Manitoba

Yvonne Myal, Dilantha Fernando, University of Manitoba Turning Manitoba teens into lab rats Manitoba has its share of rink rats – kids who love hockey. But Manitoba has developed some amazing lab rats too — high school students who have developed promising new ideas for treating cancer and HIV-AIDS, improving agricultural crops and more thanks [...]

1) Name: Dennis Drewnik Sisler High School Gr 10 Title: Identification of essential seed genes in oilseeds Description: Genetically modified genes within oilseeds to create a better seeds that can feed and maintain a growing population 2) Names: Chelsea Zu & Oliver Wang Fort Richmond Collegiate Gr 10 Title: Biofoam from chemicals from tree bark [...]

For release: Manitoba Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge 2012 Contact: Bob Brown, Coordinator Manitoba Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge, Phone:235 1812, Cell 791 5356, Email Innovative research by a grade 11 Winnipeg student at Balmoral Hall School which could lead to the mass production of recyclable plastic from a harmless bacteria has earned the first place prize in the [...]

Another year has begun well for SBCC Manitoba: • 57 projects have been approved as of December. • 27 Senior (Grade 11 and 12) projects, and 30 Intermediate ( Grade 9 and 10) projects. • The project topics cover a broad range of Applied Life Science (Biotechnology) from Bioremediation to Proteinomics. With the help of [...]