| Biography |
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| My name is Amit Scheer, and I am a Grade 12 student at Colonel By Secondary School in Ottawa, Canada. I have been very involved in science throughout high school. For my nanobiotechnology research projects, I have won national and international awards from the Google Science Fair, the Sanofi Biogenius Canada, the Canada-Wide Science Fair (CWSF), and the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF). I am currently developing a novel scaffold vaccination platform at the National Research Council Canada (NRC) and the University of Ottawa. In addition, I am actively promoting a passion for science among youth, as student leader and national Ambassador Program Coordinator for the Foundation for Student Science and Technology (FSST). In the future, I plan to study immunology and chemistry to eventually become a scientist in the related disciplines. I continue to be inspired by several Nobel laureates who I was thrilled to meet over the past two years at ISEF, including J. Michael Bishop and Harry Kroto. Pursuing research throughout high school was an experience that has profoundly influenced my character, and I plan to continue developing my innovations, which I am currently working to patent and publish, throughout my undergraduate degree and beyond. |
| Amit Scheer
ImmunoBEAM: A Novel Biomaterial Conjugate as a Therapeutic Vaccination Platform
| Challenge: | Health | | Category: | Senior | | Region: | Ottawa | | City: | Ottawa, ON | | School: | Colonel By S.S. | | Abstract: | Current therapeutic vaccinations are limited in their efficacy by inefficient delivery and low bioavailability. A novel biomaterial matrix and poly(amidoamine) (PAMAM) dendrimer conjugate, ImmunoBEAM, was developed as a peptide vaccination platform to overcome these challenges and enhance therapeutic effects against diseases including cancer. Vaccination platform components were synthesized and characterized, and therapeutic efficacy was demonstrated in cell-based assays. This platform has applications in precision medicine. |
| Awards | Value | The Manning Innovation Achievement Award
Senior
Sponsor: Ernest C. Manning Awards Foundation | $500.00 | The Manning Innovation Achievement Award
and $4000 Manning Young Canadian Innovation Award and also receive an additional $3000 towards their post-secondary education.
Sponsor: Ernest C. Manning Awards Foundation | $4 000.00 | Excellence Award - Senior
Gold Medal
Sponsor: Youth Science Canada | $250.00 | Dalhousie University Faculty of Science Entrance Scholarship
Senior Gold Medallist - $5000 Entrance Scholarship
Sponsor: Dalhousie University, Faculty of Science | $5 000.00 | UBC Science (Vancouver) Entrance Award
Senior Gold Medallist - $4000 Entrance Scholarship
Sponsor: The University of British Columbia (Vancouver) | $4 000.00 | University of Manitoba Entrance Scholarship
Senior Gold Medallist - $5000 Entrance Scholarship
Sponsor: University of Manitoba | $5 000.00 | University of Ottawa Entrance Scholarship
Senior Gold Medallist - $4,000 Entrance Scholarship
Sponsor: University of Ottawa | $4 000.00 | Western University Scholarship
Gold Medallist - $4000 Entrance Scholarship
Sponsor: Western University | $4 000.00 | | Total | $26 750.00 | |
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