Around every nerve cell is a fatty sheath called myelin, which gets damaged by harmful diseases like multiple sclerosis. Using lasers and sophisticated imaging technology, two 17-year-old Calgary high school students have found a novel way for medical scientists to assess that nerve damage. Western Canada and Bishop Caroll High School students Nicholas Moore and [...]
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It’s not hard to spot a tree infected with black knot. The thick, black irregular swelling on branches and twigs indicate a victim of Dibotryon morbosum, a fungal germ that destroys cherry, plum, apricot and even almond trees throughout North America. In the streets and gardens of their home town of Summerside, PEI, Scott Dewar [...]
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Omega 3 and Omega 6 are essential fatty acids in foods that play an important role in growth and development, reproduction, vision and the immune system, including prevention of cancers and heart diseases. However, modern diets are often too high in Omega 6, which can increase the probability of disease and depression, and too low [...]
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The average Colorado potato beetle larva can chomp its way through 45 square centimeters of foliage in a day. In large numbers, the pest can wipe out entire crops of potatoes, tomatoes or eggplant. To make matters worse, the need for stronger and stronger insecticides to combat the beetle’s increasing resistance to chemical agents has [...]
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With just under 17,500 residents, Fort St. John in northeast British Columbia has the distinction of being the second-largest city on the Alaska Highway after Whitehorse. This year it also has the distinction of being the home of Taneille Johnson, whose research into the causes of an early-onset aging disorder called Dyskeratosis Congenita (DC) earned [...]
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Greater Toronto SABC finalist Colin Carter has long been intrigued by the human immune system. And this year’s competition gave him the opportunity to conduct leading-edge research at Toronto’s famed Hospital for Sick Children on a challenging auto-immune disease called Kawasaki Disease. In auto-immune diseases, the body attacks itself because it can’t tell the difference [...]
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Congratulations to all SABC participants who competed in the 2010 Saskatoon Regional SABC Competition. A special congratulations to the following 2010 Saskatoon SABC 2010 Competition Award Winners: 1st Place Open Rui Song- Walter Murray Collegiate-Racing To Find A Marker: Development of Molecular Markers for Races of Colletotrichum truncatum. This innovative research project studying markers of [...]
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2010 Manitoba Senior Project winner Binudith Warnakulasooriya, Fort Richmond Collegiate, Project: “Genetic Variations in Fatty Acid Denaturase Genes and their Association with the Composition of Essential Omega 3 & 6 Fatty Acids in Flax”. “Bin did it again! He repeats as the SABC Manitoba Senior champ. Bin will compete April 26 & 27 at the [...]
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Nicholas Moore and Debbie Wang of Western Canada and Bishop Carroll High Schools won the $2,000 first place prize with a study about “Advanced fluorescence spectroscopy of myelin using novel lipophilic probes”. Dr. Peter Stys of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary mentored this team, throughout their research. Representing Calgary, Nicholas and Debbie will [...]
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Here are some resources to help you prepare for your oral presentation, poster presentation, and elevator pitch. Oral Presentations Poster Presentation – Quick Reference Guide Elevator Pitch Description
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Around every nerve cell is a fatty sheath called myelin, which gets damaged by harmful diseases like multiple sclerosis. Using lasers and sophisticated imaging technology, two 17-year-old Calgary high school students have found a novel way for medical scientists to assess that nerve damage. Western Canada and Bishop Caroll High School students Nicholas Moore and [...]
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It’s not hard to spot a tree infected with black knot. The thick, black irregular swelling on branches and twigs indicate a victim of Dibotryon morbosum, a fungal germ that destroys cherry, plum, apricot and even almond trees throughout North America. In the streets and gardens of their home town of Summerside, PEI, Scott Dewar [...]
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Omega 3 and Omega 6 are essential fatty acids in foods that play an important role in growth and development, reproduction, vision and the immune system, including prevention of cancers and heart diseases. However, modern diets are often too high in Omega 6, which can increase the probability of disease and depression, and too low [...]
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The average Colorado potato beetle larva can chomp its way through 45 square centimeters of foliage in a day. In large numbers, the pest can wipe out entire crops of potatoes, tomatoes or eggplant. To make matters worse, the need for stronger and stronger insecticides to combat the beetle’s increasing resistance to chemical agents has [...]
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With just under 17,500 residents, Fort St. John in northeast British Columbia has the distinction of being the second-largest city on the Alaska Highway after Whitehorse. This year it also has the distinction of being the home of Taneille Johnson, whose research into the causes of an early-onset aging disorder called Dyskeratosis Congenita (DC) earned [...]
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Greater Toronto SABC finalist Colin Carter has long been intrigued by the human immune system. And this year’s competition gave him the opportunity to conduct leading-edge research at Toronto’s famed Hospital for Sick Children on a challenging auto-immune disease called Kawasaki Disease. In auto-immune diseases, the body attacks itself because it can’t tell the difference [...]
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Congratulations to all SABC participants who competed in the 2010 Saskatoon Regional SABC Competition. A special congratulations to the following 2010 Saskatoon SABC 2010 Competition Award Winners: 1st Place Open Rui Song- Walter Murray Collegiate-Racing To Find A Marker: Development of Molecular Markers for Races of Colletotrichum truncatum. This innovative research project studying markers of [...]
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2010 Manitoba Senior Project winner Binudith Warnakulasooriya, Fort Richmond Collegiate, Project: “Genetic Variations in Fatty Acid Denaturase Genes and their Association with the Composition of Essential Omega 3 & 6 Fatty Acids in Flax”. “Bin did it again! He repeats as the SABC Manitoba Senior champ. Bin will compete April 26 & 27 at the [...]
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Nicholas Moore and Debbie Wang of Western Canada and Bishop Carroll High Schools won the $2,000 first place prize with a study about “Advanced fluorescence spectroscopy of myelin using novel lipophilic probes”. Dr. Peter Stys of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary mentored this team, throughout their research. Representing Calgary, Nicholas and Debbie will [...]
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Here are some resources to help you prepare for your oral presentation, poster presentation, and elevator pitch. Oral Presentations Poster Presentation – Quick Reference Guide Elevator Pitch Description
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