Saskatoon Sanofi-Aventis BioTalent Challenge Winners Announced at 10^th Annual Awards Banquet April 24, 2008

OPEN DIVISION WINNERS

First Place: Xingyu Zhou
School: Walter Murray Collegiate
Project: Peeling Away Problems 2: The Antioxidizing, Antimicrobial and Anticancer Effects of Tree Bark Extracts
Mentors: Dr. Wei Xiao – Department of Microbiology and Immunology – University of Saskatchewan, Dr. Xiang Li, Agriculture Agri-Food Canada, Dr. Robert Hickie – Department of Pharmacology – University of Saskatchewan
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Second Place: Neil Kalra
School: Walter Murray Collegiate
Project: Tissue Array Applications in the Study of Gene Expression Profiles Of Marginal Zone Lymphomas
Mentor: Dr. Emina Torlakovic – College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan
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Third Place: Scott Adams
School: Walter Murray Collegiate
Project: Modifying Plant Characteristics with RNA Interference
Mentors: Dr. Roger Rimmer & Dr. Hossein Borhan – Agriculture Agri-Food Canada
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JUNIOR DIVISION WINNERS First Place: Rui Song and Bdhanya Ramaswami
School: Greystone Heights School
Project: A Blue Prevention: Comparing the Antioxidizing Ability of Wild and Cultivated Blueberries
Mentor: Dr. Jian Yang – College of Pharmacy and Nutrition – University of Saskatchewan
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Second Place: Sarah Closson and Helen Tang
School: Greystone Heights School
Project: Organic VS Non-Organic: DNA Nutrient and Weight Differences in Wheat
Mentor: Dr. Guohai Wu – Bioriginal Food and Science
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Third Place: Isabel Hedayat and Lauren Busby
School: Montgomery School
Project: Genetic Diversity of the Western Red Lily
Mentors: Dr. Aaron Beattie and Ms. Donna Hay – Department of Plant Sciences College of Agriculture and Bioresources – University of Saskatchewan
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For More Information contact John Taras or Ron Krysa at 306-652-1785 or email KRYTAR@shaw.ca. The Sanofi-Adventis BioTalent Challenge for the Saskatoon Region is coordinated by Genome Prairie.