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 Title: Utilizing antisense ODN technology as a means for silencing starch biosynthetic genes in wheat Grade 10, Walter Murray Collegiate Institute, Saskatoon
Mentors:
Dr. Ravi Chibbar & Dr. Pooba Ganeshan

3rd place ($800)
Pranay Pratijit
Project Title: Developement of KASPar SNP markers linked to ascochyta blight resistance gene in chickpea.
Grade 9 Evan Hardy Collegiate Institute, Saskatoon
Mentor:
Dr. Andrew Sharpe
National Research Council Plant Biotechnology Institute

Junior Division
1st place ($750):
Rui Song,
Project Title: Friends or Family? – Genetic Diversity in Common Bean Blight Bacteria Isolates from Different Geographical Areas
Grade 8 Greystone Heights School, Saskatoon
Mentor:
Dr. Kirsten Bett
Department of Plant Sciences, College of Agriculture & Bioresources University of Saskatchewan

2nd Place ($550):
Helen Tang and Chris Waddell
Project title: The Bacterial Solution for Pollution:The Employment of Bioremediation to Eliminate Diesel Hydrocarbons from the Environment
Grade 8 Greystone Heights School, Saskatoon
Mentor:
Dr. Rich Farrell
Department of Soil Sciences, College of Agriculture & Bioresources University of Saskatchewan

3rd Place Junior ($300):
Sarah Closson and Kelly Zheng
Project Title: Sweet grass; an Aboriginal Cure for Cancer
Grade 8 Greystone Heights School, Saskatoon
Mentor:
Dr Brian Bandy
College of Pharmacy & Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan

The Monsanto Commercialization Award ($1200)
Xingyu Zhou, Walter Murray Collegiate

Genome Prairie Award ($500)
Pranay Pratijit, Evan Hardy Collegiate