Cell & Systems Biology was proud to support Falling Walls Lab Toronto 2024 on August 15th! Our students and staff, including many members of the Harris Lab, provided the team of organizers that made this event a huge success.
Falling Walls Lab is a world-class pitch competition and networking forum that brings together a diverse and interdisciplinary pool of students and early career researchers. The winner will go on to compete in the International Falling Walls Lab competition in Berlin, Germany.
The judges asserted that all the projects had great potential, but three stood out, addressing sustainable indoor agriculture, ALS treatment and nerve injury prevention.
First Place went to Adnan Sharif of University of Toronto Engineering, for Breaking the Wall of Indoor Farming Emissions! Adnan will present his novel reusable, 3D printed soil in Berlin, Germany at the Falling Walls Lab event in November. It was cool to see Adnan’s videos of prototype testing that took place in the greenhouses in the Earth Sciences Building where our researchers also conduct their studies.
Second Place went to Mann Parikh of McMaster University for Breaking the Wall of Nerve Damage in Surgery.
Third Place went to Marc Shenouda of Neuropeutics Inc for Breaking the Wall of Neurodegenerative Diseases.
Congratulations to our winners, and all the presenters for their inspiring talks.
Our Department of Cell and Systems Biology team could not have made this event happen without additional support from Research and Health Science Education at Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute and Life Sciences Ontario. Thank you!
