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2009 National Finalist Southwestern Ontario
For most of the brilliant young Canadians who enter the Sanofi-Aventis Biotalent Challenge (SABC), the lure is the chance to undertake significant research in a real laboratory. For 18-year-old Caitlin Martin Newnham, however, the motivation was much more personal.
Caitlin was named the winner of this year’s SABC for Southwest Ontario for her project investigating pain [...]
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Posted: April 29th, 2009 under Southwestern Ontario.
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2008-2009 Sanofi-Aventis BioTalent Challenge Winners
1st place:
$3,000 cash prize and $1,500 entrance scholarship to The University of Western Ontario
Caitlin Martin Newnham
Project Title: The development of effective Capsaicin admixtures to reduce initial pain signals from TRPV1 ion channels using Hirudo medicinalis, a novel invertebrate model for pain research
Grade 12
A.B. Lucas Secondary School, London, Ontario
Mentor:
Dr. Dwight Moulin
London Health Sciences Centre
2nd [...]
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Posted: April 27th, 2009 under Southwestern Ontario.
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2007-2008 Sanofi-Aventis BioTalent Challenge Winners
First Place:
Student: Athir Zarir, Westminster Secondary School
Project: Therapeutic Targeting of Cancer Cells with Copper: Role of Oxidant Stress and Herbal Medicines
Mentor: Dr. Ed Lui, The University of Western Ontario
Photo: Mike Bridgman, Sanofi Pasteur and Athir Zarir
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Second Place:
Student: Pinky Langat and Chris Palmer, Centennial Collegiate Vocational Institute
Project: Analysis of the Efficiency of Natural Pigments in a Graetzel [...]
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Posted: May 29th, 2008 under Southwestern Ontario.
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Project Ideas: Hamilton
Sanofi-Aventis BioTalent Challenge 2009
Check out these websites for unique project ideas! If you have any questions or would like to be paired with a particular researcher please email Allison Fisher or call 519-858-5059. Please do not contact researchers directly!
Science Buddies:
http://www.sciencebuddies.org
SMARTS:
http://www.ysf.ca/SMARTS/
McMaster University:
Research Institutes & Departments:
http://www.mcmaster.ca/research/
Faculty and their research (go to the link and click on a [...]
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Posted: October 23rd, 2007 under Southwestern Ontario.
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Project Ideas: Guelph
Sanofi-Aventis BioTalent Challenge 2009
Check out these websites for unique project ideas! If you have any questions or would like to be paired with a particular researcher please email Allison Fisher or call 519-858-5059. Please do not contact researchers directly!
Science Buddies:
http://www.sciencebuddies.org
SMARTS:
http://www.ysf.ca/SMARTS/
University of Guelph:
College of Biological Science:
Department of Integrative Biology
http://www.uoguelph.ca/ib/aboutib.shtml
Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences
http://www.uoguelph.ca/hbns/index.shtml
Department of [...]
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Posted: June 25th, 2007 under Southwestern Ontario.
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2006-2007 Southwest Region Winners
2006-2007 Southwest Region Winners:
First Place: David Wang, A.B. Lucas Secondary School, Bioproduction of a Pleiotropic Regulatory Cytokine for Oral Administration Against Human Autoimmune Diseases
Second Place: Haley Fallowfield, Huron Park Secondary School, Bacteriophages as Alternatives to Antibiotics in the Agriculture Industry
Third Place: Rajesh Bhayana, A.B. Lucas Secondary School, Novel Probiotic Yogurt Supplemented with Micronutrients for Patients [...]
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Posted: June 25th, 2007 under Southwestern Ontario.
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Project Ideas: Kitchener-Waterloo
Sanofi-Aventis BioTalent Challenge 2009
Check out these websites for unique project ideas! If you have any questions or would like to be paired with a particular researcher please email Allison Fisher or call 519-858-5059. Please do not contact researchers directly!
Science Buddies:
http://www.sciencebuddies.org
SMARTS:
http://www.ysf.ca/SMARTS/
Wilfred Laurier University:
Faculty and their research (go to the link and click on a researcher’s [...]
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Posted: June 25th, 2007 under Southwestern Ontario.
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Project Ideas: London and Area
Sanofi-Aventis BioTalent Challenge 2009
Project Ideas
Check out these websites for unique project ideas! If you have any questions or would like to be paired with a particular researcher please email Allison Fisher or call 519-858-5059. Please do not contact researchers directly!
Interesting Research Being Conducted in the Community:
http://www.lhsc.on.ca/About_Us/LHSC/Media_Room/Media_Releases/2009/July_09.htm
http://www.uwo.ca/biology/
http://www.uwo.ca/sci/publications/news/greenbldg.html
Science Buddies:
http://www.sciencebuddies.org
SMARTS:
http://www.ysf.ca/SMARTS/
The University of Western Ontario
Research [...]
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Posted: June 25th, 2007 under Southwestern Ontario.
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Photos of Southwest Region Winners
First Place: David Wang, A.B. Lucas Secondary School
Second Place: Haley Fallowfield, Huron Park Secondary School
Third Place: Rajesh Bhayana, A.B. Lucas Secondary School
Fourth Place: Nikhita Singh, A.B. Lucas Secondary School
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Posted: May 8th, 2007 under Southwestern Ontario.
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Posted: March 28th, 2007 under Southwestern Ontario.
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