The sanofi-aventis biotechnology competition (sabc) for Canadian youth is now known as SANOFI BioGENEius Challenge Canada (SBCC). Operating from within the GENESIS Group at MUN , our mandate is to promote this regional ( as well as national ) science experience for NL students grades 8 to 12 . Teachers and students are encouraged to [...]

What follows is the abstract written by Megan Howse and Hannah Boone , on their winning project for 2011 . Regional Winner Abstract ‘The Effects of Omega-3 and Green Tea on Hypertension and Atherosclerosis’ or ‘Tea Time ! Relax Your Way to Better Health’ Cardiovascular disease, including atherosclerosis and hypertension, is the leading cause of [...]

Discovery About ‘Hypertension and Atherosclerosis’ Wins Grade 9 and 10 Local Student Scientists Entry to National BioTalent Challenge Student Finals Top winners: St. Pauls Jr. High School, St. John’s, O’Donel High School, Mt. Pearl, Holy Heart of Mary High School, St. John’s, Bishops College High School, St. John’s…… Top Regional Winners to Compete in National [...]

The due date for sabc project submissions has been changed to Wednesday, Nov. 17th, 2010. The deadline has been extended to allow extra time for those students and schools that did not receive their information packages earlier because of the damage and destruction assosciated with hurricane Igor in late September. Many areas of the province [...]

The 2012 SANOFI BioGENEius Challenge Canada ( SBCC ) competition is now accepting applications from students throughout the province. Information packages containing brochures, posters, project ideas, sites to visit, etc., have been sent out to all eligible (gr.8-12) schools, encouraging interested students and their teacher supervisors to participate. All junior and senior high science teachers [...]

The Sanofi-Aventis BioTalent Challenge 2010 for the Newfoundland & Labrador region is coordinated by the Genesis Group Inc. of Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador . CURRENT STATUS: The regional 2010 Sanofi-Aventis BioTalent Challenge competition for Newfoundland and Labrador is officially over for this year ! Inquiries are already coming in from students across the [...]

For the first 11 years of his school life, Zachary Quinlan had never had much time for science. He’d never entered a science fair or competition, his interest limited to getting good grades in his science courses. “My twin brother, Joshua, was always the science guy,” says Zachary, 17. “I’m more interested in writing and [...]

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Teenager Proves Juniper Berries Fights Breast Cancer — a potential new home-grown anti-cancer agent? Could juniper berries be Canada’s newest breast cancer treatment? That’s what Rebecca Hollett of St John’s wondered after learning that an elderly woman diagnosed with untreatable breast cancer attributed her survival for more than three years to a daily cup of [...]

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The sanofi-aventis biotechnology competition (sabc) for Canadian youth is now known as SANOFI BioGENEius Challenge Canada (SBCC). Operating from within the GENESIS Group at MUN , our mandate is to promote this regional ( as well as national ) science experience for NL students grades 8 to 12 . Teachers and students are encouraged to [...]

What follows is the abstract written by Megan Howse and Hannah Boone , on their winning project for 2011 . Regional Winner Abstract ‘The Effects of Omega-3 and Green Tea on Hypertension and Atherosclerosis’ or ‘Tea Time ! Relax Your Way to Better Health’ Cardiovascular disease, including atherosclerosis and hypertension, is the leading cause of [...]

Discovery About ‘Hypertension and Atherosclerosis’ Wins Grade 9 and 10 Local Student Scientists Entry to National BioTalent Challenge Student Finals Top winners: St. Pauls Jr. High School, St. John’s, O’Donel High School, Mt. Pearl, Holy Heart of Mary High School, St. John’s, Bishops College High School, St. John’s…… Top Regional Winners to Compete in National [...]

The due date for sabc project submissions has been changed to Wednesday, Nov. 17th, 2010. The deadline has been extended to allow extra time for those students and schools that did not receive their information packages earlier because of the damage and destruction assosciated with hurricane Igor in late September. Many areas of the province [...]

The 2012 SANOFI BioGENEius Challenge Canada ( SBCC ) competition is now accepting applications from students throughout the province. Information packages containing brochures, posters, project ideas, sites to visit, etc., have been sent out to all eligible (gr.8-12) schools, encouraging interested students and their teacher supervisors to participate. All junior and senior high science teachers [...]

The Sanofi-Aventis BioTalent Challenge 2010 for the Newfoundland & Labrador region is coordinated by the Genesis Group Inc. of Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador . CURRENT STATUS: The regional 2010 Sanofi-Aventis BioTalent Challenge competition for Newfoundland and Labrador is officially over for this year ! Inquiries are already coming in from students across the [...]

For the first 11 years of his school life, Zachary Quinlan had never had much time for science. He’d never entered a science fair or competition, his interest limited to getting good grades in his science courses. “My twin brother, Joshua, was always the science guy,” says Zachary, 17. “I’m more interested in writing and [...]

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Teenager Proves Juniper Berries Fights Breast Cancer — a potential new home-grown anti-cancer agent? Could juniper berries be Canada’s newest breast cancer treatment? That’s what Rebecca Hollett of St John’s wondered after learning that an elderly woman diagnosed with untreatable breast cancer attributed her survival for more than three years to a daily cup of [...]

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