Vesalius Trust-a-thon, A Virtual Challenge and Fundraiser

Team Our job is just… Render

Gyyoung Oh, Lily Armstrong-Davies, Emily Simpson, Gaby Rivera, Jennifer Wang, Jeff Day, Lauren Kubacki, Peter Naktin, Alexis Guerra

Learn more about their final submission, “TreeTalk,” an isometric puzzle platformer that teaches about the interactions between plants and fungi through various missions. Join Phyll and traverse each of the three levels to learn the different ways plants communicate with each other.

Team Render Engines

Clara Baumgarten, Shanling Lei, Alex Kontos, Keaton Mullins, Kassie Baker, Khorizon Dunn, Michelle Soltys, Vivian Zhuang

Learn more about their final submission “Helping Hyphae,” an animated comic about how mushrooms bridge the gap between giant redwoods to share nutrients through their expansive underground mycelium network.

Team InsomniAXS

Jason Sharpe, Grace Hsu, Joyce Hui, Brad Kwarta, Lucas Lin, Matthew Ostil, Emily Tjan, Eddy Xuan, David Tran, Chelsea Canlas

Learn more about their final submission “Bone Voyage,” a puzzle-based platform game about osteoporosis. As a nanobot, you interact with bone cells to repair and rebuild bone. Bone up on your osseous awareness while building bone bridges and removing boney obstacles.

Team Last 7 Brain Cells

Alexandra McDonough, Nolan Pakizer, Sara Lung, Helen Thio, Raisa Rodríguez, Lauren Kawamura, Leah Balsan

Learn more about their final submission “Captain GAP: Station Master,” a game that introduces an important signaling pathway associated with many cancers. This game bridges the gap between the serious topic of cancer science in a fun and non-threatening way for players to learn. 

Team Sticky iPad Kidz

Kate Moore, Stefanie Wang, Bonnie Wang, Lauren Jones, Priya Modi

Learn more about their final submission, “Terry the Tooth: and the Brand New Braces,” a short visual and educational journey created with the specific purpose of educating young youth in preparation for braces, focusing on factors such as: what to expect, proper care for braces and underlying teeth, as well as overall teeth health and the final product of braces.

Team The Gerbils

Stephen Nachtsheim, Amy Jiao, Avila Sanchez, Joshua Ke, Vanessa Nguyen

Learn more about their final submission, “Bridging Evolution,” a poster series about how transitional fossils help connect the evolutionary timeline.

Team Leave it to BVIS

Riley Cutler, Krystal-Flora Dureke, Susie Hammons, Natalie McAfee, Jasmine Tsin, Hayley D’Alessandro, Katherine Khuu

Learn more about their final submission, “Neurohero: A Journey to Regeneration,” a game that aims to empower players and bridge the gap caused by Neurophobia. It does this through engagement with a novel combination of illustrated comics and a serious game.

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Nichole Zhou, Nicole Arizala, Naomi Clay, Ashton Goebel, Emily Huang, Emily Mao, Molly Wells

Learn more about their final submission, “Oh Poop!,” a board game bridging the gap in nutritional and digestive education in Canadian elementary schools. Collect food and event cards as you race to the end of your digestive tract—whoever ends with the perfect poop wins!

Team finalfinaldraftv5.ai

Michie Wu, Shehryar Saharan, Amy Zhang, Tina Wang, Amy Assabgui Dogan, Laura Ekl

Learn more about their final submission, “Close the Gap,” a powerful statement aimed at the general American public, highlighting the prevalent disparities within the healthcare sector. This artwork draws attention to the inequities faced by seven distinct social groups, shedding light on a systemic issue that has been often overlooked.

Team Hippocanvas

Josephine Choi, Beatrice Chen, Emily Eybergen, Geneviève Groulx, Andrew Janeczek, Tunyalux Langsub, Jayne Leggatt, Naomi Wee, Samantha Li

Learn more about their final submission, “Bridges to the Past,” an interactive prototype that lets you explore the intriguing world of de-extinction through the story of the Woolly Mammoth, one of the  most iconic ongoing de-extinction projects. 

Team 6-cess

Xinyi Li, Linda Ding, Viola Yu, Jessica Feng, Livia Nguyen, Amy Zhu

Learn more about their final submission, “Floresta,” an interactive visual narrative designed to inspire users to develop better sleeping habits through an educational and fun approach.

Team Big Maquette Connoisseurs

Joshua Koentjoro, Amy Jiao, Avila Sanchez, Emily Tjan, Stephen Nachtsheim, Vanessa Ngyuyen

Learn more about their final submission, “Gerbil Power,” a card game where players of all ages collect energy resources to build and innovate energy technologies.

Team Spicy Salamanders

Ashlyn Fieldhouse, Anais Lupu, Lilith Lawrence, Neramy Ganesan

Learn more about their final submission, “A Greener Way to Travel,” an animated timeline where their protagonist, Phil the Spicy Salamander, introduces important advances in automobile fuel technology.

Team BVIS Inc.

Eliza Stierle, Caroline Chatfield, April Damon, Amy Hoang, Sara Lung, Aven Jones, Susie Hammons, Eyzel Torres, SoYoung Kwon, Odelia Cheng, Dalena Huynh, Riley Cutler, Katherine Tran, Sydney Sieh-Takata, Lauren Muskara, Hannah Koffman, Shanling Lei, Khorizon Dunn, Leah Balsan, Nina Eckstein, Laurel Moore, Luca Brunozzi, Sam Bond, Elissa Schaffner, Alexandra McDonough, Delilah Pryzbyla, Sofia García Martínez

Learn more about their final submission, “The Night Shift,” a game where you’ll be helping Patch, handyman extraordinaire, as he assists some of the other body systems on the Night Shift.

🏆 2022 Winning Team

Team finalfinaldraftv4.ai

Michie Wu, Tina Wang, Shay Saharan, Aimy Wang, Mimi Guo, Viktoriya Khymych, Amy Assabgui, Jeff Day, Kelly Lim, Kai-ou Tang, Amy Zhang

Learn more about their final submission, “Positive Energy Island,” a poster of the island inhabited by energies that power the mind, body, and world around us.

Team Blood, Sweat, & Tears

Shubhreet Johal, Naomi Wee, Juno Shemano

Learn more about their final submission, “Bugs: The Future of Protein,” a manga comic about alternative protein sources.

Team Battle AXS

Jason Sharpe, Eddy Xuan, Joyce Hui, Matthew Ostil, David Tran, Chelsea Canlas, Ruth Chang, Stephanie Marquez, Lucas Lin

Learn more about their final submission, “CRUNCH TIME,” a game about a team in a crunch to finish a game—and how to keep them fueled.

🏆 2022 People’s Choice

Team finalfinaldraftv3.ai

Michie Wu, Shehryar (Shay) Saharan, Mimi Guo, Aimy Wang, Cassie Ren, Amy Assabgui

Learn more about their final submission, “Paving the Way,” an interactive experience about the discoveries of today that will influence tomorrow.

Team Studio Bivly

Natalie Krug, Sydney Agger, Sam Bond, April Damon, Yu-Sin Huang, Anne Hughes, Hailey Jorgensen, SoYoung Kwon, Delaney Maxwell, Hannah Montague, Lauren Muskara, Ryan Nini, Allison Pardieck, Delilah Przybyla, Sara Rutkowski, Maryam Shabbir

Learn more about their final submission, “A Flame Forward.” In response to “A Path Forward” being the prompt this year, the team wanted to focus on the rise in mental health issues that have increased since the pandemic. A desire to take players away and dissociate from the pandemic resulted in a relatable but fanciful twist on an adventure platform game.

🏆 2021 Winning Team

Team Y.E.W

Eric Chung, Willow Yang, Yu Xiang Ren

Learn more about their final submission, “Long COVID Tracker.” By designing an intuitive all-in-one mobile app, we wanted to help the people who have been affected by long haul COVID-19 in symptom and treatment management, as well as in general health tracking that may assist clinicians to in turn better help patients.

Team KICK AXS

Jason Sharpe, Joyce Hui, Chelsea Canlas, David Tran, Matthew Ostil, Nati Chen, Lucas Lin

Learn more about their final submission, “Abode: Climate Crusader,” a game about the small steps you can take to live more sustainably at home.

Team We Belung 2Gether

Amy Jiao, Anais Lupu, Livia Nguyen, Chris Ly, Viola Yu, Linda Ding, Joshua Koentjoro, Xinyi Li, Emily Tjan

Learn more about their final submission, “Postdemic,” a narrative comic following Poki through life thrown into upheaval by a global health crisis.

🏆 2021 People’s Choice

Team SASS – Serious About Stylish Science

Ariadna Pomada Villalbí, Cassie H-W, Chloe Ma, Colleen Paris, Cassandra Tyson, Florence Thibault

An infographic targeted to any English-speaking lay audience that hopes to shine light and propose a direction to solve individual struggles in COVID19 times.

Team finalfinaldraftv2.ai

Naomi Robson, Michie Wu, Amy Assabgui, Mimi Guo, Abeeshan Selvabaskaran, Shehryar Saharan

miCo is an AR social app that connects children within hospitals, allowing them to play games, hangout with others, and customize their space in AR, all from the comfort of their room.

Team Blood Type BVIS

Emi Frohn, Allysa Benedict, Ben Colvin, Katie Harvey, Sam Palahnuk, Jeni Zernick

An animation that communicates how biomedical artists are so connected and in constant collaboration.

🏆 2020 Winning Team and People’s Choice

Team I Thought You’d Never AXS

Ruth Chang, Jason Sharpe, Susan Le, Matthew Ostil, David Tran, Joyce Hui, Chelsea Canlas, Eddy Xuan, Lucas Lin, Susan Park, Man-San Ma

PandemiQuest is a fun journey of connection through the great city of Toronto, as it perseveres through a pandemic.

Team Quinteceraptors

Victoria Achkasova, Nadiya Lobanova, Ivan Ilko, Pavlo Panchenko, Roxanne Ziman

Immune Blast is a relaxing and educational game about how your immune cells fight for you.

Team Zoomsday Machine

Joan Tycko, Pat Thomas, Donny Bliss, Chris Gralapp, Taina Litwak, Catherine Twomey, Pam Betts, Ikumi Kayama, Lisa Clark Thompson, Lee Ann Howdershell, Julia Lunavictoria, Delilah Cohn, Virginia Ferrante-Iqbal, Pam Little, Carol Marburger, Karen Bedell, Shirley Reid, Sarah Faris, Julie Gifford

A 2D quilt where each square is created by an artist and represents what gives them connectedness during these tumultuous times.