UT Must : Let’s Talk About Science
November 20, 2015, University of Toronto Chinese Students and Scholars Association (UTCSSA) and University of Toronto graduate Student Union (UTGSU) jointly hosted the second year of Most Understandable Scientist (MUST). This year’s event attracted dozens participants, but only 15 scholars made to the final stage. These 15 scholars are coming from 14 different disciplines, including biological sciences, chemical sciences, education , and engineering etc. They are able to shared their thoughts and ideas in a most user-friendly way. Competitive activity is just one part of this event, but more importantly, the MUST is a platform for interacting and communicating between scholars and audience. Although this activity is academically-oriented, speakers and audience were good-natured and jovial. Three experienced judges from University of Toronto gave their professional assessments and suggestions to all the speakers. Audience preference was also under consideration. Finally, Shawn Xiong with Respect to A Cell of Vivid Imitation: “Life is a Highway” keynote speech gained the championship.
Synced, as one of the Media partners, was delighted to report this event and had a chance to explore variable interesting projects. Besides, Synced also provided small gifts to the judges and conducted one on one interviews with some speakers after this event.
Below is a list of all the speakers and their topics. Feel free to check the details if you are interested (http://www.utmust.ca/home.html）.
Hesam Hamledari (3rd-place)
InPRO: an automated intelligent robotic solution to monitoring of progress at construction sites
Yinan Zhang
nanotechnology for cancer therapy
Sepehr Mastour Tehrani
Thermo-stable hydrogel particles as host for proteins
Xiaoyong Xia
English-only policies at the workplace
Tsukiko Miyata
Tackling why’s of mood-stabilizing drugs
Bing Lu
Investigating grassland biophysical and biochemical properties using unmanned aerial vehicles（UAV） acquired imagery
Ursula Nosi
Manipulation of stem cell fate using microRNAs
Jing Zou
Picosecond infrared laser ablation electrospray ionizaion: Future in vivo Molecular Guidance Tool for Laser Surgery
Mohammadi Alireza, Wang Xiongbo
VHC: A revolutionary Framework for Robotics
Man ying Tsang
Deep-Ocean Sulfate Reducing Bacteria
Pisek Kultavewuti(runner-up)
Integrated Quantum Photonics
Che-wei Chang
Drug Cocktail for Her2+Breast Cancer
Marmendia Meester
Birth, Development and Maturation O2 independent mechanisms of protein folding in secretory pathway
Kangbing Zou
The role of Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 2 on the bioactivation of nitroglycerin: Is a personalized medicine approach needed for patients with enzymatic mutation?
Shawn Xiong (champion)
A cell’s Parody:Life is a highway
Reporter: Billy| Editor: Synced
