Subaita’s fascination with research began in high school, which is where we began. It led her to the University of Toronto’s Life Sciences Program, where she carved out a space for herself as a community builder and entrepreneur, pursuing Ryerson University’s DMZ Youth Basecamp Program within her first year. Here, she learned to “condition herself to failure,” a skill that came in useful later as she emailed over a dozen scientists at U of T to conduct research at their labs a summer later. Her persistence led her to Dr. Alison McGuigan’s lab at U of T, learning how to code with no prior experience, eventually making so much of a change that she was awarded top researcher at the U of T Undergraduate Engineering Research Day. But it wasn’t easy. In between these successes, Subaita talks about the difficulty of finding scholarships to fund your dreams, and lack accessibility of opportunities. We also talk about how hard it is to find a community in a large program of study, how she overcame that. *Subaita mentions that the PEY co-op program wasn't available at the time she was looking for internships. Arts & Science recently launched the ASIP (Arts & Science Internship Program) program*
Introducing Subaita Rahman (Current Bachelor of Science @ University of Toronto Life Sciences)
Subaita Rahman earned her spot as the top researcher at the conference for her work on the Validation of an image analysis algorithm for 3D hydrogel-culture platform or GLAnCE. Subaita Rahman is a second year life sciences student at the University of Toronto, majoring in human biology with a focus on Fundamental Genetics and its Applications, double minoring in bioethics and immunology. She’s also co-founder of bioDojo, a community she’s building as the Training Ground for Next-Gen Biotechnology Innovators.
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