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BC student takes 4th place prize at International BioGENEius Challenge

April 23, 2013

Coquitlam girl, 17, investigated how genetic mutations naturally help some HIV patients escape symptoms Chicago, IL April 23, 2103 – Selin Jessa of Coquitlam, B.C. has been awarded the fourth place, $1,000 prize in this year’s International BioGENEius Challenge science competition for high school students at the Biotechnology Industry Association’s annual conference in Chicago.

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Investigating how genetic mutations naturally help some HIV patients escape symptoms

April 5, 2013

British Columbia Selin Jessa, 17 Grade 12, Dr. Charles Best Secondary School, Vancouver A British Columbia high school student has joined an internationally-recognized group of researchers at Simon Fraser University studying viral genetic mutations that may one day help HIV patients fight the infection without medication.

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Researching the Genetic Mutation of an HIV Protein Wins Grade 12 Student Entry to National Finals of the Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada Competition

April 5, 2013

Vancouver, British Columbia (April 4, 2013) – Innovative research by Selin Jessa, a Grade 12 student from Dr. Charles Best Secondary School in Coquitlam, has earned the top regional prize in the 20thAnnual Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada, a biotechnology research competition that encourages students to pursue future studies and careers in the field of life [...]

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Discovering the ability of the teenage brain, SBCC Mentor Profiles, Dr. Kurt Haas, British Columbia

March 21, 2013

Dr. Kurt Haas, University of British Columbia’s Brain Research Centre, Vancouver Discovering the ability of the teenage brain Parents of many 16-year-olds may not believe it but those kids can be responsible and smart enough to do brain research, says Dr. Kurt Haas, a scientist at the University of British Columbia’s Brain Research Centre. “I’ve [...]

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Small city, big talent, SBCC Alumni Profiles, Taneille Johnson, British Columbia

March 4, 2013

Small city, big talent At Mile 47 of the Alaska Highway in northeastern British Columbia near the Alberta border is Fort St. John (population 22,000), where oil, agriculture and forestry are the economic mainstays and, for someone interested in biomedicine, early educational opportunities are not easy to reach.

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A local bacteria to solve a local problem: Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao at TED2013

March 1, 2013

Here are Wang and Yao in their Vancouver TED talent submission video. In the Media A local bacteria to solve a local problem: Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao at TED2013 Postmedia News (from Vancouver Sun) 27 February 2013, Jeff Lee Vancouver students take their plastic-eating bacteria ideas to the stage at TED THE NATIONAL, Tue [...]

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British Columbia Projects 2013

February 20, 2013

1. Name: Kayla Lee School: York House School Title: Duck, Duck, Goose! A Statistical DNA Analysis into Down Products 2. Name: Selin Jessa School: Dr. Charles Best Secondary School Title: Engineering vaccines to impair HIV; proof-of-concept by attenuating the function of HIV Nef protein via site-directed mutagenesis 3. Name: Sunny Lee School: Point Grey Secondary [...]

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Video, 2012 Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada, British Columbia

June 14, 2012
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British Columbia, Plastic pollution-eating bacteria

April 25, 2012

The high percentage of plastic at a waste transfer station last summer caught the eye and the concern of two young visiting Vancouverites, Miranda Wang, 18, and Jeanny Yao, 17. They became particularly interested in phthalates – an additive that makes plastic durable and flexible for use in a wide range of consumer products, from [...]

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Secondary Students’ Research on Plastics Wins British Columbia Regional Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada Competition

April 24, 2012

Their research on phthalates may lead to the reduction of its ecological impact. April 20, 2012 (Vancouver) – Innovative research from Vancouver’s Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao, Grade 12 students at Magee Secondary, may help solve the problem of dealing with household and industrial plastic waste. Their research, which won first prize in the regional [...]

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