future bioengineers more flexibility in their research, captured top prize in the 2013 North American iGEM Regional Jamboree held in Toronto. Moreover, the first-place finish secured the team – made up of Dustin Smith (BSc ’13), Graeme Glaister, Jenna Friedt (BSc ’11, MSc’13), Suneet Kharey, Harland Brandon (BSc ’12) and Zak Stinson – a spot in the international iGEM competition, which will be held at MIT in November.</p><br />
<p>Providing students with the opportunity to compete against teams from around the world is just one way iGEM benefits its participants, says U of L biochemistry professor Dr. Hans-Joachim (H.J.) Wieden. Considered the driving force behind the U of L’s iGEM teams, Wieden serves as the students’ advisor and coach. He is also a highly respected researcher in his own right.</p><br />
<p>Director of the Alberta RNA (Ribonucleic acid) Research and Training Institute at the U of L, Wieden was also recently appointed the Innovates Centre of Research Excellence (iCORE) Chair of Bioengineering. Funded by a $2-million investment from Alberta Innovates-Technology Futures, the role enables Wieden’s research team to study how biological systems can be engineered to achieve breakthroughs in materials science, chemistry, biochemistry, health and nanoscience.</p><br />
<p>“iGEM enables students to get their first taste of research,” says Wieden. “They understand the goal of the project, and learn how to think outside of the box, troubleshoot and apply their knowledge to create scientific discoveries. All of this unlocks students’ creativity.”</p><br />
<p>What’s more, he continues, iGEM cultivates students’ entrepreneurial potential. The teams manage their own projects and raise funds to support their work, as well as learn how to communicate effectively and connect their work to real-world needs. Finally, as young researchers themselves, they come to realize the importance of supporting the forward-thinking scientists of the future: high school students.</p><br />
<p>To that end, U of L students have started iGEM teams in high schools in southern Alberta. And those high school students are following in the success of their older counterparts. Earlier this year, in fact, a team of Lethbridge high school students representing schools from across the city, won the Green Brick grand prize at iGEM’s international High School Jamboree at MIT, as well as trophies for Best New Biobrick Natural for their engineered DNA part and Best Wiki, the website used to display their project.</p><br />
<p>Advised by Wieden as well as U of L undergraduate and graduate students, the high school team – consisting of 22 students from Lethbridge-area high schools, including Keiran McCormack, Chris Isaac, Elaine Bird, Fiona Spitzig, Yoyo Yao, Patrick O'Donnell and Katie Thomas, who represented the team at the jamboree – successfully created a longer lasting form of Oxytocin. A hormone that’s most-commonly used to aid childbirth, Oxytocin degrades quickly and soon becomes unstable, making it expensive and difficult to store.</p><br />
<p>While such complex projects can be challenging for high school students, the research experience is invaluable, says former iGEM high school team member Erin Kelly.</p><br />
<p>“Being on the high school team was a steep learning curve, but I learned research methods through hands-on experience and that definitely made the transition to university easier,” says Kelly. Now a second-year biochemistry student at the U of L, she serves as an advisor to the current iGEM high school team along with fourth-year neuroscience student Isaac Ward and master of biochemistry student Mackenzie Coatham (BSc ’12).</p><br />
<p>The trio, all former members of the undergraduate iGEM team, have used their resulting research and entrepreneurial skills to launch the spinoff company Synbiologica Ltd. Along with Brandon (now a U of L master’s student in biochemistry), and U of L neuroscience professor Dr. Gerlinde Metz and Wieden as advisors, the group is in the process of patenting their big idea – a biomedical technology that provides rapid hormone-detection results. Their idea is expected to be 93 per cent more cost-effective than traditional antibody technology, bringing the next generation of hormone detection to the research, agriculture and medical markets.</p><br />
<p>In recognition of its scientific innovation, the Synbiologica team has earned numerous accolades. They include winning $10,000 in the South Venture Business Plan Competition and taking first place in the Tech Stream side of the Chinook Entrepreneurial Challenge, an annual business-planning competition hosted by Community Futures Lethbridge Region. The group received an additional $10,000 in cash, a one-year lease on space in the tecconnect: An Alberta centre for new commerce – a high-tech business incubator operated by Economic Development Lethbridge – plus a range of other in-kind prizes, including business consulting from MNP and ActionCOACH, and several thousand dollars worth of media services.</p><br />
<p>“iGEM gave us the motivation and skills to explore multidisciplinary research,” says Ward, chief executive officer of Synbiologica. “And from there, we realized that we don’t have to follow the usual career route. We can create our own jobs.”</p><br />
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<p>It's win number two for the University of Lethbridge student researcher/entrepreneurs who form the Synbiologica Ltd. team.</p><br />
<p>CEO Isaac Ward (third-year neuroscience student), first-year biochemistry student Erin Kelly and chemistry and biochemistry master's students Mackenzie Coatham and Harland Brandon have developed a new method of detecting hormones, and are in the process of patenting their idea.</p><br />
<p>Their proposed biomedical device technology -- called "Biologically Enhanced Assay in Real-Time" -- is expected to bring next-generation hormone detection to the research, agriculture and medical markets.</p><br />
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<p>In addition to winning $10,000 in the SouthVenture Business Plan Competition in March, the group recently took first place in the Tech Stream side of the Chinook Entrepreneurial Challenge, an annual business planning competition hosted by Community Futures Lethbridge Region.</p><br />
<p>They received another $10,000 in cash, a one-year lease on space in the tecconnect Centre for New Commerce, a high-tech business incubator operated by Economic Development Lethbridge, plus a host of other in-kind prizes including business consulting from MNP and ActionCOACH, and several thousand dollars worth of media services.</p><br />
<p>"I am extremely proud of the Synbiologica group for their achievements and wish them continued success," says Dr. Dan Weeks, the U of L's Vice-President (Research). "The U of L is a comprehensive research institution that offers significant research opportunities to undergraduate and graduate students. This approach is important as it equips our graduates with the knowledge and ability to thrive in their research and entrepreneurial careers."</p><br />
<p>The competition evaluates and awards business plans submitted by entrepreneurs who have taken advantage of the free business training provided by Community Futures across Southern Alberta. Finalists were chosen from 24 groups that submitted business plans for the challenge.</p><br />
<p>While he has to be a bit cautious about revealing details because of the patent process – an expected six to eight-month timeline -- Ward said their idea will significantly improve the way in which hormones are detected.</p><br />
<p>"Hormones – and hormone imbalances – play very important roles in understanding behaviour and mental health, pregnancy as well as development and aging of all populations," says Ward. "We are pursuing new technology for the detection of hormones that provides rapid results that are 93 per cent more cost effective than traditional antibody technology."</p><br />
<p>The team's market analysis showed diverse applications and projections for growth, with a two to three-year timeline to produce a marketable device. The first test runs of this device will occur this summer at the Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience (CCBN) in collaboration with CCBN neuroscience researcher Dr. Gerlinde Metz.</p><br />
<p>Ward said the team came up with the idea to develop the company and the new biomedical device by using the skills they learned through the iGEM (International Genetically Engineered Machines) program.</p><br />
<p>"The internationally competitive program allows undergraduate students to gain hands-on experience in science," Ward said. U of L teams have claimed several top international honours at past competitions, and three of the Synbiologica entrepreneurs are off to Boston Massachusetts, toward the end of June as advisors to the U of L's high school iGEM team. The university-level competition takes place in October, 2013 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, MA.</p><br />
<p>"iGEM is run out of a student-operated lab provided by the department of Chemistry and Biochemistry here at the University of Lethbridge and coordinated by Dr. HJ Wieden. We have been encouraged at every turn by our professors and others to move this idea forward, especially by the people at Alberta Innovates – Technology Futures (AITF) who promote entrepreneurial engagement from scientific innovation."</p><br />
<p>Ward cited advisors Dr. Gerlinde Metz (Department of Neuroscience), Dr. HJ Wieden (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry), Dr. Roy Golsteyn (Department of Biological Sciences) and Michael Kelly (Erin Kelly's father and Manager of Real Estate and Land Development, City of Lethbridge) as being particularly helpful as they refined their idea.</p><br />
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<h3>Synbiologica team wins 2013 Chinook Entrepreneur Challenge for biomedical device development</h3><br />
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<p class="italic_AG">June 12, 2013</p><br />
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<img class="comp_media_image_AG" src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2013/1/14/EiGEM_2013_Lethbridge_advancement_Press_three.png" alt="Press Three" /><br />
<p class="comp_media_image_after_AG" >Pictured left to right are Mackenzie Coatham, Dr. HJ Wieden (team advisor), Erin Kelly, Harland Brandon and Isaac Ward.<span lang="en-ca"> <br />
Courstesy of University Advancement.</span></p><br />
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<p>It’s win number two for the University of Lethbridge student researcher/entrepreneurs who form the Synbiologica Ltd. team.</p><br />
<br />
<p>CEO Isaac Ward (3rd year, Neuroscience), first-year Biochemistry student Erin Kelly and Chemistry and Biochemistry masters students Mackenzie Coatham and Harland Brandon have developed a new method of detecting hormones, and are in the process of patenting their idea.</p><br />
<br />
<p>Their proposed biomedical device technology -- called “Biologically Enhanced Assay in Real-Time” -- is expected to bring next-generation hormone detection to the research, agriculture and medical markets.</p><br />
<br />
<p>In addition to winning $10,000 in the SouthVenture Business Plan Competition in March, the group recently took first place in the Tech Stream side of the Chinook Entrepreneurial Challenge, an annual business planning competition hosted by Community Futures Lethbridge Region.</p><br />
<br />
<p>They received another $10,000 in cash, a one-year lease on space in the tecconnect -- An Alberta centre for New Commerce -- a high-tech business incubator operated by Economic Development Lethbridge -- plus a host of other in-kind prizes including business consulting from MNP and ActionCOACH, and several thousand dollars worth of media services.</p><br />
<br />
<p>“I am extremely proud of the Synbiologica group for their achievements and wish them continued success,” said Dr. Dan Weeks, the U of L’s Vice-President (Research). </p><br />
<br />
<p>“The U of L is a comprehensive research institution that offers significant research opportunities to undergraduate and graduate students. This approach is important as it equips our graduates with the knowledge and ability to thrive in their research and entrepreneurial careers.”</p><br />
<br />
<p>The competition evaluates and awards business plans submitted by entrepreneurs who have taken advantage of the free business training provided by Community Futures across Southern Alberta. Finalists were chosen from 24 groups that submitted business plans for the challenge.</p><br />
<br />
<p>While he has to be a bit cautious about revealing details because of the patent process – an expected six to eight-month timeline -- Ward said their idea will significantly improve the way in which hormones are detected.</p><br />
<br />
<p>“Hormones – and hormone imbalances -- play very important roles in understanding behaviour and mental health, pregnancy as well as development and aging of all populations,” Ward said.</p><br />
<br />
<p>“We are pursuing new technology for the detection of hormones that provides rapid results that are 93 per cent more cost effective than traditional antibody technology.”</p><br />
<br />
<p>The team’s market analysis showed diverse applications and projections for growth, with a two to three-year timeline to produce a marketable device. The first test runs of this device will occur this summer at the Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience in collaboration with neuroscience researcher Dr. Gerlinde Metz.</p><br />
<br />
<p>Ward said the team came up with the idea to develop the company and the new biomedical device by using the skills they learned through the iGEM (International Genetically Engineered Machines) program.</p><br />
<br />
<p>“The internationally competitive program allows undergraduate students to gain hands-on experience in science,” Ward said.</p><br />
<br />
<p>“iGEM is run out of a student-operated lab provided by the department of Chemistry and Biochemistry here at the University of Lethbridge and coordinated by Dr. HJ Wieden. We have been encouraged at every turn by our professors and others to move this idea forward, especially by the people at Alberta Innovates -- Technology Futures (AITF) who promote entrepreneurial engagement from scientific innovation.”</p><br />
<br />
<p>Ward cited advisors Dr. Gerlinde Metz (Department of Neuroscience), Dr. HJ Wieden (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry), Dr. Roy Golsteyn (Department of Biological Sciences) and Michael Kelly (Erin Kelly’s father and Manager of Real Estate and Land Development, City of Lethbridge) as being particularly helpful as they refined their idea.</p><br />
<br />
<p>At an event held on Wednesday, June 12 in Lethbridge the Community Futures Lethbridge Region hosted an event that acknowledged the Synbiologica group for their win, and announced the additional winners of the Chinook Entrepreneur Challenge. </p><br />
<br />
<p>Lethbridge-based Ladybug Arborists took first place, while Strathmore business Kindred Companions and Lifesavers Designated Driving (Lethbridge) shared the runner-up awards.</p><br />
<br />
<p>For additional information about these up-and-coming businesses, please contact the Community Futures Lethbridge Region office through their website: <a href="http://lethbridgeregion.albertacf.com/">http://lethbridgeregion.albertacf.com/</a> or phone (403) 320-6044.</p><br />
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<h3>Synbiologica team wins 2013 Chinook Entrepreneur Challenge for biomedical device development</h3><br />
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<p class="italic_AG">March 27, 2013</p><br />
<p>Not every 3rd year neuroscience student at the University of Lethbridge has a patent lawyer on speed dial, but Isaac Ward does.</p><br />
<br />
<p>As the CEO of Synbiologica, Inc. Ward and his team -- Chemistry and Biochemistry masters students Mackenzie Coatham and Harland Brandon, and first-year Biochemistry student Erin Kelly – have developed a new method of detecting hormones, and are in the process of patenting their idea.</p><br />
<br />
<p>Their proposed biomedical device technology is expected to bring next-generation hormone detection to the research, agriculture and medical markets.</p><br />
<br />
<p>Their idea and business plan recently landed them $10,000 as the first-place winners in the 2013 South Venture Business Plan Competition, and they are now looking to the next phase of the challenge – a trip to Edmonton in April to face off in the provincial arena, with even more money and networking opportunities on the table. </p><br />
<br />
<p>While he has to be a bit cautious about revealing details because of the patent process – an expected six to eight-month timeline -- Ward said their idea will significantly improve the way in which hormones are detected. </p><br />
<br />
<p>“Hormones – and hormone imbalances -- play very important roles in understanding behaviour and mental health, pregnancy as well as development and aging of all populations,” Ward said. </p><br />
<br />
<p>“We are pursuing new technology for the detection of hormones that provides rapid results that are 93 per cent more cost effective than traditional antibody technology.” </p><br />
<br />
<p>The team’s market analysis showed diverse applications and projections for growth, with a two to three-year timeline to produce a marketable device. The first test runs of this device will occur this summer at the Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience in collaboration with neuroscience researcher Dr. Gerlinde Metz. </p><br />
<br />
<p>Ward said the team came up with the idea to develop the company and the new biomedical device by using the skills they learned through the iGEM (International Genetically Engineered Machines) program.</p><br />
<br />
<p>“The internationally competitive program allows undergraduate students to gain hands-on experience in science,” Ward said.</p><br />
<br />
<p>“iGEM is run out of a student-operated lab provided by the department of Chemistry and Biochemistry here at the University of Lethbridge and coordinated by Dr. HJ Wieden. We have been encouraged at every turn by our professors and others to move this idea forward, especially by the people at Alberta Innovates -- Technology Futures (AITF) who promote entrepreneurial engagement from scientific innovation.”</p><br />
<br />
<p>Ward said the group will not just run off into the biomedical business world once the ink is dry on their patent documents -- they need to finish school first. </p><br />
<br />
<p>“Education is one of the team’s top values and we will be working on this business while we complete our degrees. This is a learning process that will, we hope, carry us far beyond the classroom, and we are very pleased to have received the South Venture prize, because otherwise it would not be possible for our company to pursue funding opportunities and further develop our project.” </p><br />
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<p>Ward cited advisors Dr. Gerlinde Metz (Department of Neuroscience), Dr. HJ Wieden (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry), Dr. Roy Golsteyn (Department of Biological Sciences) and Michael Kelly (Erin Kelly’s father and Manager of Real Estate and Land Development, City of Lethbridge) as being particularly helpful as they refined their idea. </p><br />
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<p>A team photo is attached. Left to right:</p><br />
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<p class="comp_media_image_after_wide_AG">Mackenzie Coatham; Dr. HJ Wieden, team advisor; Erin Kelly, Harland Brandon; Isaac Ward.</p><br />
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<h3>Synbiologica team wins 2013 Chinook Entrepreneur Challenge for biomedical device development</h3><br />
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<p class="italic_AG">June 12, 2013</p><br />
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<img class="comp_media_image_AG" src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2013/1/14/EiGEM_2013_Lethbridge_advancement_Press_three.png" alt="Press Three" /><br />
<p class="comp_media_image_after_AG" >Pictured left to right are Mackenzie Coatham, Dr. HJ Wieden (team advisor), Erin Kelly, Harland Brandon and Isaac Ward.</p><br />
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<p>It’s win number two for the University of Lethbridge student researcher/entrepreneurs who form the Synbiologica Ltd. team.</p><br />
<br />
<p>CEO Isaac Ward (3rd year, Neuroscience), first-year Biochemistry student Erin Kelly and Chemistry and Biochemistry masters students Mackenzie Coatham and Harland Brandon have developed a new method of detecting hormones, and are in the process of patenting their idea.</p><br />
<br />
<p>Their proposed biomedical device technology -- called “Biologically Enhanced Assay in Real-Time” -- is expected to bring next-generation hormone detection to the research, agriculture and medical markets.</p><br />
<br />
<p>In addition to winning $10,000 in the SouthVenture Business Plan Competition in March, the group recently took first place in the Tech Stream side of the Chinook Entrepreneurial Challenge, an annual business planning competition hosted by Community Futures Lethbridge Region.</p><br />
<br />
<p>They received another $10,000 in cash, a one-year lease on space in the tecconnect -- An Alberta centre for New Commerce -- a high-tech business incubator operated by Economic Development Lethbridge -- plus a host of other in-kind prizes including business consulting from MNP and ActionCOACH, and several thousand dollars worth of media services.</p><br />
<br />
<p>“I am extremely proud of the Synbiologica group for their achievements and wish them continued success,” said Dr. Dan Weeks, the U of L’s Vice-President (Research). </p><br />
<br />
<p>“The U of L is a comprehensive research institution that offers significant research opportunities to undergraduate and graduate students. This approach is important as it equips our graduates with the knowledge and ability to thrive in their research and entrepreneurial careers.”</p><br />
<br />
<p>The competition evaluates and awards business plans submitted by entrepreneurs who have taken advantage of the free business training provided by Community Futures across Southern Alberta. Finalists were chosen from 24 groups that submitted business plans for the challenge.</p><br />
<br />
<p>While he has to be a bit cautious about revealing details because of the patent process – an expected six to eight-month timeline -- Ward said their idea will significantly improve the way in which hormones are detected.</p><br />
<br />
<p>“Hormones – and hormone imbalances -- play very important roles in understanding behaviour and mental health, pregnancy as well as development and aging of all populations,” Ward said.</p><br />
<br />
<p>“We are pursuing new technology for the detection of hormones that provides rapid results that are 93 per cent more cost effective than traditional antibody technology.”</p><br />
<br />
<p>The team’s market analysis showed diverse applications and projections for growth, with a two to three-year timeline to produce a marketable device. The first test runs of this device will occur this summer at the Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience in collaboration with neuroscience researcher Dr. Gerlinde Metz.</p><br />
<br />
<p>Ward said the team came up with the idea to develop the company and the new biomedical device by using the skills they learned through the iGEM (International Genetically Engineered Machines) program.</p><br />
<br />
<p>“The internationally competitive program allows undergraduate students to gain hands-on experience in science,” Ward said.</p><br />
<br />
<p>“iGEM is run out of a student-operated lab provided by the department of Chemistry and Biochemistry here at the University of Lethbridge and coordinated by Dr. HJ Wieden. We have been encouraged at every turn by our professors and others to move this idea forward, especially by the people at Alberta Innovates -- Technology Futures (AITF) who promote entrepreneurial engagement from scientific innovation.”</p><br />
<br />
<p>Ward cited advisors Dr. Gerlinde Metz (Department of Neuroscience), Dr. HJ Wieden (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry), Dr. Roy Golsteyn (Department of Biological Sciences) and Michael Kelly (Erin Kelly’s father and Manager of Real Estate and Land Development, City of Lethbridge) as being particularly helpful as they refined their idea.</p><br />
<br />
<p>At an event held on Wednesday, June 12 in Lethbridge the Community Futures Lethbridge Region hosted an event that acknowledged the Synbiologica group for their win, and announced the additional winners of the Chinook Entrepreneur Challenge. </p><br />
<br />
<p>Lethbridge-based Ladybug Arborists took first place, while Strathmore business Kindred Companions and Lifesavers Designated Driving (Lethbridge) shared the runner-up awards.</p><br />
<br />
<p>For additional information about these up-and-coming businesses, please contact the Community Futures Lethbridge Region office through their website: <a href="http://lethbridgeregion.albertacf.com/">http://lethbridgeregion.albertacf.com/</a> or phone (403) 320-6044.</p><br />
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<h3>South Venture Business Plan Competition Winners Show Diversity and Creativity</h3><br />
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<p class="italic_AG">on Thursday, 28 March 2013. Posted in General LETHBRIDGE LIVING MAGAZINE</p><br />
<p>After a series of workshops and gruelling pitch sessions to a tough panel of judges, the 2013 South Venture Business Plan Competition winners are ready to take their business ideas to the next level.</p><br />
<p>The three groups shared $20,000–seed money to be used for expenses directly related to moving their business plan forward.</p><br />
<p>As well, the winners will automatically be eligible to compete in the provincial TEC Venture Prize Student Business Plan Competition, held in Edmonton in April.</p><br />
<p>The University of Lethbridge Faculty of Management and University of Lethbridge–Industry Liaison Office jointly sponsored the competition, which was open to post-secondary students and 2012 graduates from the Lethbridge and Medicine Hat regions, and from the U of L's Calgary and Edmonton campuses.</p><br />
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<li><p>Profiles of the winning teams and their ideas follow:<p></li><br />
<li>1st place ($10,000) Synbiologica Inc.</li><br />
<li>U of L Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Neuroscience masters and undergraduate students create a unique–and patent-pending–medical device to bring next-generation hormone detection to the research, agriculture, and medical markets.</li><br />
<li>Learn more about Synbiologica <a href="http://www.uleth.ca/notice/display.html?b=13&s=19264">here</a></li><br />
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<li>2nd place tie ($5,000) Green Leaf Lawnscapes</li><br />
<li>Management student starts and significantly expands a full-service landscaping company while balancing school, marriage and a 6-month-old baby.</li><br />
<li>Learn more about Greenleaf Lawnscapes <a href="http://www.uleth.ca/notice/display.html?b=13&s=19261">here.</a></li><br />
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<li>2nd place tie ($5,000) iTakeout.ca</li><br />
<li>Management and Fine Arts New Media students collaborate on a smartphone app to make takeout food orders more convenient</li><br />
<li>Learn more about the iTakeout.ca team <a href="http://www.uleth.ca/notice/display.html?b=13&s=19266">here</a></li><br />
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<h3>U-of-L Team Wins 2013 Chinook Entrepreneur Challenge In Tech Stream Category </h3><br />
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<p><span class="bold_AG">LETHBRIDGE</span>: It's a win that has a business application but, also underscores the depth of research taking place at the University of Lethbridge</p><br />
<p>It was the first year that the Chinook Entrepreneur Challenge included a Tech Stream for technology-based businesses. Three finalists were chosen from 24 entrants that submitted business plans for the challenge. The winning plan came from the University of Lethbridge student researcher/entrepreneurs who form the Synbiologica Ltd. team.</p><br />
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<p>This is the second win for the Synbiologca team, comprised of CEO Isaac Ward (3rd year, Neuroscience), first-year Biochemistry student Erin Kelly and Chemistry and Biochemistry masters students Mackenzie Coatham and Harland Brandon. They developed a new method of detecting hormones, which they expect will bring next-generation hormone detection to the research agriculture and medical market. They are in the process of patenting the the a biomedical device technology -- called “Biologically Enhanced Assay in Real-Time".</p><br />
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<p>Not only did the group win $10,000 in the South Venture Business Plan Competition in March, they also took first place in the Tech Stream side of the Chinook Entrepreneurial Challenge. With that, came another $10,000, a one-year lease on space in the tecconnect Centre for New Commerce (a high-tech business incubator operated by Economic Development Lethbridge), as well as a variety of other assistance, including business consulting from MNP and ActionCOACH, and thousands of dollars in media services.</p><br />
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<p>Because the biomedical technology is in a patent phase, not many details can be released. However, it is designed to improve the way in which hormones are detected and provide more accurate information in a reduced time frame. The new technology also has the potential for a wide array of applications.</p><br />
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<p>Quoting a U-of-L release, Ward stated the team came up with the idea to develop the company and the new biomedical device by using the skills they learned through the iGEM (International Genetically Engineered Machines) program.</p><br />
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<p>“The internationally competitive program allows undergraduate students to gain hands-on experience in science,” Ward said. U of L teams have claimed several top international honours at past competitions, and three of the Synbiologica entrepreneurs are off to Boston Massachusetts, toward the end of June as advisors to the U of L's high school iGEM team. The university-level competition takes place in October, 2013 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, MA. </p><br />
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<p>The Chinook Entrepreneur Challenge is an annual business planning competition hosted by Community Futures Lethbridge Region. The competition evaluates and awards business plans submitted by entrepreneurs who have taken advantage of the free business training provided by Community Futures across Southern Alberta.</p><br />
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<p>On Wednesday, in Lethbridge, the Community Futures Lethbridge Region acknowledged the Synbiologica group for their win, and announced the additional winners of the Chinook Entrepreneur Challenge. <span class="bold_AG">Outside of the Tech Stream Category, Lethbridge-based Ladybug Arborists took first place, while Strathmore business Kindred Companions and Lifesavers Designated Driving (Lethbridge) shared the runner-up awards.</span></p><br />
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<p class="bold_AG">Synbiologica Ltd. team pictured L to R: Erin Kelly, Harland Brandon, Mackenzie Coatham and Isaac Ward show off Chinook Entrepreneur Challenge aware. </p><br />
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<p>Posted on Thursday, June 13, 2013 at 10/23/2013 4:36:13 PM<br /><br />
Source: Dori Modney (@Dori_Modney on Twitter) with files and photos courtesy Bob Cooney and U-of-L<br />
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<h3>U of L scientists win entrepreneur challenge</h3><br />
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<p>By Peggy Revell on June 6, 2013. MEDICINE HAT NEWS</p><br />
<p>A biotech company started by a group of scientists from the University of Lethbridge came out on tops in the ninth annual Chinook Entrepreneur Challenge.</p><br />
<p>“It’s been a really exciting experience,” said Isaac Ward, who alongside Harland Brandon, Erin Kelly and Mackenzie Coatham have established Synbiologica a small biotech company based out of Lethbridge that is developing a method of rapid hormone detection.</p><br />
<p>Ward and Brandon represented Synbiologica Wednesday at the Medicine Hat Lodge for the CEC, competing in the portion of the competition for tech businesses. Competing against MathFileFolderGames.com and PlentyFull Services, they presented their business plans, took questions from judges, and were ultimately named the winner.</p><br />
<p>“It’s really about supporting local grown entrepreneurs,” said Geoff Rougeau, business analyst/project co-ordinator with Community Futures Lethbridge Region about the annual competition that will wrap up June 12 with judging for those in the general category taking place in Lethbridge. Participants come east to west in southern Alberta, all the way north to Camrose.</p><br />
<p>The competition starts with eight weeks of free training for interested small businesses, provided through Community Futures throughout southern Alberta including the chance to meet with accountants, lawyers and other resources, Rogeau explained. Participants then have a month to finalize and submit a business plan, and these submissions are whittled down to three finalists for the general and brand new tech business category.</p><br />
<p>As scientists, Ward said the opportunity to participate in the program to learn about business is “beyond beneficial.”</p><br />
<p>“Business training isn’t in our course load,” said Ward, thanking all the advisors, Community Futures and everyone who helped them along their way so far.</p><br />
<p>“We’re thankful we have an opportunity to pursue this, and to see others think it’s an idea to pursue as well gives a real sense of encouragement.”</p><br />
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<h3><span class="bold_AG">Team: Synbiologica CEC Site Idea: <span class="italic_AG">Technology</span></span></h3><br />
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<p> “We found the diversity of the workshops to be not only eye opening but also very informative. The speakers that were brought in provided a lot of one on one time with participants to cater advice for their business.”</p><br />
<p>Mackenzie Coatham</p><br />
<p>Isaac Ward, Erin Kelly, Mackenzie Coatham, and Harland Brandon are four science students at the University of Lethbridge who are developing a hormone detection device called Biologically Enhanced Assay in Real-time (BEAR). As their studies at the U of L don’t include any business training, they signed up for the Chinook Entrepreneur Challenge and its 8 week training program.</p><br />
<p>The team of four students are currently working out of the laboratories at the University of Lethbridge, and are being advised by professors at the University. Isaac and Erin are currently obtaining their undergraduate degree while Mackenzie and Harland are master’s students. When asked if it is difficult to handle their duties for Synbiologica and their studies, Isaac responded “As with many start-ups it takes a lot of work but with integrating planning, dedication, and most importantly team work, we feel confident that our commitment to education will be enhanced through real world application.”</p><br />
<p>While Synbiologica is still in the research phase and has yet to produce a prototype of BEAR, they are already looking to future applications of their product. They plan to market it to scientific researchers – more specifically ones focused on endocrinology and neuroscience – but also feel that BEAR will be useful in an agricultural or medical application.</p><br />
<p>These four students are excited about their idea, and while it may be a few years until BEAR is fully functional and approved for use, they remain committed to their research.</p><br />
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<h3>U of L Scientist Win Entrepreneur Challenge</h3><br />
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<p>Posted by Genome Alberta via <a href="http://genomicsnews.ca/en/users/genome-alberta.html">medicinehatnews.com</a>, 4 months ago</p><br />
<p>A biotech company started by a group of scientists from the University of Lethbridge came out on tops in the ninth annual Chinook Entrepreneur Challenge. “It’s been a really exciting experience,” said Isaac Ward, who alongside Harland Brandon, Erin Kelly and Mackenzie Coatham have established Synbiologica a small biotech company based out of Lethbridge that is developing a method of rapid hormone detection. </p><br />
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<p>Synbiologica is seeking funding that will be primarily directed towards research and development of BEAR, initial marketing of BEAR and networking.</p><br />
<p>Funds specifically used for research and development will be used to purchase and maintain laboratory equipment, purchase the necessary chemicals and reagents and hire laboratory technicians to assist in the development and testing of a viable prototype.</p><br />
<p>Investment money will be used to register for and travel to conferences and workshops the team will attend in order to develop our knowledge of business and the biotechnology and synthetic biology industries. This is important so the Synbiologica team can learn how to better integrate science with industry. These funds will also assist in travel to different research institutions when Synbiologica Ltd first begins to demonstrate the uses of BEAR to hormone researchers.</p><br />
<p>Synbiologica Ltd plans to spend 24 months in research and development as a viable prototype of BEAR is designed and patented. The company plans to rely on government grants and initial investment to fund this portion of the business’ development.</p><br />
<p>Synbiologica eventually plans to sell BEAR to one of the biotechnology companies to whom it had been licensed out. Profit from selling the product will be used to pay early investors, pay members of Synbiologica, and set aside as initial funding for Synbiologica’s future projects. At this point, Synbiologica cannot predict how much money BEAR will be sold for and how much money early investors will make back. The company needs to confer with people more experience with financials in order to accurately make these predictions. As BEAR expands to different possible assays it creates a current challenge in projecting the final value of the product and there for worth upon selling to investors.</p><br />
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<p>Our monthly Income statement is used to represent and track our funding sources against our expense. Our lab consumables are notably higher than required right now to balance spending over the course of the project. The rent we are paying currently only represents the internet costs and parking fees, as the space at Tecconect is being provided free of charge from winning the Chinook Entrepreneur Challenge. </p><br />
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<p>Our monthly cash flow helps us track our expenses along with a running balance of available funds. The cash position at the end of each month is carried over to the beginning of the next month and any income or expenses are added or deducted respectively.</p><br />
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<p>The quarterly income statement helps us track our expenditures and income throughout the year. From this sheet we are able to determine our given spending patterns and when in our development we will need required investment. Additionally it can tell us how to strategically align grant and funding programs and where we can appropriately place government assistance programs such as the Industry Research Assistance Program (IRAP). As we move forward we can input our monthly cash flow and income statements to compare with our projects. This can be used to help ensure future projections are on par with expectation based on past experience. We are planning on using a staged investment strategy where continued investment is based on the team achieving previously set milestones with the investor. These projections have outlined a breakeven point in our third year following commercialization. </p><br />
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<p>Synbiologica Ltd is currently acting under the assumption that BEAR will be functional and produce expected results. The funds from early investment into the company and grants will be directed towards developing a functional prototype and initial laboratory testing.</p><br />
<p>BEAR is still in early research and development and no technical numbers have been determined. Synbiologica Ltd is currently conferring with potential research partners who are interested in testing the BEAR prototype with the hope of eventually integrating the device into their research. By utilizing university resources we will be able to develop an accurate assessment of our products technical details and capacities.</p> <br />
<p><span class="italic_AG"><span class="underline_AG">Synbiologica Ltd does not have a patent on the BEAR product.</span></span></p><br />
<p>Synbiologica Ltd is actively in talks with the University of Lethbridge Technology Transfer Office and Industry Liaison Office regarding patenting and further market assessments of BEAR. Additionally the Technology Transfer office will assist in assessing our freedom-to-operate. The University of Lethbridge has agreed to let Synbiologica Ltd have complete ownership of all generated intellectual property and offered to pay for the patent on a return of cost basis.</p> <br />
<p><span class="italic_AG"><span class="underline_AG">Members of Synbiologica Ltd have limited prior experience in the business and financial fields.</span><br />
<p>When Synbiologica Ltd acquires the financial capacity, the company plans to appoint competent business executives to handle the business administration and management. Additionally Synbiologica will actively seek to hire certified accountants to assist with financial projections and account management. For the time being, all members have attended business workshops and professional development courses. They have learned how to do basic financial projections and acquired business management skills. The company is now moving forward in a strong position.</p><br />
<p><span class="italic_AG"><span class="underline_AG">Synbiologica Ltd is acting under the assumption that a larger biotechnology or medical device company is interested in acquiring a licence to manufacture and sell BEAR.</span></span></p><br />
<p>The University of Lethbridge Technology Transfer Office and Industry Liaison Office are willing to assist Synbiologica Ltd in actively pursuing potential licensees, once a patent is filed.</p><br />
<p><span class="italic_AG"><span class="underline_AG">Synbiologica Ltd currently has little capital invested in the company that can be directed toward developing BEAR.</span></span></p><br />
<p>In order to acquire initial funds, Synbiologica Ltd plans to pursue entrepreneurial competitions, new venture vouchers, government grants, incentives and early investors. The student researchers have received funding from Alberta Innovates Technology Futures to pursue initial laboratory research.</p><br />
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<p>Our primary focus at this time is to attain the proof of principle of the science upon which BEAR is designed. Once we have our proof of principle, we will expand on it and develop a working prototype. We will then make efforts to improve upon our initial designs and expand product development, making more BEAR units and variants of the system that will be able to detect different hormones.</p><br />
<p>We are consistently updating our business plan and making efforts to help Synbiologica Ltd grow. When we begin to create variants of BEAR and increase product development, we will hire a manager and research lab technicians to oversee development. At this time we will be looking more deeply into medical device certification in Canada, as well as making adjustments to meet regulations in the United States and Europe.</p><br />
<p>We have already received initial funding from Alberta Innovates Technology Futures (GeekStarter), the South Venture Business Plan Competition, and the Chinook Entrepreneur Challenge. In the near future, we will apply for the Scientific Research and Experimental Development tax incentive program as well as the Industry Research Assistance Program. These programs will help us obtain funds that we can use as salaries for employees as well as funds that we can put directly towards the purchase of materials and equipment needed for the development of BEAR. We will also be applying for the Alberta Innovates Technology Futures Voucher program when we have a functional prototype of BEAR. This program funds a third-party opportunity assessment of our product. In other words, a company in the biotechnology industry will be funded to conduct research that will determine if our produce will flourish in the marketplace. The second Voucher program will provide funds to further the commercialization process, protect our intellectual property and continue improvements of BEAR. We will eventually be seeking private investment that will allow us to continue developing variable hormone sensitive components of BEAR and expand our laboratory capacity.</p><br />
<p>With the help of the University of Lethbridge Industry Liaison Office, we have already been doing prior art and patentability searches for our product. The office has also arranged for us to meet with patent agents and patent lawyers. When our proof of principle has been developed, we will begin initial patent filing. The University of Lethbridge has graciously agreed to let Synbiologica Ltd own all intellectual property generated by members of the company. The University has also agreed to fund our initial patents on a return-of-cost basis.</p><br />
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<p>To attract customers, Synbiologica will initially donate and sell units at a low price to researchers to try and break into the research market. Additionally, representatives from our company will attend scientific conferences of related fields with the intention of soliciting our product to potential customers whose research would benefit from BEAR. Advertisements on scientific journal websites and in scientific journals will also be used to advertise our product.</p><br />
<p>The majority of BEAR’s initial market value will stem from the research conducted by Synbiologica’s first customers who have incorporated BEAR into their methods. BEAR is designed to yield fast, accurate, real-time results, which is a form of data collection that has not yet been used in hormone research. As researchers begin to acquire results using BEAR, they will publish more scientific papers and advertise BEAR through a description of their methodology.</p><br />
<p>Eventually, Synbiologica hopes to license out the finalized BEAR product to existing biotechnology companies. This would allow us the ability to develop other technologies rather than just mass-producing one product, and the biotechnology companies would have more financial backing to promote BEAR as well as the resources to manufacture the device of a large scale. In addition, these companies already have employees with the skills to manufacture, market, and sell BEAR. We intend to sell a licence to our technology to these companies and they will be responsible for getting BEAR to its final customers.</p><br />
<p>Our pricing policy would be penetration pricing. Synbiologica intends to sell individual BEAR units and the accompanying set of modular units for as low a cost as possible to establish the benefits and use of BEAR in the scientific and medical community, thus gaining market share.</p><br />
<p>Initial distribution of BEAR will be very small while Synbiologica is still in the research and development phase and can be achieved by mail or courier. As the product gains market value, Synbiologica will contract a distribution company. From there, any biotechnology company wishing to have a licence to manufacture and sell BEAR will be responsible for distribution.</p><br />
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<p>Synbiologica’s initial target market will be scientific researchers, particularly those with PhDs who are in control of their own research and equipment. These scientists will be responsible for making the decision to incorporate BEAR into their laboratories. A demographic overview of science and engineering PhDs showed that 9 out of every 10 scientists and engineers worked in a large city in 2001.<a class="super" href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Lethbridge_Entrepreneurs/market_overview#foot_one_AG">1</a> 60% of science and engineering PhDs work in education and at government institutions.<a class="super" href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Lethbridge_Entrepreneurs/market_overview#foot_two_AG">2</a> In 2001, the average earnings of PhDs working in the public sector surpassed those in the private sector.<a class="super" href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Lethbridge_Entrepreneurs/market_overview#foot_three_AG">3</a> On average, a scientist or engineer with a PhD employed on a full-time basis earned $70,000.<a class="super" href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Lethbridge_Entrepreneurs/market_overview#foot_four_AG">4</a></p><br />
<p>In 2001, the average age of employed science and engineering PhDs was 46, much older than the average age of 39 for employed Canadians.<a class="super" href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Lethbridge_Entrepreneurs/market_overview#foot_five_AG">5</a></p><br />
<p>There were 4 times as many men with science and engineering PhDs than women in 2001, but this gap is gradually narrowing. Female PhDs also earned only 77% of what male PhDs earned.<a class="super" href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Lethbridge_Entrepreneurs/market_overview#foot_six_AG">6</a></p><br />
<p>BEAR will be valuable to scientific researchers, particularly those of the endocrinology and neuroscience demographic. There are 447 endocrinologists practicing in Canada, 78% of which work in a health science centre and 37% of which work in a university.<a class="super" href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Lethbridge_Entrepreneurs/market_overview#foot_seven_AG">7</a> In the United States, there are 5341 practicing endocrinologists, approximately 1500 of which are involved in research.<a class="super" href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Lethbridge_Entrepreneurs/market_overview#foot_eight_AG">8</a> As scientists learn more about the role of specific hormones in the brain, the more they can contribute to the development of treatments for neurological and mental diseases. The opportunity to publish their research is an interest shared by all scientists. Producing publications allows researchers to continue funding new projects.</p><br />
<p>In order to produce reliable experimental results, researchers must have a multitude of test subjects or animals to which BEAR will be applied. For example, for every animal used in a neurological behaviour test, one BEAR apparatus will be needed to monitor hormonal changes in each individual animal if they are to be tested at the same time. Situations arise where natural circumstances control when a test must be performed (for example, when a lab rat becomes pregnant) at a time different from other test subject. BEAR is a more efficient means of doing individual tests. The majority of a monoclonal antibody test kit would be wasted as these kits are designed to perform many tests at once. In special situations like these, scientists often cannot store a sample for later use to run more tests at once because the hormones are at risk of breaking down. A new hormone-detecting disposable unit will be needed for each test performed. Each researcher using animal test subjects will need multiple BEAR devices and will need to continue to purchase the disposable cartridges to continue their research, ensuring an ongoing market for Synbiologica.</p><br />
<p>The biotechnology market consists of the development, manufacturing and marketing of products based on advanced biotechnology research. This market is predicted to grow steadily over the next few years with a growth rate between 6-7%. In 2016, the Canadian biotechnology market is forecast to have a value of $4.6 billion, an increase of 39.4% since 2011 (Figure 2).<a class="super" href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Lethbridge_Entrepreneurs/market_overview#foot_nine_AG">9</a> 67.4% of the biotechnology market is dedicated to medical device and health care and 23.8% of the market focuses on food and agriculture.</p><br />
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<p class="center_AG">Figure <span lang="en-ca">1</span>: Canada biotechnology market value forecast: $ billion, 2011-2016</p><br />
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<p>In 2008, the Canadian biomedical device market had been valued at $6.4 billion annually. The performance of the market is forecast to accelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 5.3% for the five-year period 2011 - 2016, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $13.2 billion by the end of 2016.<a class="super" href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Lethbridge_Entrepreneurs/market_overview#foot_ten_AG">10</a></p><br />
<p>Though BEAR was initially designed to be a research and diagnostic tool, we see future application in the Livestock agriculture industry as a hormone and health monitoring system. In 2011, of the 12,457,000 head of cattle produced, 45% were exported to other countries. Alberta produces 39.3% of beef cattle in Canada. Beef Production contributed $25.96 billion to the Canadian economy and beef exports were valued at $1.33 billion.</p><br />
<p>Cattle in Canada are subject to quality and health testing, which includes the monitoring of disease and meat quality. BEAR modular design gives us the opportunity to integrate into the livestock agriculture industry because we can alter BEAR to detect hormones relevant to the livestock industry, such as pregnancy and growth hormones. The company interviewed researchers and commercialization specialists at the Lethbridge Research Centre for agriculture, who saw the devise as a useful tool and identified areas of application in both livestock agriculture research and industry. We predict that use in the livestock industry will be our highest revenue source.</p><br />
<p>Total annual costs to establish and operate a medical device manufacturing facility in Canada are the lowest in the G-7. Canada holds a 4.8% cost advantage over the United States in medical device manufacturing.<a class="super" href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Lethbridge_Entrepreneurs/market_overview#foot_eleven_AG">11</a><a class="super" href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Lethbridge_Entrepreneurs/market_overview#foot_twelve_AG">12</a></p><br />
<p>The Canadian medical equipment and supplies market analyzes manufacturers of these supplies.<a class="super" href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Lethbridge_Entrepreneurs/market_overview#foot_thirteen_AG">13</a> Equipment and supplies monitored in this market range from prosthetics and eyeglasses to dialysis tubing and syringes. Our product would fit into this market as a disposable testing tool.</p><br />
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<p class="center_AG">Figure <span lang="en-ca">2</span>: Canada health care equipment and supplies market value forecast: $ million, 2011-2016</p><br />
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<p>The performance of the market is forecast to accelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 5.3% for the five-year period 2011 - 2016, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $13.2 billion by the end of 2016.</p><br />
<p class="italic_AG">The manufacturing of medical devices involves the application of diverse biomedical and engineering disciplines.<a class="super" href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Lethbridge_Entrepreneurs/market_overview#foot_fourteen_AG">14</a> In addition, the industry is able to draw on world-class innovative research being conducted in Canadian universities, research institutes and hospitals, some of which is spun-off into Canadian medical device companies.<a class="super" href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Lethbridge_Entrepreneurs/market_overview#foot_fifteen_AG">15</a><a class="super" href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Lethbridge_Entrepreneurs/market_overview#foot_sixteen_AG">16</a></p><br />
<p>This statement speaks strongly to who Synbiologica is and the direction in which the company intends to move. The Synbiologica team consists of scientists with diverse academic backgrounds who are all currently involved in research at the University of Lethbridge. The team plans to draw from each member’s previous experience and expertise to contribute to developing BEAR and future projects.</p><br />
<p>The Canadian Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) Tax Incentive Program, administered by the Canada Revenue Agency, encourages Canadian businesses of all sizes, and in all sectors to conduct R&D in Canada. It provides claimants cash refunds and/or tax credits for their expenditures on eligible R&D work done in Canada.<a class="super" href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Lethbridge_Entrepreneurs/market_overview#foot_seventeen_AG">17</a> Synbiologica will use this resource to conduct new and innovative research in Canada and encourage other scientists to do the same.</p><br />
<p>Synbiologica intends to utilize the support of the National Research Councel under the Industry Research Assistance Program (IRAP) who provides innovation and funding services customized to the companies specific needs. Their goal is to help companies accelerate the growth of their business through innovation and technology.</p><br />
<p>Synbiologica is currently exploring Canada’s <span class="italic_AG">Food and Drugs Act</span> for guidance in future development of products and ensure the products comply with Canadian medical device regulations.</p><br />
<p>Synbiologica intends to pursue the Alberta Innovates Technology Futures Voucher Program for $15000 to assist in a comprehensive third party market analysis, as outlined in the Financial section. An additional market assessment will be performed by the University of Lethbridge technology transfer office prior to filing a patent.</p><br />
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<p>Synbiologica Ltd is a group of science students at the University of Lethbridge who plan to develop the Biologically Enhanced Assay in Real-time (BEAR) for the highly specific detection of hormones. The company is currently comprised of four science students with varying academic backgrounds.</p><br />
<p>BEAR is a small device attached to a test subject or patient that will be able to monitor changing hormone levels in the subject bloodstream, first as an immediate point-of-care test and eventually as a real time hormone detection device. BEAR will be used primarily in research and in future diagnostics. Once the BEAR prototype has proved to be effective in a laboratory setting, Synbiologica Ltd will pursue a patent on the device. Synbiologica Ltd plans to use the licence-out business model to sell the BEAR device to biotechnology companies who are already well established and who have the resources to manufacture BEAR on a larger scale. These companies also have employees who specialize in marketing and sales of products. Synbiologica Ltd currently does not have employees skilled in these fields.</p><br />
<p>BEAR will be manufactured and sold as a two-part system. It will contain a reusable apparatus that will contain a hormone-sensitive modular component. We are unable to elaborate on the exact design of this system in order to protect our proprietary information.</p><br />
<p>Synbiologica Ltd is targeting hormone researchers as the primary market. Researchers who use animal test subjects for hormone analysis will need to purchase an appropriate number of BEAR apparatus’ to accommodate the number of test animals in the experiment. In a typical experiment, at least 5-10 test animals and an equal number of control animals will be used and enough BEAR devices will need to be purchased in order to test many subjects within a shorter period of time. BEAR is also a more efficient means of individual testing. If a test on an individual must be performed and a sample from the subject cannot be stored due to the risk of hormone degradation, Researchers would currently have to use an entire monoclonal antibody kit to test it. These kits are designed to perform tests for many subjects at once and it would be wasteful to use a kit for only a few tests.</p><br />
<p>When BEAR reaches the diagnostician market, it can be assumed that each hospital that buys the device will need more than one to keep up with the demand for tests in multiple departments.</p><br />
<p>Synbiologica Ltd wishes to provide researchers with a new, faster, accurate method of hormone detection that will ultimately speed up the process and lower the costs of research. This will lead to new discoveries in many research labs, including the labs with which Synbiologica Ltd is associated. Money made by the company will be put towards further research and allow Synbiologica Ltd to continue development of biotechnological devices and technologies. Research done by Synbiologica Ltd and the labs with whom the company works will be the means of attracting the target market of hormone researchers.</p><br />
<p>Currently, the team members of Synbiologica Ltd work out of research laborator space provided by the University of Lethbridge as well as incubator space provided by Tecconnect.</p><br />
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<p>Synbiologica Ltd. is a group of scientists from the University of Lethbridge who are developing a robust, modular sensor called Biologically Enhanced Assay in Real-time (BEAR) used for the highly specific detection of hormones. Current methods of hormone detection are expensive and time consuming. Synbiologica’s device builds upon current detection methods while incorporating new techniques from the emerging biotechnology field of synthetic biology to provide an inexpensive hormone diagnostic device. The ability of BEAR to reduce costs and time for hormone diagnostics will further scientific knowledge and innovation for improved health and ultimately benefiting the research, agricultural and medical communities.</p><br />
<p>Today, much of the research on how hormone levels affect the behaviour of an individual is done by monitoring the concentration of a particular hormone at specific times and relating it to characteristic behaviours. BEAR is designed to detect hormone concentrations with high accuracy in a fraction of the time taken by conventional detection methods, such as ELISA kits. BEAR will mediate the trade-off between a rapid and accurate test. BEAR is designed to be a modular system, meaning the user will be able to use the system to detect different hormones as they desire.</p><br />
<p>Synbiologica’s current competition includes companies who produce and sell hormone detection kits and devices that use monoclonal antibodies, as this is the primary method of hormone detection. In 2008, the four-year market projection for both therapeutic and diagnostic monoclonal antibodies was valued at $56 billion. Research-oriented hormone detection kits make up a portion of this market. BEAR is more advantageous to monoclonal antibodies because it will provide a fast, real-time test at a fraction of the cost.</p><br />
<p>Synbiologica’s initial research and development will begin in research labs at the University of Lethbridge. The company plans to use resources at the University, such as the Technology Transfer Office and the Industry Liaison Office to assist the company in market analysis, funding acquirement, and patenting.</p><br />
<p>The target markets for the device include hormone researchers, the livestock agriculture industry, and medical diagnosticians. These parties are handicapped by long and costly sample analysis periods. The time it takes to test a sample for a hormone can range from many hours to days. This also poses the risk of the hormone degrading in the sample, which can lead to inaccurate results. BEAR will allow hormone researchers and diagnosticians to observe hormonal fluctuations in real-time, yielding a more detailed result that will provide a greater understanding of the hormone in question. Those working in the livestock industry will be able to quickly and safely test animals for pregnancy, growth hormones and hormones related to disease. The opportunities this new test will provide will be far-reaching, leading to the development of innovative health care practices that will enhance diagnostics and treatment of disease.</p><br />
<p>In a 2008 report, the market for both therapeutic and diagnostic monoclonal antibodies was valued at $56 billion for 2012, representing a compound annual growth rate of 13%.<a class="super" href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Lethbridge_Entrepreneurs/exec_summary#foot_one_AG">1</a> The global market for the therapeutic monoclonal antibody industry in 2011 was estimated at $44.6 billion annually.<a class="super" href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Lethbridge_Entrepreneurs/exec_summary#foot_two_AG">2</a> This has nearly doubled from 2006 when the global market was estimated at $19 billion with $7.2 billion for immunoassays, and $3.1 billion in clinical diagnostics.<a class="super" href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Lethbridge_Entrepreneurs/exec_summary#foot_three_AG">3</a> The Canadian medical device market was estimated at $6.4 billion annually in 2008.<a class="super" href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Lethbridge_Entrepreneurs/exec_summary#foot_four_AG">4</a> The biotechnology market is also forecast to have a value of $4.6 billion by 2012, demonstrating an increase of 39.4% since 2011.<a class="super" href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Lethbridge_Entrepreneurs/exec_summary#foot_five_AG">5</a></p><br />
<p>The business model Synbiologica is pursuing is to license out the patented technology to larger established biotechnology or medical device companies with the resources to build, market and distribute the product.</p> <br />
<p>For added market value, initial prototypes will be further utilized by scientific researchers to gain greater medical diagnostic value. Synbiologica assumes that our product will reveal new behavioural aspects and lifesaving hormone diagnostics in the industry that were not previously known because it will allow researchers to quantify changes in hormone levels as they are occurring. This will add further value to the product and increase its appeal for application in medical diagnostics, resulting in further commercialization beyond the research world. Investors will have an opportunity to be part of a revolutionary, potentially lifesaving biotechnological development.</p><br />
<p>The major milestones Synbiologica Ltd. will achieve in upcoming years include acquiring an Alberta Innovation Voucher for the amount of $15,000 to have an Opportunity Assessment Report conducted. The Alberta Innovates Technology Futures Voucher Program is designed to help small early stage technology businesses operating in Alberta to be successful in a global market place. This program provides a third-party opportunity assessment fund, with which the value of our prototype will be determined in relative markets. Additional voucher support programs though Alberta Innovates will be pursued. Synbiologica then plans to acquire the support of early investors for $500 000 and industry knowledge support for further prototype development and initial market entry. By the 5th year, Synbiologica will seek a second round of investment of $20-30 million for clinical testing and FDA approval for up-scaling production. At this point Synbiologica anticipates that the impact of the technology will be recognised by larger biotechnology and medical device companies, to whom we plan to license-out and eventually sell BEAR technology. Synbiologica would then move on to new projects.</p><br />
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<li>Mackenzie Coatham, Chief Science Officer/ Biotechnologist - Masters Student in Biochemistry (BSc 2012)</li><br />
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<li>Dr. H.J. Wieden, Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Lethbridge</li><br />
<li>Michael Kelly, Lethbridge Land-Manager, Real Estate and Land Development </li><br />
<li>Dr. Roy Goldsteyn, Associate Professor of Biology, Department of Biology, University of Lethbridge and Alberta Ingenuity Faculty member, Economic Development Lethbridge Board Member for Technology and Research</li><br />
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<li><a class="super" href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Lethbridge_Entrepreneurs/exec_summary#foot_two_AG">2</a>Antibody Drugs: Technologies and Global Markets: February 2012, BIO016H, http://www.bccresearch.com/report/antibody-drugs-technologies-markets-bio016h.html</li><br />
<li><a class="super" href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Lethbridge_Entrepreneurs/exec_summary#foot_three_AG">3</a>Monoclonal antibodies in clinical diagnostics: a brief review application. African Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 7 (8), pp. 923-925, 17 April, 2008</li><br />
<li><a class="super" href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Lethbridge_Entrepreneurs/exec_summary#foot_four_AG">4</a>http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/lsg-pdsv.nsf/eng/h_hn01736.html#low</li><br />
<li><a class="super" href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Lethbridge_Entrepreneurs/exec_summary#foot_five_AG">5</a>Marketline Industry Profile: Biotechnology in Canada – July 2012</li><br />
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<p>Synbiologica Ltd is a private biotechnology company based in the vibrant community of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. They utilize principles from the field of synthetic biology to design and develop innovative biologically focused technology in molecular detection and production for biomedical application. Synbiologica Ltd. is currently developing a novel hormone detection method to bring real-time diagnostic results to the research, agriculture, and medical industries. Synbiologica Ltd. is operated by its officers with help from its extensive board of advisors who bring experience from industry, neuroscience, biochemistry, and business management. Synbiologica Ltd. has successfully achieved first place standings in both The South Venture Business Plan Competition and The Chinook Entrepreneurial Challenge. They have acted as advisers to local high school students which lead to the students winning a world championship at the 2013 High School International Genetically Engineered Machines Competition (iGEM) and are competing in the 2013 Entrepreneurial iGEM Competition. Synbiologica Ltd. embraces a passion for science, education, and innovation to design and create novel diagnostic technology.</p><br />
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<p>The current method used for hormonal detection uses monoclonal antibodies. These tests only detect the hormones and the corresponding levels of each hormone at the point in time in which the sample was taken. This limits the amount of information about the condition of the test subject gained by a researcher or diagnostician to that one point in time. The information is stagnant. These tests can be quite costly; researchers will commonly spend $500-$1100 per ELISA plate. Costs increase form this as researchers need sample preparation materials, storage equipment and lab technicians to carry out their research.</p><br />
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<p>BEAR is a low cost, modular device that will allow scientists to detect hormones in real time. This is a simple schematic of our hormone detection device. The sample containing the hormone in question will interact with the hormone-specific detector. This will stimulate a signal which we will be able to identify.</p><br />
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<p>The Lethbridge Entrepreneurial iGEM team members have vast experience in previous iGEM competitions. In this last year alone, Isaac Ward, Erin Kelly and Mackenzie Coatham acted as advisors for the Lethbridge High School iGEM team. The High School team engineered <i>E. coli</i> to produce the peptide hormone Oxytocin and its precursor protein.<br />
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<p>Harland Brandon is an advisor to the Lethbridge Collegiate iGEM team, who have also been quite successful this year. At the North American Regional Jamboree in Toronto, Lethbridge Collegiate won Best Wiki and First Place in the overgraduate division.</p><br />
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<p>Isaac comes to the Synbiologica team with a diverse background of experience along with a keen enthusiasm for science and innovation. His strengths come from formal scientific training in neuroscience and having participated in the iGEM competition for 2 years. Isaac also brings great leadership to the group, developed through scientific and former experience as a community coach.</p><br />
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<p>Erin’s commitment to interdisciplinary academic excellence and her value of hard work make her an excellent addition to Synbiologica. She had been doing research in biochemistry laboratories before entering university, including participating on the Lethbridge High School iGEM Team. Erin is a motivated team player and a strong administrative leader having organizing multiple high school science programs.</p><br />
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<p>Harland brings a creative attitude to development and problem solving, along with a strong backing in biochemistry and molecular biology. Having participated in the iGEM competition for the past 3 years along with working in a research lab at the university during his undergrad he has developed skills for researching, troubleshooting, and multitasking in laboratory work. </p><br />
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<p>Amrinder is a high school student in Grade 12 taking the IB diploma programme. His previous experience with biochemistry was with Lethbridge High School iGEM. In High School iGEM, he was primarily involved with designing the wiki, but did perform some lab work. This time in iGEM, he is involved with wiki design. In his free time, he likes to explore new concepts in web design, web development and programming.</p><br />
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<p>Dr. Gerlinde Metz investigates the influence of experience and environment on behaviour and brain plasticity. Her work was the first to show that stress affects motor system function and diseases of the motor system, such as Parkinson’s disease and stroke. This research indicated that adverse experience at any time in life can become a predisposing or precipitating factor of disease. More recently, her laboratory has developed a rat model of transgenerational prenatal stress. This model allows the study of transgenerational inheritance of health and disease and epigenetic linkages from early development to old age. Her contribution to Synbiologica will include work in animal models of disease and physiological manipulations and assays, and related behavioural studies.</p><br />
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<p>Dr. Hans-Joachim Wieden is an Associate Professor of Physical Biochemistry at the University of Lethbridge and an Alberta Ingenuity Faculty member. He received his Ph.D from the University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany. Dr. Wieden is an integrated member of the Alberta RNA Research and Training Institute, and a Canada Research Chair (TIER2) in Physical Biochemistry. He Is actively engaged in and over see’s the University of Lethbridge iGEM team and the Lethbridge High School iGEM team. His background in Synthetic biology and physical biochemistry brings molecular insight into the inner workings of BEAR. </p><br />
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<p>Dr. Roy Golsteyn is an Associate Professor of Biology at the University of Lethbridge and a member of the Alberta Ingenuity Faculty. He earned his PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge, England and continued his studies in cancer biology at the Institute Curie in Paris. Prior to joining the University of Lethbridge in 2007, he directed a drug discovery laboratory in Oncology in the pharmaceutical company, Servier, Paris (22,000 employees, $3 billion annual revenue). Today, he directs the Cancer Cell Laboratory where his team studies how cancer cells survive chemotherapy, and continues to work with the biotechnology industry. He has over 70 research publications and holds 4 patents. He strongly supports science as a board member (Technology/Research) for Economic Development Lethbridge and sits on the National and Local Committees of the Canada Wide Science Fair 2013.</p><br />
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<p>The Lethbridge Entrepreneurial iGEM team members have vast experience in previous iGEM competitions. In this last year alone, Isaac Ward, Erin Kelly and Mackenzie Coatham acted as advisors for the Lethbridge High School iGEM team. The High School team engineered <i>E. coli</i> to produce the peptide hormone Oxytocin and its precursor protein.<br />
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<p>Erin’s commitment to interdisciplinary academic excellence and her value of hard work make her an excellent addition to Synbiologica. She had been doing research in biochemistry laboratories before entering university, including participating on the Lethbridge High School iGEM Team. Erin is a motivated team player and a strong administrative leader having organizing multiple high school science programs.</p><br />
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<p>Harland brings a creative attitude to development and problem solving, along with a strong backing in biochemistry and molecular biology. Having participated in the iGEM competition for the past 3 years along with working in a research lab at the university during his undergrad he has developed skills for researching, troubleshooting, and multitasking in laboratory work. </p><br />
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<p>Amrinder is a high school student in Grade 12 taking the IB diploma programme. His previous experience with biochemistry was with Lethbridge High School iGEM. In High School iGEM, he was primarily involved with designing the wiki, but did perform some lab work. This time in iGEM, he is involved with wiki design. In his free time, he likes to explore new concepts in web design, web development and programming.</p><br />
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<p>Dr. Gerlinde Metz investigates the influence of experience and environment on behaviour and brain plasticity. Her work was the first to show that stress affects motor system function and diseases of the motor system, such as Parkinson’s disease and stroke. This research indicated that adverse experience at any time in life can become a predisposing or precipitating factor of disease. More recently, her laboratory has developed a rat model of transgenerational prenatal stress. This model allows the study of transgenerational inheritance of health and disease and epigenetic linkages from early development to old age. Her contribution to Synbiologica will include work in animal models of disease and physiological manipulations and assays, and related behavioural studies.</p><br />
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<p>Mr. Michael Kelly is the Manager of Real Estate and Land Development for the City of Lethbridge. Mr. Kelly received his Bachelor of Arts in Urban and Regional Studies from the University of Lethbridge. Mr. Kelly is occasionally a guest lecturer for the Geography Department at the University of Lethbridge. He has expertise in business and accounting, writing resumes and strategic planning.</p><br />
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<p>Erin’s commitment to interdisciplinary academic excellence and her value of hard work make her an excellent addition to Synbiologica. She had been doing research in biochemistry laboratories before entering university, including participating on the Lethbridge High School iGEM Team. Erin is a motivated team player and a strong administrative leader having organizing multiple high school science programs.</p><br />
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<p>When we were required to give a business pitch presentation at the business plan competitions, we were somewhat less comfortable speaking about our project, as we had to address market size, financial statements, etc. At this point, we were still learning about these aspects of business, which posed challenges when it came to presenting about these topics. Due to past experience with iGEM, we already had developed the skills to give presentations and we were able to apply this to our new content. This experience made it much easier for us to do well in the business plan competitions.</p><br />
<p>The entrepreneurial stream of iGEM has given us the opportunity to explore the economic impact of synthetic biology. In previous iGEM projects with which the group has been involved, we were not required to consider how our project would fit into a specific market or effect the economy. For entrepreneurial iGEM, we had to learn how to do market research and adapt our financial projections based on the market. We had to develop a whole new skill set, learning how to integrate business and science.</p><br />
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<p class="indent_AG">Dr. Ute Kothe, Associate Professor of Biochemistry, has seen first-hand how the Synbiologica team has grown and learned from High School, Collegiate and Entrepreneurial iGEM in these ways. She states, “<span class="italic_AG">The entrepreneurial iGEM opportunity offers students the richest learning environment I have ever seen. The four students in the Lethbridge team, whom I all know personally, have grown significantly while working on this project. They all have acquired a range of professional skills that are far beyond what is offered in a regular science program. Obviously, they have gained deep insight into management, budgeting, patenting, creating business plans and other topics associated with forming a start-up company. But in my eyes even more valuable is what they learned about themselves: these students have experienced that with motivation and determination anything is possible. They have learned that they can learn anything if they want to. They have developed an incredible independence. They have learned to communicate with any type of person to promote their cause. All this not only helps them in their entrepreneurial iGEM project, but it will be a catalyst for their future careers in any type of field whether it will be scientific, entrepreneurial or even something entirely unrelated.</span>”</p><br />
<p>The Lethbridge Entrepreneurial iGEM team and Synbiologica would like to thank the iGEM Foundation for all the opportunities it has given us. We are grateful for everything we have experienced and learned throughout our synthetic biology careers, much of which would not have been possible without the wonderful people who organize and judge the competition.</p><br />
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<p>iGEM has clearly given us the opportunity to learn skills that can be applied to areas outside scientific research, such as presentation skills, creativity and social awareness. And like Mr. Craig said, in the entrepreneurial stream, we learn how to adapt our skills to a business-focused project.</p><br />
<p>For many of the members of the Lethbridge Entrepreneurial iGEM team, their first public presentation was at an iGEM Jamboree. Scientific presentations are not addressed in class until upper level courses are reached. We had to learn how to create and give an impactful presentation. We are all familiar with the scientific aspects of our project and are quite comfortable talking about them.</p><br />
<p>When we were required to give a business pitch presentation at the business plan competitions, we were somewhat less comfortable speaking about our project, as we had to address market size, financial statements, etc. At this point, we were still learning about these aspects of business, which posed challenges when it came to presenting about these topics. Due to past experience with iGEM, we already had developed the skills to give presentations and we were able to apply this to our new content. This experience made it much easier for us to do well in the business plan competitions.</p><br />
<p>The entrepreneurial stream of iGEM has given us the opportunity to explore the economic impact of synthetic biology. In previous iGEM projects with which the group has been involved, we were not required to consider how our project would fit into a specific market or effect the economy. For entrepreneurial iGEM, we had to learn how to do market research and adapt our financial projections based on the market. We had to develop a whole new skill set, learning how to integrate business and science.</p><br />
<p>Many first time iGEM students are faced with tackling the steep learning curve of understanding synthetic biology while learning new lab skills and usually balancing classes at the same time. In order for this to be undertaken appropriately a few key skills are required, practiced and built upon. These include organization and time management, these are a unique experience for each student, and are required in the end to sync with those of their team mates. As a team we have learned that available time to contribute to the project might now always line up and that the work will still need to be completed. This has led us to develop skills in project management, where a global overview of the project is required. From this perspective we are able to work on setting goals and understanding outside commitments so that we can align a work schedule with available time.</p><br />
<p>Dr. Ute Kothe, Associate Professor of Biochemistry, has seen first-hand how the Synbiologica team has grown and learned from High School, Collegiate and Entrepreneurial iGEM in these ways. She states, “<i>The entrepreneurial iGEM opportunity offers students the richest learning environment I have ever seen. The four students in the Lethbridge team, whom I all know personally, have grown significantly while working on this project. They all have acquired a range of professional skills that are far beyond what is offered in a regular science program. Obviously, they have gained deep insight into management, budgeting, patenting, creating business plans and other topics associated with forming a start-up company. But in my eyes even more valuable is what they learned about themselves: these students have experienced that with motivation and determination anything is possible. They have learned that they can learn anything if they want to. They have developed an incredible independence. They have learned to communicate with any type of person to promote their cause. All this not only helps them in their entrepreneurial iGEM project, but it will be a catalyst for their future careers in any type of field whether it will be scientific, entrepreneurial or even something entirely unrelated.</i>”</p><br />
<p>The Lethbridge Entrepreneurial iGEM team and Synbiologica would like to thank the iGEM Foundation for all the opportunities it has given us. We are grateful for everything we have experienced and learned throughout our synthetic biology careers, much of which would not have been possible without the wonderful people who organize and judge the competition.</p><br />
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<p class="indent_AG">Steve Craig, a member of the Faculty of Management, said “<i>Entrepreneurial iGEM is an excellent opportunity for students to expand their educational experience to areas outside pure science. Through this initiative students develop knowledge and skills in market research, project management, stakeholder analysis / communications, ethics and risk management (among others).</i>”</p><br />
<p>iGEM has clearly given us the opportunity to learn skills that can be applied to areas outside scientific research, such as presentation skills, creativity and social awareness. And like Mr. Craig said, in the entrepreneurial stream, we learn how to adapt our skills to a business-focused project.</p><br />
<p>For many of the members of the Lethbridge Entrepreneurial iGEM team, their first public presentation was at an iGEM Jamboree. Scientific presentations are not addressed in class until upper level courses are reached. We had to learn how to create and give an impactful presentation. We are all familiar with the scientific aspects of our project and are quite comfortable talking about them.</p><br />
<p>When we were required to give a business pitch presentation at the business plan competitions, we were somewhat less comfortable speaking about our project, as we had to address market size, financial statements, etc. At this point, we were still learning about these aspects of business, which posed challenges when it came to presenting about these topics. Due to past experience with iGEM, we already had developed the skills to give presentations and we were able to apply this to our new content. This experience made it much easier for us to do well in the business plan competitions.</p><br />
<p>The entrepreneurial stream of iGEM has given us the opportunity to explore the economic impact of synthetic biology. In previous iGEM projects with which the group has been involved, we were not required to consider how our project would fit into a specific market or effect the economy. For entrepreneurial iGEM, we had to learn how to do market research and adapt our financial projections based on the market. We had to develop a whole new skill set, learning how to integrate business and science.</p><br />
<p>Many first time iGEM students are faced with tackling the steep learning curve of understanding synthetic biology while learning new lab skills and usually balancing classes at the same time. In order for this to be undertaken appropriately a few key skills are required, practiced and built upon. These include organization and time management, these are a unique experience for each student, and are required in the end to sync with those of their team mates. As a team we have learned that available time to contribute to the project might now always line up and that the work will still need to be completed. This has led us to develop skills in project management, where a global overview of the project is required. From this perspective we are able to work on setting goals and understanding outside commitments so that we can align a work schedule with available time.</p><br />
<p>Dr. Ute Kothe, Associate Professor of Biochemistry, has seen first-hand how the Synbiologica team has grown and learned from High School, Collegiate and Entrepreneurial iGEM in these ways. She states, “<i>The entrepreneurial iGEM opportunity offers students the richest learning environment I have ever seen. The four students in the Lethbridge team, whom I all know personally, have grown significantly while working on this project. They all have acquired a range of professional skills that are far beyond what is offered in a regular science program. Obviously, they have gained deep insight into management, budgeting, patenting, creating business plans and other topics associated with forming a start-up company. But in my eyes even more valuable is what they learned about themselves: these students have experienced that with motivation and determination anything is possible. They have learned that they can learn anything if they want to. They have developed an incredible independence. They have learned to communicate with any type of person to promote their cause. All this not only helps them in their entrepreneurial iGEM project, but it will be a catalyst for their future careers in any type of field whether it will be scientific, entrepreneurial or even something entirely unrelated.</i>”</p><br />
<p>The Lethbridge Entrepreneurial iGEM team and Synbiologica would like to thank the iGEM Foundation for all the opportunities it has given us. We are grateful for everything we have experienced and learned throughout our synthetic biology careers, much of which would not have been possible without the wonderful people who organize and judge the competition.</p><br />
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<p>The Lethbridge Entrepreneurial iGEM team members have vast experience in previous iGEM competitions. In this last year alone, Isaac Ward, Erin Kelly and Mackenzie Coatham acted as advisors for the Lethbridge High School iGEM team. The High School team engineered <i>E. coli</i> to produce the peptide hormone Oxytocin and its precursor protein.<br />
They were extremely successful, winning Best New Biobrick - Natural, Best Wiki and the First Place Green Brick at the High School Jamboree.</p> <br />
<p>Harland Brandon is an advisor to the Lethbridge Collegiate iGEM team, who have also been quite successful this year. At the North American Regional Jamboree in Toronto, Lethbridge Collegiate won Best Wiki and First Place in the overgraduate division.</p><br />
<p>All members also have experience in research labs outside of iGEM, in both neuroscience and biochemistry labs.</p><br />
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<p>Isaac comes to the Synbiologica team with a diverse background of experience along with a keen enthusiasm for science and innovation. His strengths come from formal scientific training in neuroscience and having participated in the iGEM competition for 2 years. Isaac also brings great leadership to the group, developed through scientific and former experience as a community coach.</p><br />
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<p>Erin’s commitment to interdisciplinary academic excellence and her value of hard work make her an excellent addition to Synbiologica. She had been doing research in biochemistry laboratories before entering university, including participating on the Lethbridge High School iGEM Team. Erin is a motivated team player and a strong administrative leader having organizing multiple high school science programs.</p><br />
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<p>Mackenzie’s academic excellence and aptitude for valour make her an excellent attribute to the Synbiologica team. In addition, she displays excellent application skills mixed with a creative mind and a sense of dedication. Experience with teaching and leadership in a team environment make Mackenzie a perfect fit for being one of the two chief science officers.</p><br />
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<p>Harland brings a creative attitude to development and problem solving, along with a strong backing in biochemistry and molecular biology. Having participated in the iGEM competition for the past 3 years along with working in a research lab at the university during his undergrad he has developed skills for researching, troubleshooting, and multitasking in laboratory work. </p><br />
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<p>Amrinder is a high school student in Grade 12 taking the IB diploma programme. His previous experience with biochemistry was with Lethbridge High School iGEM. In High School iGEM, he was primarily involved with designing the wiki, but did perform some lab work. This time in iGEM, he is involved with wiki design. In his free time, he likes to explore new concepts in web design, web development and programming.</p><br />
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<p>Dr. Gerlinde Metz investigates the influence of experience and environment on behaviour and brain plasticity. Her work was the first to show that stress affects motor system function and diseases of the motor system, such as Parkinson’s disease and stroke. This research indicated that adverse experience at any time in life can become a predisposing or precipitating factor of disease. More recently, her laboratory has developed a rat model of transgenerational prenatal stress. This model allows the study of transgenerational inheritance of health and disease and epigenetic linkages from early development to old age. Her contribution to Synbiologica will include work in animal models of disease and physiological manipulations and assays, and related behavioural studies.</p><br />
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<p>Dr. Hans-Joachim Wieden is an Associate Professor of Physical Biochemistry at the University of Lethbridge and an Alberta Ingenuity Faculty member. He received his Ph.D from the University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany. Dr. Wieden is an integrated member of the Alberta RNA Research and Training Institute, and a Canada Research Chair (TIER2) in Physical Biochemistry. He Is actively engaged in and over see’s the University of Lethbridge iGEM team and the Lethbridge High School iGEM team. His background in Synthetic biology and physical biochemistry brings molecular insight into the inner workings of BEAR. </p><br />
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<p>Dr. Roy Golsteyn is an Associate Professor of Biology at the University of Lethbridge and a member of the Alberta Ingenuity Faculty. He earned his PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge, England and continued his studies in cancer biology at the Institute Curie in Paris. Prior to joining the University of Lethbridge in 2007, he directed a drug discovery laboratory in Oncology in the pharmaceutical company, Servier, Paris (22,000 employees, $3 billion annual revenue). Today, he directs the Cancer Cell Laboratory where his team studies how cancer cells survive chemotherapy, and continues to work with the biotechnology industry. He has over 70 research publications and holds 4 patents. He strongly supports science as a board member (Technology/Research) for Economic Development Lethbridge and sits on the National and Local Committees of the Canada Wide Science Fair 2013.</p><br />
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<p>Dan Kazakoff is Director, Theory Into Practice Programs in the Faculty of Management at The University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. He is also the Chair, Small Business Institute Advisory Council at the University. Previously, he worked in the private sector and was a consultant with numerous clients in both the private and not-for profit sectors. He has a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and a MBA degree from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Dan is the recipient of two National awards for innovative Program Development for undergraduate students as well as numerous teaching and community awards. He has published articles on small business in various newsletters, newspapers and most recently in the Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship. Over the past fourteen years Dan has supervised over 125 consulting projects with local small business and non-profit organizations. His current research interests are in small business management, strategic planning and management education. </p><br />
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<p>The Lethbridge Entrepreneurial iGEM team members have vast experience in previous iGEM competitions. In this last year alone, Isaac Ward, Erin Kelly and Mackenzie Coatham acted as advisors for the Lethbridge High School iGEM team. The High School team engineered <i>E. coli</i> to produce the peptide hormone Oxytocin and its precursor protein.<br />
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<p>Harland Brandon is an advisor to the Lethbridge Collegiate iGEM team, who have also been quite successful this year. At the North American Regional Jamboree in Toronto, Lethbridge Collegiate won Best Wiki and First Place in the overgraduate division.</p><br />
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<p>Isaac comes to the Synbiologica team with a diverse background of experience along with a keen enthusiasm for science and innovation. His strengths come from formal scientific training in neuroscience and having participated in the iGEM competition for 2 years. Isaac also brings great leadership to the group, developed through scientific and former experience as a community coach.</p><br />
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<p>Erin’s commitment to interdisciplinary academic excellence and her value of hard work make her an excellent addition to Synbiologica. She had been doing research in biochemistry laboratories before entering university, including participating on the Lethbridge High School iGEM Team. Erin is a motivated team player and a strong administrative leader having organizing multiple high school science programs.</p><br />
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<p>Mackenzie’s academic excellence and aptitude for valour make her an excellent attribute to the Synbiologica team. In addition, she displays excellent application skills mixed with a creative mind and a sense of dedication. Experience with teaching and leadership in a team environment make Mackenzie a perfect fit for being one of the two chief science officers.</p><br />
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<p>Harland brings a creative attitude to development and problem solving, along with a strong backing in biochemistry and molecular biology. Having participated in the iGEM competition for the past 3 years along with working in a research lab at the university during his undergrad he has developed skills for researching, troubleshooting, and multitasking in laboratory work. </p><br />
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<p>Amrinder is a high school student in Grade 12 taking the IB diploma programme. His previous experience with biochemistry was with Lethbridge High School iGEM. In High School iGEM, he was primarily involved with designing the wiki, but did perform some lab work. This time in iGEM, he is involved with wiki design. In his free time, he likes to explore new concepts in web design, web development and programming.</p><br />
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<p>Dr. Gerlinde Metz investigates the influence of experience and environment on behaviour and brain plasticity. Her work was the first to show that stress affects motor system function and diseases of the motor system, such as Parkinson’s disease and stroke. This research indicated that adverse experience at any time in life can become a predisposing or precipitating factor of disease. More recently, her laboratory has developed a rat model of transgenerational prenatal stress. This model allows the study of transgenerational inheritance of health and disease and epigenetic linkages from early development to old age. Her contribution to Synbiologica will include work in animal models of disease and physiological manipulations and assays, and related behavioural studies.</p><br />
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<p>Dr. Hans-Joachim Wieden is an Associate Professor of Physical Biochemistry at the University of Lethbridge and an Alberta Ingenuity Faculty member. He received his Ph.D from the University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany. Dr. Wieden is an integrated member of the Alberta RNA Research and Training Institute, and a Canada Research Chair (TIER2) in Physical Biochemistry. He Is actively engaged in and over see’s the University of Lethbridge iGEM team and the Lethbridge High School iGEM team. His background in Synthetic biology and physical biochemistry brings molecular insight into the inner workings of BEAR. </p><br />
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<p>The Lethbridge Entrepreneurial iGEM team members have vast experience in previous iGEM competitions. In this last year alone, Isaac Ward, Erin Kelly and Mackenzie Coatham acted as advisors for the Lethbridge High School iGEM team. The High School team engineered <i>E. coli</i> to produce the peptide hormone Oxytocin and its precursor protein.<br />
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<p>Harland Brandon is an advisor to the Lethbridge Collegiate iGEM team, who have also been quite successful this year. At the North American Regional Jamboree in Toronto, Lethbridge Collegiate won Best Wiki and First Place in the overgraduate division.</p><br />
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<p>Isaac comes to the Synbiologica team with a diverse background of experience along with a keen enthusiasm for science and innovation. His strengths come from formal scientific training in neuroscience and having participated in the iGEM competition for 2 years. Isaac also brings great leadership to the group, developed through scientific and former experience as a community coach.</p><br />
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<p>Erin’s commitment to interdisciplinary academic excellence and her value of hard work make her an excellent addition to Synbiologica. She had been doing research in biochemistry laboratories before entering university, including participating on the Lethbridge High School iGEM Team. Erin is a motivated team player and a strong administrative leader having organizing multiple high school science programs.</p><br />
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<p>Mackenzie’s academic excellence and aptitude for valour make her an excellent attribute to the Synbiologica team. In addition, she displays excellent application skills mixed with a creative mind and a sense of dedication. Experience with teaching and leadership in a team environment make Mackenzie a perfect fit for being one of the two chief science officers.</p><br />
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<p>Harland brings a creative attitude to development and problem solving, along with a strong backing in biochemistry and molecular biology. Having participated in the iGEM competition for the past 3 years along with working in a research lab at the university during his undergrad he has developed skills for researching, troubleshooting, and multitasking in laboratory work. </p><br />
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<p>Amrinder is a high school student in Grade 12 taking the IB diploma programme. His previous experience with biochemistry was with Lethbridge High School iGEM. In High School iGEM, he was primarily involved with designing the wiki, but did perform some lab work. This time in iGEM, he is involved with wiki design. In his free time, he likes to explore new concepts in web design, web development and programming.</p><br />
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<p>Dr. Gerlinde Metz investigates the influence of experience and environment on behaviour and brain plasticity. Her work was the first to show that stress affects motor system function and diseases of the motor system, such as Parkinson’s disease and stroke. This research indicated that adverse experience at any time in life can become a predisposing or precipitating factor of disease. More recently, her laboratory has developed a rat model of transgenerational prenatal stress. This model allows the study of transgenerational inheritance of health and disease and epigenetic linkages from early development to old age. Her contribution to Synbiologica will include work in animal models of disease and physiological manipulations and assays, and related behavioural studies.</p><br />
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<p>Dr. Hans-Joachim Wieden is an Associate Professor of Physical Biochemistry at the University of Lethbridge and an Alberta Ingenuity Faculty member. He received his Ph.D from the University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany. Dr. Wieden is an integrated member of the Alberta RNA Research and Training Institute, and a Canada Research Chair (TIER2) in Physical Biochemistry. He Is actively engaged in and over see’s the University of Lethbridge iGEM team and the Lethbridge High School iGEM team. His background in Synthetic biology and physical biochemistry brings molecular insight into the inner workings of BEAR. </p><br />
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<p>Dr. Roy Golsteyn is an Associate Professor of Biology at the University of Lethbridge and a member of the Alberta Ingenuity Faculty. He earned his PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge, England and continued his studies in cancer biology at the Institute Curie in Paris. Prior to joining the University of Lethbridge in 2007, he directed a drug discovery laboratory in Oncology in the pharmaceutical company, Servier, Paris (22,000 employees, $3 billion annual revenue). Today, he directs the Cancer Cell Laboratory where his team studies how cancer cells survive chemotherapy, and continues to work with the biotechnology industry. He has over 70 research publications and holds 4 patents. He strongly supports science as a board member (Technology/Research) for Economic Development Lethbridge and sits on the National and Local Committees of the Canada Wide Science Fair 2013.</p><br />
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<p>Mr. Michael Kelly is the Manager of Real Estate and Land Development for the City of Lethbridge. Mr. Kelly received his Bachelor of Arts in Urban and Regional Studies from the University of Lethbridge. Mr. Kelly is occasionally a guest lecturer for the Geography Department at the University of Lethbridge. He has expertise in business and accounting, writing resumes and strategic planning.</p><br />
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<p>Dan Kazakoff is Director, Theory Into Practice Programs in the Faculty of Management at The University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. He is also the Chair, Small Business Institute Advisory Council at the University. Previously, he worked in the private sector and was a consultant with numerous clients in both the private and not-for profit sectors. He has a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and a MBA degree from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Dan is the recipient of two National awards for innovative Program Development for undergraduate students as well as numerous teaching and community awards. He has published articles on small business in various newsletters, newspapers and most recently in the Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship. Over the past fourteen years Dan has supervised over 125 consulting projects with local small business and non-profit organizations. His current research interests are in small business management, strategic planning and management education. </p><br />
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<p>The Lethbridge Entrepreneurial iGEM team members have vast experience in previous iGEM competitions. In this last year alone, Isaac Ward, Erin Kelly and Mackenzie Coatham acted as advisors for the Lethbridge High School iGEM team. The High School team engineered <i>E. coli</i> to produce the peptide hormone Oxytocin and its precursor protein.<br />
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<p>Isaac comes to the Synbiologica team with a diverse background of experience along with a keen enthusiasm for science and innovation. His strengths come from formal scientific training in neuroscience and having participated in the iGEM competition for 2 years. Isaac also brings great leadership to the group, developed through scientific and former experience as a community coach.</p><br />
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<p>The Lethbridge Entrepreneurial iGEM team members have vast experience in previous iGEM competitions. In this last year alone, Isaac Ward, Erin Kelly and Mackenzie Coatham acted as advisors for the Lethbridge High School iGEM team. The High School team engineered <i>E. coli</i> to produce the peptide hormone Oxytocin and its precursor protein.<br />
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<p>Harland Brandon is an advisor to the Lethbridge Collegiate iGEM team, who have also been quite successful this year. At the North American Regional Jamboree in Toronto, Lethbridge Collegiate won Best Wiki and First Place in the overgraduate division.</p><br />
<p>All members also have experience in research labs outside of iGEM, in both neuroscience and biochemistry labs.</p><br />
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<p>Isaac comes to the Synbiologica team with a diverse background of experience along with a keen enthusiasm for science and innovation. His strengths come from formal scientific training in neuroscience and having participated in the iGEM competition for 2 years. Isaac also brings great leadership to the group, developed through scientific and former experience as a community coach.</p><br />
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<p>Erin’s commitment to interdisciplinary academic excellence and her value of hard work make her an excellent addition to Synbiologica. She had been doing research in biochemistry laboratories before entering university, including participating on the Lethbridge High School iGEM Team. Erin is a motivated team player and a strong administrative leader having organizing multiple high school science programs.</p><br />
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<p>Mackenzie’s academic excellence and aptitude for valour make her an excellent attribute to the Synbiologica team. In addition, she displays excellent application skills mixed with a creative mind and a sense of dedication. Experience with teaching and leadership in a team environment make Mackenzie a perfect fit for being one of the two chief science officers.</p><br />
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<p>Harland brings a creative attitude to development and problem solving, along with a strong backing in biochemistry and molecular biology. Having participated in the iGEM competition for the past 3 years along with working in a research lab at the university during his undergrad he has developed skills for researching, troubleshooting, and multitasking in laboratory work. </p><br />
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<p>Amrinder is a high school student in Grade 12 taking the IB diploma programme. His previous experience with biochemistry was with Lethbridge High School iGEM. In High School iGEM, he was primarily involved with designing the wiki, but did perform some lab work. This time in iGEM, he is involved with wiki design. In his free time, he likes to explore new concepts in web design, web development and programming.</p><br />
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<p>Dr. Gerlinde Metz investigates the influence of experience and environment on behaviour and brain plasticity. Her work was the first to show that stress affects motor system function and diseases of the motor system, such as Parkinson’s disease and stroke. This research indicated that adverse experience at any time in life can become a predisposing or precipitating factor of disease. More recently, her laboratory has developed a rat model of transgenerational prenatal stress. This model allows the study of transgenerational inheritance of health and disease and epigenetic linkages from early development to old age. Her contribution to Synbiologica will include work in animal models of disease and physiological manipulations and assays, and related behavioural studies.</p><br />
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<p>Dr. Hans-Joachim Wieden is an Associate Professor of Physical Biochemistry at the University of Lethbridge and an Alberta Ingenuity Faculty member. He received his Ph.D from the University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany. Dr. Wieden is an integrated member of the Alberta RNA Research and Training Institute, and a Canada Research Chair (TIER2) in Physical Biochemistry. He Is actively engaged in and over see’s the University of Lethbridge iGEM team and the Lethbridge High School iGEM team. His background in Synthetic biology and physical biochemistry brings molecular insight into the inner workings of BEAR. </p><br />
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<p>Dr. Roy Golsteyn is an Associate Professor of Biology at the University of Lethbridge and a member of the Alberta Ingenuity Faculty. He earned his PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge, England and continued his studies in cancer biology at the Institute Curie in Paris. Prior to joining the University of Lethbridge in 2007, he directed a drug discovery laboratory in Oncology in the pharmaceutical company, Servier, Paris (22,000 employees, $3 billion annual revenue). Today, he directs the Cancer Cell Laboratory where his team studies how cancer cells survive chemotherapy, and continues to work with the biotechnology industry. He has over 70 research publications and holds 4 patents. He strongly supports science as a board member (Technology/Research) for Economic Development Lethbridge and sits on the National and Local Committees of the Canada Wide Science Fair 2013.</p><br />
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<p>Mr. Michael Kelly is the Manager of Real Estate and Land Development for the City of Lethbridge. Mr. Kelly received his Bachelor of Arts in Urban and Regional Studies from the University of Lethbridge. Mr. Kelly is occasionally a guest lecturer for the Geography Department at the University of Lethbridge. He has expertise in business and accounting, writing resumes and strategic planning.</p><br />
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<p>The Lethbridge Entrepreneurial iGEM team members have vast experience in previous iGEM competitions. In this last year alone, Isaac Ward, Erin Kelly and Mackenzie Coatham acted as advisors for the Lethbridge High School iGEM team. The High School team engineered <i>E. coli</i> to produce the peptide hormone Oxytocin and its precursor protein.<br />
They were extremely successful, winning Best New Biobrick - Natural, Best Wiki and the First Place Green Brick at the High School Jamboree.</p> <br />
<p>Harland Brandon is an advisor to the Lethbridge Collegiate iGEM team, who have also been quite successful this year. At the North American Regional Jamboree in Toronto, Lethbridge Collegiate won Best Wiki and First Place in the overgraduate division.</p><br />
<p>All members also have experience in research labs outside of iGEM, in both neuroscience and biochemistry labs.</p><br />
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<p>Isaac comes to the Synbiologica team with a diverse background of experience along with a keen enthusiasm for science and innovation. His strengths come from formal scientific training in neuroscience and having participated in the iGEM competition for 2 years. Isaac also brings great leadership to the group, developed through scientific and former experience as a community coach.</p><br />
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<p>Erin’s commitment to interdisciplinary academic excellence and her value of hard work make her an excellent addition to Synbiologica. She had been doing research in biochemistry laboratories before entering university, including participating on the Lethbridge High School iGEM Team. Erin is a motivated team player and a strong administrative leader having organizing multiple high school science programs.</p><br />
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<p>Mackenzie’s academic excellence and aptitude for valour make her an excellent attribute to the Synbiologica team. In addition, she displays excellent application skills mixed with a creative mind and a sense of dedication. Experience with teaching and leadership in a team environment make Mackenzie a perfect fit for being one of the two chief science officers.</p><br />
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<p>Harland brings a creative attitude to development and problem solving, along with a strong backing in biochemistry and molecular biology. Having participated in the iGEM competition for the past 3 years along with working in a research lab at the university during his undergrad he has developed skills for researching, troubleshooting, and multitasking in laboratory work. </p><br />
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<p>Amrinder is a high school student in Grade 12 taking the IB diploma programme. His previous experience with biochemistry was with Lethbridge High School iGEM. In High School iGEM, he was primarily involved with designing the wiki, but did perform some lab work. This time in iGEM, he is involved with wiki design. In his free time, he likes to explore new concepts in web design, web development and programming.</p><br />
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<p>Dr. Gerlinde Metz investigates the influence of experience and environment on behaviour and brain plasticity. Her work was the first to show that stress affects motor system function and diseases of the motor system, such as Parkinson’s disease and stroke. This research indicated that adverse experience at any time in life can become a predisposing or precipitating factor of disease. More recently, her laboratory has developed a rat model of transgenerational prenatal stress. This model allows the study of transgenerational inheritance of health and disease and epigenetic linkages from early development to old age. Her contribution to Synbiologica will include work in animal models of disease and physiological manipulations and assays, and related behavioural studies.</p><br />
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<p>Dr. Hans-Joachim Wieden is an Associate Professor of Physical Biochemistry at the University of Lethbridge and an Alberta Ingenuity Faculty member. He received his Ph.D from the University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany. Dr. Wieden is an integrated member of the Alberta RNA Research and Training Institute, and a Canada Research Chair (TIER2) in Physical Biochemistry. He Is actively engaged in and over see’s the University of Lethbridge iGEM team and the Lethbridge High School iGEM team. His background in Synthetic biology and physical biochemistry brings molecular insight into the inner workings of BEAR. </p><br />
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<p>Dr. Roy Golsteyn is an Associate Professor of Biology at the University of Lethbridge and a member of the Alberta Ingenuity Faculty. He earned his PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge, England and continued his studies in cancer biology at the Institute Curie in Paris. Prior to joining the University of Lethbridge in 2007, he directed a drug discovery laboratory in Oncology in the pharmaceutical company, Servier, Paris (22,000 employees, $3 billion annual revenue). Today, he directs the Cancer Cell Laboratory where his team studies how cancer cells survive chemotherapy, and continues to work with the biotechnology industry. He has over 70 research publications and holds 4 patents. He strongly supports science as a board member (Technology/Research) for Economic Development Lethbridge and sits on the National and Local Committees of the Canada Wide Science Fair 2013.</p><br />
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<p>Mr. Michael Kelly is the Manager of Real Estate and Land Development for the City of Lethbridge. Mr. Kelly received his Bachelor of Arts in Urban and Regional Studies from the University of Lethbridge. Mr. Kelly is occasionally a guest lecturer for the Geography Department at the University of Lethbridge. He has expertise in business and accounting, writing resumes and strategic planning.</p><br />
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<p>Dan Kazakoff is Director, Theory Into Practice Programs in the Faculty of Management at The University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. He is also the Chair, Small Business Institute Advisory Council at the University. Previously, he worked in the private sector and was a consultant with numerous clients in both the private and not-for profit sectors. He has a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and a MBA degree from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Dan is the recipient of two National awards for innovative Program Development for undergraduate students as well as numerous teaching and community awards. He has published articles on small business in various newsletters, newspapers and most recently in the Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship. Over the past fourteen years Dan has supervised over 125 consulting projects with local small business and non-profit organizations. His current research interests are in small business management, strategic planning and management education. </p><br />
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<p>The Lethbridge Entrepreneurial iGEM team members have vast experience in previous iGEM competitions. In this last year alone, Isaac Ward, Erin Kelly and Mackenzie Coatham acted as advisors for the Lethbridge High School iGEM team. The High School team engineered <i>E. coli</i> to produce the peptide hormone Oxytocin and its precursor protein.<br />
They were extremely successful, winning Best New Biobrick - Natural, Best Wiki and the First Place Green Brick at the High School Jamboree.</p> <br />
<p>Harland Brandon is an advisor to the Lethbridge Collegiate iGEM team, who have also been quite successful this year. At the North American Regional Jamboree in Toronto, Lethbridge Collegiate won Best Wiki and First Place in the overgraduate division.</p><br />
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<p>Isaac comes to the Synbiologica team with a diverse background of experience along with a keen enthusiasm for science and innovation. His strengths come from formal scientific training in neuroscience and having participated in the iGEM competition for 2 years. Isaac also brings great leadership to the group, developed through scientific and former experience as a community coach.</p><br />
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<p>Erin’s commitment to interdisciplinary academic excellence and her value of hard work make her an excellent addition to Synbiologica. She had been doing research in biochemistry laboratories before entering university, including participating on the Lethbridge High School iGEM Team. Erin is a motivated team player and a strong administrative leader having organizing multiple high school science programs.</p><br />
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<p>Mackenzie’s academic excellence and aptitude for valour make her an excellent attribute to the Synbiologica team. In addition, she displays excellent application skills mixed with a creative mind and a sense of dedication. Experience with teaching and leadership in a team environment make Mackenzie a perfect fit for being one of the two chief science officers.</p><br />
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<p>Harland brings a creative attitude to development and problem solving, along with a strong backing in biochemistry and molecular biology. Having participated in the iGEM competition for the past 3 years along with working in a research lab at the university during his undergrad he has developed skills for researching, troubleshooting, and multitasking in laboratory work. </p><br />
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<p>Amrinder is a high school student in Grade 12 taking the IB diploma programme. His previous experience with biochemistry was with Lethbridge High School iGEM. In High School iGEM, he was primarily involved with designing the wiki, but did perform some lab work. This time in iGEM, he is involved with wiki design. In his free time, he likes to explore new concepts in web design, web development and programming.</p><br />
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<p>Dr. Gerlinde Metz investigates the influence of experience and environment on behaviour and brain plasticity. Her work was the first to show that stress affects motor system function and diseases of the motor system, such as Parkinson’s disease and stroke. This research indicated that adverse experience at any time in life can become a predisposing or precipitating factor of disease. More recently, her laboratory has developed a rat model of transgenerational prenatal stress. This model allows the study of transgenerational inheritance of health and disease and epigenetic linkages from early development to old age. Her contribution to Synbiologica will include work in animal models of disease and physiological manipulations and assays, and related behavioural studies.</p><br />
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<p>Dr. Hans-Joachim Wieden is an Associate Professor of Physical Biochemistry at the University of Lethbridge and an Alberta Ingenuity Faculty member. He received his Ph.D from the University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany. Dr. Wieden is an integrated member of the Alberta RNA Research and Training Institute, and a Canada Research Chair (TIER2) in Physical Biochemistry. He Is actively engaged in and over see’s the University of Lethbridge iGEM team and the Lethbridge High School iGEM team. His background in Synthetic biology and physical biochemistry brings molecular insight into the inner workings of BEAR. </p><br />
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<p>Dr. Roy Golsteyn is an Associate Professor of Biology at the University of Lethbridge and a member of the Alberta Ingenuity Faculty. He earned his PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge, England and continued his studies in cancer biology at the Institute Curie in Paris. Prior to joining the University of Lethbridge in 2007, he directed a drug discovery laboratory in Oncology in the pharmaceutical company, Servier, Paris (22,000 employees, $3 billion annual revenue). Today, he directs the Cancer Cell Laboratory where his team studies how cancer cells survive chemotherapy, and continues to work with the biotechnology industry. He has over 70 research publications and holds 4 patents. He strongly supports science as a board member (Technology/Research) for Economic Development Lethbridge and sits on the National and Local Committees of the Canada Wide Science Fair 2013.</p><br />
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<p>Synbiologica Ltd is a private biotechnology company based in the vibrant community of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. They utilize principles from the field of synthetic biology to design and develop innovative biologically focused technology in molecular detection and production for biomedical application. Synbiologica Ltd. is currently developing a novel hormone detection method to bring real-time diagnostic results to the research, agriculture, and medical industries. Synbiologica Ltd. is operated by its officers with help from its extensive board of advisors who bring experience from industry, neuroscience, biochemistry, and business management. Synbiologica Ltd. has successfully achieved first place standings in both The South Venture Business Plan Competition and The Chinook Entrepreneurial Challenge. They have acted as advisers to local high school students which lead to the students winning a world championship at the 2013 High School International Genetically Engineered Machines Competition (iGEM) and are competing in the 2013 Entrepreneurial iGEM Competition. Synbiologica Ltd. embraces a passion for science, education, and innovation to design and create novel diagnostic technology.</p><br />
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<p>The Lethbridge Entrepreneurial iGEM team members have vast experience in previous iGEM competitions. In this last year alone, Isaac Ward, Erin Kelly and Mackenzie Coatham acted as advisors for the Lethbridge High School iGEM team. The High School team engineered <i>E. coli</i> to produce the peptide hormone Oxytocin and its precursor protein.<br />
They were extremely successful, winning Best New Biobrick - Natural, Best Wiki and the First Place Green Brick at the High School Jamboree.</p> <br />
<p>Harland Brandon is an advisor to the Lethbridge Collegiate iGEM team, who have also been quite successful this year. At the North American Regional Jamboree in Toronto, Lethbridge Collegiate won Best Wiki and First Place in the overgraduate division.</p><br />
<p>All members also have experience in research labs outside of iGEM, in both neuroscience and biochemistry labs.</p><br />
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<p>Isaac comes to the Synbiologica team with a diverse background of experience along with a keen enthusiasm for science and innovation. His strengths come from formal scientific training in neuroscience and having participated in the iGEM competition for 2 years. Isaac also brings great leadership to the group, developed through scientific and former experience as a community coach.</p><br />
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<p>Erin’s commitment to interdisciplinary academic excellence and her value of hard work make her an excellent addition to Synbiologica. She had been doing research in biochemistry laboratories before entering university, including participating on the Lethbridge High School iGEM Team. Erin is a motivated team player and a strong administrative leader having organizing multiple high school science programs.</p><br />
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<p>Mackenzie’s academic excellence and aptitude for valour make her an excellent attribute to the Synbiologica team. In addition, she displays excellent application skills mixed with a creative mind and a sense of dedication. Experience with teaching and leadership in a team environment make Mackenzie a perfect fit for being one of the two chief science officers.</p><br />
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<p>Harland brings a creative attitude to development and problem solving, along with a strong backing in biochemistry and molecular biology. Having participated in the iGEM competition for the past 3 years along with working in a research lab at the university during his undergrad he has developed skills for researching, troubleshooting, and multitasking in laboratory work. </p><br />
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<p>Amrinder is a high school student in Grade 12 taking the IB diploma programme. His previous experience with biochemistry was with Lethbridge High School iGEM. In High School iGEM, he was primarily involved with designing the wiki, but did perform some lab work. This time in iGEM, he is involved with wiki design. In his free time, he likes to explore new concepts in web design, web development and programming.</p><br />
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<p>Dr. Gerlinde Metz investigates the influence of experience and environment on behaviour and brain plasticity. Her work was the first to show that stress affects motor system function and diseases of the motor system, such as Parkinson’s disease and stroke. This research indicated that adverse experience at any time in life can become a predisposing or precipitating factor of disease. More recently, her laboratory has developed a rat model of transgenerational prenatal stress. This model allows the study of transgenerational inheritance of health and disease and epigenetic linkages from early development to old age. Her contribution to Synbiologica will include work in animal models of disease and physiological manipulations and assays, and related behavioural studies.</p><br />
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<p>Dr. Hans-Joachim Wieden is an Associate Professor of Physical Biochemistry at the University of Lethbridge and an Alberta Ingenuity Faculty member. He received his Ph.D from the University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany. Dr. Wieden is an integrated member of the Alberta RNA Research and Training Institute, and a Canada Research Chair (TIER2) in Physical Biochemistry. He Is actively engaged in and over see’s the University of Lethbridge iGEM team and the Lethbridge High School iGEM team. His background in Synthetic biology and physical biochemistry brings molecular insight into the inner workings of BEAR. </p><br />
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<p>Dr. Roy Golsteyn is an Associate Professor of Biology at the University of Lethbridge and a member of the Alberta Ingenuity Faculty. He earned his PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge, England and continued his studies in cancer biology at the Institute Curie in Paris. Prior to joining the University of Lethbridge in 2007, he directed a drug discovery laboratory in Oncology in the pharmaceutical company, Servier, Paris (22,000 employees, $3 billion annual revenue). Today, he directs the Cancer Cell Laboratory where his team studies how cancer cells survive chemotherapy, and continues to work with the biotechnology industry. He has over 70 research publications and holds 4 patents. He strongly supports science as a board member (Technology/Research) for Economic Development Lethbridge and sits on the National and Local Committees of the Canada Wide Science Fair 2013.</p><br />
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<p>The Lethbridge Entrepreneurial iGEM team members have vast experience in previous iGEM competitions. In this last year alone, Isaac Ward, Erin Kelly and Mackenzie Coatham acted as advisors for the Lethbridge High School iGEM team. The High School team engineered <i>E. coli</i> to produce the peptide hormone Oxytocin and its precursor protein.<br />
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<p>Harland Brandon is an advisor to the Lethbridge Collegiate iGEM team, who have also been quite successful this year. At the North American Regional Jamboree in Toronto, Lethbridge Collegiate won Best Wiki and First Place in the overgraduate division.</p><br />
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<p>Isaac comes to the Synbiologica team with a diverse background of experience along with a keen enthusiasm for science and innovation. His strengths come from formal scientific training in neuroscience and having participated in the iGEM competition for 2 years. Isaac also brings great leadership to the group, developed through scientific and former experience as a community coach.</p><br />
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<p>Erin’s commitment to interdisciplinary academic excellence and her value of hard work make her an excellent addition to Synbiologica. She had been doing research in biochemistry laboratories before entering university, including participating on the Lethbridge High School iGEM Team. Erin is a motivated team player and a strong administrative leader having organizing multiple high school science programs.</p><br />
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<p>Mackenzie’s academic excellence and aptitude for valour make her an excellent attribute to the Synbiologica team. In addition, she displays excellent application skills mixed with a creative mind and a sense of dedication. Experience with teaching and leadership in a team environment make Mackenzie a perfect fit for being one of the two chief science officers.</p><br />
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<p>Harland brings a creative attitude to development and problem solving, along with a strong backing in biochemistry and molecular biology. Having participated in the iGEM competition for the past 3 years along with working in a research lab at the university during his undergrad he has developed skills for researching, troubleshooting, and multitasking in laboratory work. </p><br />
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<p>Amrinder is a high school student in Grade 12 taking the IB diploma programme. His previous experience with biochemistry was with Lethbridge High School iGEM. In High School iGEM, he was primarily involved with designing the wiki, but did perform some lab work. This time in iGEM, he is involved with wiki design. In his free time, he likes to explore new concepts in web design, web development and programming.</p><br />
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<p>Dr. Gerlinde Metz investigates the influence of experience and environment on behaviour and brain plasticity. Her work was the first to show that stress affects motor system function and diseases of the motor system, such as Parkinson’s disease and stroke. This research indicated that adverse experience at any time in life can become a predisposing or precipitating factor of disease. More recently, her laboratory has developed a rat model of transgenerational prenatal stress. This model allows the study of transgenerational inheritance of health and disease and epigenetic linkages from early development to old age. Her contribution to Synbiologica will include work in animal models of disease and physiological manipulations and assays, and related behavioural studies.</p><br />
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<p>Dr. Hans-Joachim Wieden is an Associate Professor of Physical Biochemistry at the University of Lethbridge and an Alberta Ingenuity Faculty member. He received his Ph.D from the University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany. Dr. Wieden is an integrated member of the Alberta RNA Research and Training Institute, and a Canada Research Chair (TIER2) in Physical Biochemistry. He Is actively engaged in and over see’s the University of Lethbridge iGEM team and the Lethbridge High School iGEM team. His background in Synthetic biology and physical biochemistry brings molecular insight into the inner workings of BEAR. </p><br />
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<p>Dr. Roy Golsteyn is an Associate Professor of Biology at the University of Lethbridge and a member of the Alberta Ingenuity Faculty. He earned his PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge, England and continued his studies in cancer biology at the Institute Curie in Paris. Prior to joining the University of Lethbridge in 2007, he directed a drug discovery laboratory in Oncology in the pharmaceutical company, Servier, Paris (22,000 employees, $3 billion annual revenue). Today, he directs the Cancer Cell Laboratory where his team studies how cancer cells survive chemotherapy, and continues to work with the biotechnology industry. He has over 70 research publications and holds 4 patents. He strongly supports science as a board member (Technology/Research) for Economic Development Lethbridge and sits on the National and Local Committees of the Canada Wide Science Fair 2013.</p><br />
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<p>Mr. Michael Kelly is the Manager of Real Estate and Land Development for the City of Lethbridge. Mr. Kelly received his Bachelor of Arts in Urban and Regional Studies from the University of Lethbridge. Mr. Kelly is occasionally a guest lecturer for the Geography Department at the University of Lethbridge. He has expertise in business and accounting, writing resumes and strategic planning.</p><br />
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<p>Dan Kazakoff is Director, Theory Into Practice Programs in the Faculty of Management at The University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. He is also the Chair, Small Business Institute Advisory Council at the University. Previously, he worked in the private sector and was a consultant with numerous clients in both the private and not-for profit sectors. He has a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and a MBA degree from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Dan is the recipient of two National awards for innovative Program Development for undergraduate students as well as numerous teaching and community awards. He has published articles on small business in various newsletters, newspapers and most recently in the Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship. Over the past fourteen years Dan has supervised over 125 consulting projects with local small business and non-profit organizations. His current research interests are in small business management, strategic planning and management education. </p><br />
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<p>The Lethbridge Entrepreneurial iGEM team members have vast experience in previous iGEM competitions. In this last year alone, Isaac Ward, Erin Kelly and Mackenzie Coatham acted as advisors for the Lethbridge High School iGEM team. The High School team engineered <i>E. coli</i> to produce the peptide hormone Oxytocin and its precursor protein.<br />
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<p>Isaac comes to the Synbiologica team with a diverse background of experience along with a keen enthusiasm for science and innovation. His strengths come from formal scientific training in neuroscience and having participated in the iGEM competition for 2 years. Isaac also brings great leadership to the group, developed through scientific and former experience as a community coach.</p><br />
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<p>Erin’s commitment to interdisciplinary academic excellence and her value of hard work make her an excellent addition to Synbiologica. She had been doing research in biochemistry laboratories before entering university, including participating on the Lethbridge High School iGEM Team. Erin is a motivated team player and a strong administrative leader having organizing multiple high school science programs.</p><br />
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<p>Mackenzie’s academic excellence and aptitude for valour make her an excellent attribute to the Synbiologica team. In addition, she displays excellent application skills mixed with a creative mind and a sense of dedication. Experience with teaching and leadership in a team environment make Mackenzie a perfect fit for being one of the two chief science officers.</p><br />
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<p>Harland brings a creative attitude to development and problem solving, along with a strong backing in biochemistry and molecular biology. Having participated in the iGEM competition for the past 3 years along with working in a research lab at the university during his undergrad he has developed skills for researching, troubleshooting, and multitasking in laboratory work. </p><br />
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<p>Amrinder is a high school student in Grade 12 taking the IB diploma programme. His previous experience with biochemistry was with Lethbridge High School iGEM. In High School iGEM, he was primarily involved with designing the wiki, but did perform some lab work. This time in iGEM, he is involved with wiki design. In his free time, he likes to explore new concepts in web design, web development and programming.</p><br />
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<p>Dr. Gerlinde Metz investigates the influence of experience and environment on behaviour and brain plasticity. Her work was the first to show that stress affects motor system function and diseases of the motor system, such as Parkinson’s disease and stroke. This research indicated that adverse experience at any time in life can become a predisposing or precipitating factor of disease. More recently, her laboratory has developed a rat model of transgenerational prenatal stress. This model allows the study of transgenerational inheritance of health and disease and epigenetic linkages from early development to old age. Her contribution to Synbiologica will include work in animal models of disease and physiological manipulations and assays, and related behavioural studies.</p><br />
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<p>Dr. Hans-Joachim Wieden is an Associate Professor of Physical Biochemistry at the University of Lethbridge and an Alberta Ingenuity Faculty member. He received his Ph.D from the University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany. Dr. Wieden is an integrated member of the Alberta RNA Research and Training Institute, and a Canada Research Chair (TIER2) in Physical Biochemistry. He Is actively engaged in and over see’s the University of Lethbridge iGEM team and the Lethbridge High School iGEM team. His background in Synthetic biology and physical biochemistry brings molecular insight into the inner workings of BEAR. </p><br />
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<p>Mr. Michael Kelly is the Manager of Real Estate and Land Development for the City of Lethbridge. Mr. Kelly received his Bachelor of Arts in Urban and Regional Studies from the University of Lethbridge. Mr. Kelly is occasionally a guest lecturer for the Geography Department at the University of Lethbridge. He has expertise in business and accounting, writing resumes and strategic planning.</p><br />
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<p>Dan Kazakoff is Director, Theory Into Practice Programs in the Faculty of Management at The University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. He is also the Chair, Small Business Institute Advisory Council at the University. Previously, he worked in the private sector and was a consultant with numerous clients in both the private and not-for profit sectors. He has a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and a MBA degree from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Dan is the recipient of two National awards for innovative Program Development for undergraduate students as well as numerous teaching and community awards. He has published articles on small business in various newsletters, newspapers and most recently in the Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship. Over the past fourteen years Dan has supervised over 125 consulting projects with local small business and non-profit organizations. His current research interests are in small business management, strategic planning and management education. </p><br />
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<p>The Lethbridge Entrepreneurial iGEM team members have vast experience in previous iGEM competitions. In this last year alone, Isaac Ward, Erin Kelly and Mackenzie Coatham acted as advisors for the Lethbridge High School iGEM team. The High School team engineered <i>E. coli</i> to produce the peptide hormone Oxytocin and its precursor protein.<br />
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<p>Harland Brandon is an advisor to the Lethbridge Collegiate iGEM team, who have also been quite successful this year. At the North American Regional Jamboree in Toronto, Lethbridge Collegiate won Best Wiki and First Place in the overgraduate division.</p><br />
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<p>Isaac comes to the Synbiologica team with a diverse background of experience along with a keen enthusiasm for science and innovation. His strengths come from formal scientific training in neuroscience and having participated in the iGEM competition for 2 years. Isaac also brings great leadership to the group, developed through scientific and former experience as a community coach.</p><br />
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<p>Erin’s commitment to interdisciplinary academic excellence and her value of hard work make her an excellent addition to Synbiologica. She had been doing research in biochemistry laboratories before entering university, including participating on the Lethbridge High School iGEM Team. Erin is a motivated team player and a strong administrative leader having organizing multiple high school science programs.</p><br />
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<p>Mackenzie’s academic excellence and aptitude for valour make her an excellent attribute to the Synbiologica team. In addition, she displays excellent application skills mixed with a creative mind and a sense of dedication. Experience with teaching and leadership in a team environment make Mackenzie a perfect fit for being one of the two chief science officers.</p><br />
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<p>Harland brings a creative attitude to development and problem solving, along with a strong backing in biochemistry and molecular biology. Having participated in the iGEM competition for the past 3 years along with working in a research lab at the university during his undergrad he has developed skills for researching, troubleshooting, and multitasking in laboratory work. </p><br />
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<p>Amrinder is a high school student in Grade 12 taking the IB diploma programme. His previous experience with biochemistry was with Lethbridge High School iGEM. In High School iGEM, he was primarily involved with designing the wiki, but did perform some lab work. This time in iGEM, he is involved with wiki design. In his free time, he likes to explore new concepts in web design, web development and programming.</p><br />
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<p>Dr. Gerlinde Metz investigates the influence of experience and environment on behaviour and brain plasticity. Her work was the first to show that stress affects motor system function and diseases of the motor system, such as Parkinson’s disease and stroke. This research indicated that adverse experience at any time in life can become a predisposing or precipitating factor of disease. More recently, her laboratory has developed a rat model of transgenerational prenatal stress. This model allows the study of transgenerational inheritance of health and disease and epigenetic linkages from early development to old age. Her contribution to Synbiologica will include work in animal models of disease and physiological manipulations and assays, and related behavioural studies.</p><br />
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<p>Dr. Hans-Joachim Wieden is an Associate Professor of Physical Biochemistry at the University of Lethbridge and an Alberta Ingenuity Faculty member. He received his Ph.D from the University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany. Dr. Wieden is an integrated member of the Alberta RNA Research and Training Institute, and a Canada Research Chair (TIER2) in Physical Biochemistry. He Is actively engaged in and over see’s the University of Lethbridge iGEM team and the Lethbridge High School iGEM team. His background in Synthetic biology and physical biochemistry brings molecular insight into the inner workings of BEAR. </p><br />
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<p>Dr. Roy Golsteyn is an Associate Professor of Biology at the University of Lethbridge and a member of the Alberta Ingenuity Faculty. He earned his PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge, England and continued his studies in cancer biology at the Institute Curie in Paris. Prior to joining the University of Lethbridge in 2007, he directed a drug discovery laboratory in Oncology in the pharmaceutical company, Servier, Paris (22,000 employees, $3 billion annual revenue). Today, he directs the Cancer Cell Laboratory where his team studies how cancer cells survive chemotherapy, and continues to work with the biotechnology industry. He has over 70 research publications and holds 4 patents. He strongly supports science as a board member (Technology/Research) for Economic Development Lethbridge and sits on the National and Local Committees of the Canada Wide Science Fair 2013.</p><br />
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<p>Mr. Michael Kelly is the Manager of Real Estate and Land Development for the City of Lethbridge. Mr. Kelly received his Bachelor of Arts in Urban and Regional Studies from the University of Lethbridge. Mr. Kelly is occasionally a guest lecturer for the Geography Department at the University of Lethbridge. He has expertise in business and accounting, writing resumes and strategic planning.</p><br />
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<p>Dan Kazakoff is Director, Theory Into Practice Programs in the Faculty of Management at The University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. He is also the Chair, Small Business Institute Advisory Council at the University. Previously, he worked in the private sector and was a consultant with numerous clients in both the private and not-for profit sectors. He has a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and a MBA degree from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Dan is the recipient of two National awards for innovative Program Development for undergraduate students as well as numerous teaching and community awards. He has published articles on small business in various newsletters, newspapers and most recently in the Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship. Over the past fourteen years Dan has supervised over 125 consulting projects with local small business and non-profit organizations. His current research interests are in small business management, strategic planning and management education. </p><br />
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<p>The Lethbridge Entrepreneurial iGEM team members have vast experience in previous iGEM competitions. In this last year alone, Isaac Ward, Erin Kelly and Mackenzie Coatham acted as advisors for the Lethbridge High School iGEM team. The High School team engineered <i>E. coli</i> to produce the peptide hormone Oxytocin and its precursor protein.<br />
They were extremely successful, winning Best New Biobrick - Natural, Best Wiki and the First Place Green Brick at the High School Jamboree.</p> <br />
<p>Harland Brandon is an advisor to the Lethbridge Collegiate iGEM team, who have also been quite successful this year. At the North American Regional Jamboree in Toronto, Lethbridge Collegiate won Best Wiki and First Place in the overgraduate division.</p><br />
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<p>Isaac comes to the Synbiologica team with a diverse background of experience along with a keen enthusiasm for science and innovation. His strengths come from formal scientific training in neuroscience and having participated in the iGEM competition for 2 years. Isaac also brings great leadership to the group, developed through scientific and former experience as a community coach.</p><br />
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<p>Erin’s commitment to interdisciplinary academic excellence and her value of hard work make her an excellent addition to Synbiologica. She had been doing research in biochemistry laboratories before entering university, including participating on the Lethbridge High School iGEM Team. Erin is a motivated team player and a strong administrative leader having organizing multiple high school science programs.</p><br />
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<p>Mackenzie’s academic excellence and aptitude for valour make her an excellent attribute to the Synbiologica team. In addition, she displays excellent application skills mixed with a creative mind and a sense of dedication. Experience with teaching and leadership in a team environment make Mackenzie a perfect fit for being one of the two chief science officers.</p><br />
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<p>Harland brings a creative attitude to development and problem solving, along with a strong backing in biochemistry and molecular biology. Having participated in the iGEM competition for the past 3 years along with working in a research lab at the university during his undergrad he has developed skills for researching, troubleshooting, and multitasking in laboratory work. </p><br />
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<p>Amrinder is a high school student in Grade 12 taking the IB diploma programme. His previous experience with biochemistry was with Lethbridge High School iGEM. In High School iGEM, he was primarily involved with designing the wiki, but did perform some lab work. This time in iGEM, he is involved with wiki design. In his free time, he likes to explore new concepts in web design, web development and programming.</p><br />
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<p>Dr. Gerlinde Metz investigates the influence of experience and environment on behaviour and brain plasticity. Her work was the first to show that stress affects motor system function and diseases of the motor system, such as Parkinson’s disease and stroke. This research indicated that adverse experience at any time in life can become a predisposing or precipitating factor of disease. More recently, her laboratory has developed a rat model of transgenerational prenatal stress. This model allows the study of transgenerational inheritance of health and disease and epigenetic linkages from early development to old age. Her contribution to Synbiologica will include work in animal models of disease and physiological manipulations and assays, and related behavioural studies.</p><br />
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<p>Dr. Hans-Joachim Wieden is an Associate Professor of Physical Biochemistry at the University of Lethbridge and an Alberta Ingenuity Faculty member. He received his Ph.D from the University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany. Dr. Wieden is an integrated member of the Alberta RNA Research and Training Institute, and a Canada Research Chair (TIER2) in Physical Biochemistry. He Is actively engaged in and over see’s the University of Lethbridge iGEM team and the Lethbridge High School iGEM team. His background in Synthetic biology and physical biochemistry brings molecular insight into the inner workings of BEAR. </p><br />
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<p>Dr. Roy Golsteyn is an Associate Professor of Biology at the University of Lethbridge and a member of the Alberta Ingenuity Faculty. He earned his PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge, England and continued his studies in cancer biology at the Institute Curie in Paris. Prior to joining the University of Lethbridge in 2007, he directed a drug discovery laboratory in Oncology in the pharmaceutical company, Servier, Paris (22,000 employees, $3 billion annual revenue). Today, he directs the Cancer Cell Laboratory where his team studies how cancer cells survive chemotherapy, and continues to work with the biotechnology industry. He has over 70 research publications and holds 4 patents. He strongly supports science as a board member (Technology/Research) for Economic Development Lethbridge and sits on the National and Local Committees of the Canada Wide Science Fair 2013.</p><br />
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<p>Mr. Michael Kelly is the Manager of Real Estate and Land Development for the City of Lethbridge. Mr. Kelly received his Bachelor of Arts in Urban and Regional Studies from the University of Lethbridge. Mr. Kelly is occasionally a guest lecturer for the Geography Department at the University of Lethbridge. He has expertise in business and accounting, writing resumes and strategic planning.</p><br />
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<p>The Lethbridge Entrepreneurial iGEM team members have vast experience in previous iGEM competitions. In this last year alone, Isaac Ward, Erin Kelly and Mackenzie Coatham acted as advisors for the Lethbridge High School iGEM team. The High School team engineered <i>E. coli</i> to produce the peptide hormone Oxytocin and its precursor protein.<br />
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<p>Harland Brandon is an advisor to the Lethbridge Collegiate iGEM team, who have also been quite successful this year. At the North American Regional Jamboree in Toronto, Lethbridge Collegiate won Best Wiki and First Place in the overgraduate division.</p><br />
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<p>Isaac comes to the Synbiologica team with a diverse background of experience along with a keen enthusiasm for science and innovation. His strengths come from formal scientific training in neuroscience and having participated in the iGEM competition for 2 years. Isaac also brings great leadership to the group, developed through scientific and former experience as a community coach.</p><br />
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<p>Erin’s commitment to interdisciplinary academic excellence and her value of hard work make her an excellent addition to Synbiologica. She had been doing research in biochemistry laboratories before entering university, including participating on the Lethbridge High School iGEM Team. Erin is a motivated team player and a strong administrative leader having organizing multiple high school science programs.</p><br />
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<p>Mackenzie’s academic excellence and aptitude for valour make her an excellent attribute to the Synbiologica team. In addition, she displays excellent application skills mixed with a creative mind and a sense of dedication. Experience with teaching and leadership in a team environment make Mackenzie a perfect fit for being one of the two chief science officers.</p><br />
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<p>Harland brings a creative attitude to development and problem solving, along with a strong backing in biochemistry and molecular biology. Having participated in the iGEM competition for the past 3 years along with working in a research lab at the university during his undergrad he has developed skills for researching, troubleshooting, and multitasking in laboratory work. </p><br />
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<p>Amrinder is a high school student in Grade 12 taking the IB diploma programme. His previous experience with biochemistry was with Lethbridge High School iGEM. In High School iGEM, he was primarily involved with designing the wiki, but did perform some lab work. This time in iGEM, he is involved with wiki design. In his free time, he likes to explore new concepts in web design, web development and programming.</p><br />
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<p>Dr. Gerlinde Metz investigates the influence of experience and environment on behaviour and brain plasticity. Her work was the first to show that stress affects motor system function and diseases of the motor system, such as Parkinson’s disease and stroke. This research indicated that adverse experience at any time in life can become a predisposing or precipitating factor of disease. More recently, her laboratory has developed a rat model of transgenerational prenatal stress. This model allows the study of transgenerational inheritance of health and disease and epigenetic linkages from early development to old age. Her contribution to Synbiologica will include work in animal models of disease and physiological manipulations and assays, and related behavioural studies.</p><br />
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<p>Dr. Hans-Joachim Wieden is an Associate Professor of Physical Biochemistry at the University of Lethbridge and an Alberta Ingenuity Faculty member. He received his Ph.D from the University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany. Dr. Wieden is an integrated member of the Alberta RNA Research and Training Institute, and a Canada Research Chair (TIER2) in Physical Biochemistry. He Is actively engaged in and over see’s the University of Lethbridge iGEM team and the Lethbridge High School iGEM team. His background in Synthetic biology and physical biochemistry brings molecular insight into the inner workings of BEAR. </p><br />
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<p>Dr. Roy Golsteyn is an Associate Professor of Biology at the University of Lethbridge and a member of the Alberta Ingenuity Faculty. He earned his PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge, England and continued his studies in cancer biology at the Institute Curie in Paris. Prior to joining the University of Lethbridge in 2007, he directed a drug discovery laboratory in Oncology in the pharmaceutical company, Servier, Paris (22,000 employees, $3 billion annual revenue). Today, he directs the Cancer Cell Laboratory where his team studies how cancer cells survive chemotherapy, and continues to work with the biotechnology industry. He has over 70 research publications and holds 4 patents. He strongly supports science as a board member (Technology/Research) for Economic Development Lethbridge and sits on the National and Local Committees of the Canada Wide Science Fair 2013.</p><br />
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<p>Mr. Michael Kelly is the Manager of Real Estate and Land Development for the City of Lethbridge. Mr. Kelly received his Bachelor of Arts in Urban and Regional Studies from the University of Lethbridge. Mr. Kelly is occasionally a guest lecturer for the Geography Department at the University of Lethbridge. He has expertise in business and accounting, writing resumes and strategic planning.</p><br />
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<p>The Lethbridge Entrepreneurial iGEM team members have vast experience in previous iGEM competitions. In this last year alone, Isaac Ward, Erin Kelly and Mackenzie Coatham acted as advisors for the Lethbridge High School iGEM team. The High School team engineered <i>E. coli</i> to produce the peptide hormone Oxytocin and its precursor protein.<br />
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<p>Harland Brandon is an advisor to the Lethbridge Collegiate iGEM team, who have also been quite successful this year. At the North American Regional Jamboree in Toronto, Lethbridge Collegiate won Best Wiki and First Place in the overgraduate division.</p><br />
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<p>Isaac comes to the Synbiologica team with a diverse background of experience along with a keen enthusiasm for science and innovation. His strengths come from formal scientific training in neuroscience and having participated in the iGEM competition for 2 years. Isaac also brings great leadership to the group, developed through scientific and former experience as a community coach.</p><br />
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<p>Erin’s commitment to interdisciplinary academic excellence and her value of hard work make her an excellent addition to Synbiologica. She had been doing research in biochemistry laboratories before entering university, including participating on the Lethbridge High School iGEM Team. Erin is a motivated team player and a strong administrative leader having organizing multiple high school science programs.</p><br />
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<p>Mackenzie’s academic excellence and aptitude for valour make her an excellent attribute to the Synbiologica team. In addition, she displays excellent application skills mixed with a creative mind and a sense of dedication. Experience with teaching and leadership in a team environment make Mackenzie a perfect fit for being one of the two chief science officers.</p><br />
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<p>Harland brings a creative attitude to development and problem solving, along with a strong backing in biochemistry and molecular biology. Having participated in the iGEM competition for the past 3 years along with working in a research lab at the university during his undergrad he has developed skills for researching, troubleshooting, and multitasking in laboratory work. </p><br />
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<p>Amrinder is a high school student in Grade 12 taking the IB diploma programme. His previous experience with biochemistry was with Lethbridge High School iGEM. In High School iGEM, he was primarily involved with designing the wiki, but did perform some lab work. This time in iGEM, he is involved with wiki design. In his free time, he likes to explore new concepts in web design, web development and programming.</p><br />
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<p>Dr. Gerlinde Metz investigates the influence of experience and environment on behaviour and brain plasticity. Her work was the first to show that stress affects motor system function and diseases of the motor system, such as Parkinson’s disease and stroke. This research indicated that adverse experience at any time in life can become a predisposing or precipitating factor of disease. More recently, her laboratory has developed a rat model of transgenerational prenatal stress. This model allows the study of transgenerational inheritance of health and disease and epigenetic linkages from early development to old age. Her contribution to Synbiologica will include work in animal models of disease and physiological manipulations and assays, and related behavioural studies.</p><br />
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<p>Dr. Hans-Joachim Wieden is an Associate Professor of Physical Biochemistry at the University of Lethbridge and an Alberta Ingenuity Faculty member. He received his Ph.D from the University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany. Dr. Wieden is an integrated member of the Alberta RNA Research and Training Institute, and a Canada Research Chair (TIER2) in Physical Biochemistry. He Is actively engaged in and over see’s the University of Lethbridge iGEM team and the Lethbridge High School iGEM team. His background in Synthetic biology and physical biochemistry brings molecular insight into the inner workings of BEAR. </p><br />
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<p>Dr. Roy Golsteyn is an Associate Professor of Biology at the University of Lethbridge and a member of the Alberta Ingenuity Faculty. He earned his PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge, England and continued his studies in cancer biology at the Institute Curie in Paris. Prior to joining the University of Lethbridge in 2007, he directed a drug discovery laboratory in Oncology in the pharmaceutical company, Servier, Paris (22,000 employees, $3 billion annual revenue). Today, he directs the Cancer Cell Laboratory where his team studies how cancer cells survive chemotherapy, and continues to work with the biotechnology industry. He has over 70 research publications and holds 4 patents. He strongly supports science as a board member (Technology/Research) for Economic Development Lethbridge and sits on the National and Local Committees of the Canada Wide Science Fair 2013.</p><br />
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<p>Mr. Michael Kelly is the Manager of Real Estate and Land Development for the City of Lethbridge. Mr. Kelly received his Bachelor of Arts in Urban and Regional Studies from the University of Lethbridge. Mr. Kelly is occasionally a guest lecturer for the Geography Department at the University of Lethbridge. He has expertise in business and accounting, writing resumes and strategic planning.</p><br />
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<p>Dan Kazakoff is Director, Theory Into Practice Programs in the Faculty of Management at The University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. He is also the Chair, Small Business Institute Advisory Council at the University. Previously, he worked in the private sector and was a consultant with numerous clients in both the private and not-for profit sectors. He has a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and a MBA degree from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Dan is the recipient of two National awards for innovative Program Development for undergraduate students as well as numerous teaching and community awards. He has published articles on small business in various newsletters, newspapers and most recently in the Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship. Over the past fourteen years Dan has supervised over 125 consulting projects with local small business and non-profit organizations. His current research interests are in small business management, strategic planning and management education. </p><br />
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<p>The Lethbridge Entrepreneurial iGEM team members have vast experience in previous iGEM competitions. In this last year alone, Isaac Ward, Erin Kelly and Mackenzie Coatham acted as advisors for the Lethbridge High School iGEM team. The High School team engineered <i>E. coli</i> to produce the peptide hormone Oxytocin and its precursor protein.<br />
They were extremely successful, winning Best New Biobrick - Natural, Best Wiki and the First Place Green Brick at the High School Jamboree.</p> <br />
<p>Harland Brandon is an advisor to the Lethbridge Collegiate iGEM team, who have also been quite successful this year. At the North American Regional Jamboree in Toronto, Lethbridge Collegiate won Best Wiki and First Place in the overgraduate division.</p><br />
<p>All members also have experience in research labs outside of iGEM, in both neuroscience and biochemistry labs.</p><br />
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<h2 class="bio_name_AG">Isaac Ward – CEO of Synbiologica</h2><br />
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<p>Isaac comes to the Synbiologica team with a diverse background of experience along with a keen enthusiasm for science and innovation. His strengths come from formal scientific training in neuroscience and having participated in the iGEM competition for 2 years. Isaac also brings great leadership to the group, developed through scientific and former experience as a community coach.</p><br />
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<h2 class="bio_name_AG">Erin Kelly – COO of Synbiologica</h2><br />
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<p>Erin’s commitment to interdisciplinary academic excellence and her value of hard work make her an excellent addition to Synbiologica. She had been doing research in biochemistry laboratories before entering university, including participating on the Lethbridge High School iGEM Team. Erin is a motivated team player and a strong administrative leader having organizing multiple high school science programs.</p><br />
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<p>Mackenzie’s academic excellence and aptitude for valour make her an excellent attribute to the Synbiologica team. In addition, she displays excellent application skills mixed with a creative mind and a sense of dedication. Experience with teaching and leadership in a team environment make Mackenzie a perfect fit for being one of the two chief science officers.</p><br />
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<h2 class="bio_name_AG">Harland Brandon B.Sc. – coCSO of Synbiologica</h2><br />
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<p>Harland brings a creative attitude to development and problem solving, along with a strong backing in biochemistry and molecular biology. Having participated in the iGEM competition for the past 3 years along with working in a research lab at the university during his undergrad he has developed skills for researching, troubleshooting, and multitasking in laboratory work. </p><br />
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<h2 class="bio_name_AG">Amrinder Grewal</h2><br />
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<p>Amrinder is a high school student in Grade 12 taking the IB diploma programme. His previous experience with biochemistry was with Lethbridge High School iGEM. In High School iGEM, he was primarily involved with designing the wiki, but did perform some lab work. This time in iGEM, he is involved with wiki design. In his free time, he likes to explore new concepts in web design, web development and programming.</p><br />
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<p>Dr. Gerlinde Metz investigates the influence of experience and environment on behaviour and brain plasticity. Her work was the first to show that stress affects motor system function and diseases of the motor system, such as Parkinson’s disease and stroke. This research indicated that adverse experience at any time in life can become a predisposing or precipitating factor of disease. More recently, her laboratory has developed a rat model of transgenerational prenatal stress. This model allows the study of transgenerational inheritance of health and disease and epigenetic linkages from early development to old age. Her contribution to Synbiologica will include work in animal models of disease and physiological manipulations and assays, and related behavioural studies.</p><br />
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<p>Dr. Hans-Joachim Wieden is an Associate Professor of Physical Biochemistry at the University of Lethbridge and an Alberta Ingenuity Faculty member. He received his Ph.D from the University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany. Dr. Wieden is an integrated member of the Alberta RNA Research and Training Institute, and a Canada Research Chair (TIER2) in Physical Biochemistry. He Is actively engaged in and over see’s the University of Lethbridge iGEM team and the Lethbridge High School iGEM team. His background in Synthetic biology and physical biochemistry brings molecular insight into the inner workings of BEAR. </p><br />
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<p>Dr. Roy Golsteyn is an Associate Professor of Biology at the University of Lethbridge and a member of the Alberta Ingenuity Faculty. He earned his PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge, England and continued his studies in cancer biology at the Institute Curie in Paris. Prior to joining the University of Lethbridge in 2007, he directed a drug discovery laboratory in Oncology in the pharmaceutical company, Servier, Paris (22,000 employees, $3 billion annual revenue). Today, he directs the Cancer Cell Laboratory where his team studies how cancer cells survive chemotherapy, and continues to work with the biotechnology industry. He has over 70 research publications and holds 4 patents. He strongly supports science as a board member (Technology/Research) for Economic Development Lethbridge and sits on the National and Local Committees of the Canada Wide Science Fair 2013.</p><br />
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<p>Mr. Michael Kelly is the Manager of Real Estate and Land Development for the City of Lethbridge. Mr. Kelly received his Bachelor of Arts in Urban and Regional Studies from the University of Lethbridge. Mr. Kelly is occasionally a guest lecturer for the Geography Department at the University of Lethbridge. He has expertise in business and accounting, writing resumes and strategic planning.</p><br />
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<p>Dan Kazakoff is Director, Theory Into Practice Programs in the Faculty of Management at The University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. He is also the Chair, Small Business Institute Advisory Council at the University. Previously, he worked in the private sector and was a consultant with numerous clients in both the private and not-for profit sectors. He has a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and a MBA degree from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Dan is the recipient of two National awards for innovative Program Development for undergraduate students as well as numerous teaching and community awards. He has published articles on small business in various newsletters, newspapers and most recently in the Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship. Over the past fourteen years Dan has supervised over 125 consulting projects with local small business and non-profit organizations. His current research interests are in small business management, strategic planning and management education. </p><br />
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