Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada (SBCC), Celebrating 20 years

Atlantic

Fuel from fish project nets Newfoundland duo 2nd consecutive Atlantic region win

April 5, 2013

Newfoundland, Jared Trask, 18, Kaitlyn Stockley, 17, Grade 12, Holy Spirit High School, Conception Bay South Bio-energy seems to be in the blood of two high energy Newfoundland high school bioscience wizards, Jared Trask, 18, and Kaitlyn Stockley, 17.

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Discovery about Biofuel Production Using Fish Oils Wins Grade 12 Conception Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador Scientists Entry to National Finals of the Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada

March 28, 2013

National biotechnology research competition encourages Canadian youth to pursue studies and careers in Canada’s $87 billion biotechnology industry Sackville, New Brunswick March 27th, 2013 – Innovative research by 17-year-old Conception Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador students that looks at the use of fish waste to produce biofuels has earned top prize in the Atlantic 20th annual [...]

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Grade 12 students Jared Trask and Kaitlyn Stockley, both 17, of Conception Bay, Newfoundland

March 28, 2013

Grade 12 students Jared Trask and Kaitlyn Stockley, both 17, of Conception Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador won the top $2,000 prize in the Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge in Atlantic Canada. Their research has led to the discovery that oils from local fish species such as salmon, Atlantic cod, herring and mackerel may be able to be [...]

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PEI researcher finds path to medical engineering science career via high school project, SBCC Alumni Profiles, Aaron Zidichouski, Prince Edward Island

March 23, 2013

PEI researcher finds path to medical engineering science career via high school project In Grade 11 at Charlottetown Rural High School, Aaron Zidichouski thought his father’s biotech job was “pretty boring.”

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Nova Scotia’s amazing science siblings, SBCC Alumni Profiles, Joanna and Joseph McNeil, Nova Scotia

March 22, 2013

Nova Scotia’s amazing science siblings On Cape Breton Island, science seems to be in the McNeil family’s DNA. Four years after Joanna McNeil earned first place honours at the 2005 Atlantic regional Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge (SBCC), her brother Joseph did it too. A few weeks after winning the regional competition in Halifax, Joanne brought the [...]

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Medical career began with teen’s hope of helping uncle, SBCC Alumni Profiles, Sarai Hamodat, Rebecca Hollett, Newfoundland

March 20, 2013

Medical career began with teen’s hope of helping uncle When she was just 17, Sarai Hamodat of St John’s Holy Heart of Mary High School showed that a traditional Asian oil remedy could ease the suffering of asthma patients. She demonstrated that camphor oil, found in the wood of a species of large evergreen trees [...]

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Teen scientists get their start at the local grocery store, SBCC Mentor Profiles, Dr. Stephen Westcott, New Brunswick

March 5, 2013

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville New Brunswick Teen scientists get their start at the local grocery store Sometimes breakthroughs in science start with a trip to a grocery store. It might even be the grocery store in Riverview, NB, where Peter Smith and Leah Purney, students at Riverview High School, bought [...]

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Atlantic Projects 2013

February 20, 2013

Names: Levi Burtt and Grayson Kenny Title: Methane to Energy Through Anaerobic Digestion Description: We are trying to produce methane gas on a small scale by using a watery blend of compost. We are then going to measure how much gas we produced and apply our results to a larger scale. The methane is going [...]

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Conception Bay, Newfoundland Students’ Work on Microalgae Biofuel Production Wins Entry to National Finals of the 2012 Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada

May 1, 2012

Atlantic Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge 2012 Ground-breaking research by two 16-year-old Conception Bay students, contributing to global research in the field of biofuel production, earned top prize in the Atlantic competition of the “2012 Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada (SBCC) held in Moncton New Brunswick at the Université de Moncton. Grade 11 students Jared Trask and Kaitlyn [...]

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Atlantic, Newfoundland students bring bio-fuel in from the cold

April 30, 2012

Given all the negatives surrounding fossil fuels it’s not surprising that so many researchers are pursuing alternative sources of energy to power homes, cars and industry. Count Jared Trask, 17 and Kaitlyn Stockley, 16 among them. They’re Grade 11 students at Holy Spirit High School in Conception Bay South, near St. John’s in Newfoundland, and [...]

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