A group shot of all finalists standing in front of the National Research Council Canada building May 6th, 2009. Scott Adams (center) with Mark Lievonen (left) and Tony Clement (right) at the National Sanofi-Aventis BioTalent Challenge 2009 Competition 1st Prize Winner, Scott Adams, Saskatoon Joseph McNeil (center) with Colette Rivet (left) and Tony Clement (right) [...]

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“The primary and most abundant lignin found in Linum usitatis-simium is Secoisolariciresinol,which acts as an antibiotic.,antioxidant ans cholesterol controlling agent.Secoisolariciresinol is synthesized through pinoresinol-lariciresinolreductase enzyme. Two isoforms of this gene were isolated and cloned using the Bacterial Artificial Chromosome Library of flax M5791accession. The isoforms were 91%similar to each other in the amino acid level. [...]

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Binudith Warnakulasooriya, a grade 11 student at Fort Richmond Collegiate in Winnipeg captured Bronze at the Sanofi-Aventis BioTalent Challenge (SABC) held in Ottawa this week. In a field of prominent student scientists from 14 regions from all across Canada Binudith placed third overall with his research into “Lignan,” a little known flax nutrient which may [...]

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Research on Flax Phytoestrogens Wins Grade 11 City Student Binudith Warnakulasooria Entry to National Biotech Competition Outstanding research by a 16 year-old Winnipeg student at Fort Richmond Collegiate that could lead to improved health benefits from this common crop has earned the first place prize in the 2009 Sanofi-Aventis BioTalent Challenge (SABC) in the Manitoba [...]

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Students from Saskatoon, Cape Breton, Winnipeg, London, Charlottetown and Swan River collect Prizes in Canada-wide Competition Judged by Eminent Experts at National Research Council, Ottawa Genetic research by a 16-year-old Saskatchewan student that could one day help farmers grow “designer wheat” — tailoring the starch content of grain grown for different markets — has earned [...]

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Investigating the benefits of the haskap berry Could a little-known Japanese fruit be the next big thing in nutraceuticals? Eighteen-year-old Kirsten Larson has thought so ever since her family planted an acre of haskap berry bushes on their llama farm new Swan River, Manitoba, four years ago. Now, thanks to her research project for this [...]

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Open Division 1st place ($2300) Xingyu Zhou Project Title:- Sugar Production, Waste Reduction:-Turning wastepaper into fermentable sugars for bioethanol Grade 11, Walter Murray Collegiate Institute, Saskatoon Mentor: Dr. Tim Dumonceaux Agriculture Agri-Foods Canada 2nd place ($1300): Scott Adams – Scott will represent Saskatoon at the NAtional Competition in Ottawa on May 5 and 6. Project [...]

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2008 Manitoba Senior Projects 2008 Manitoba Intermediate Projects 2008 SABC08 Manitoba Regional Competition 1st Place: Beth Ferreira, Fort Richmond Collegiate, Phoca hispida: Feeding Ecology and Contaminant Uptake: Insights from Elemental Analyses of Claws; Mentor: Steve Ferguson

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