BioNova is co-ordinating the Nova Scotia edition of the Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada. Apply to participate in the Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada (SBCC) and get to work at making a difference through science. The SBCC isn’t like other science competitions. Here you get to propose and design your own biotech research project and work [...]
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Last year’s disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico sparked the imagination of 16-year-old Nova Scotian Samantha Wright-Smith. Reading about the environmental impacts of toxic chemical dispersants used to deal with the spill, Samantha’s wondered whether oil-eating bacteria might do the job. Oil spills occur routinely from the production, transport, storage, and use of [...]
2011 Nova Scotia SABC Winners BioNova recently held Nova Scotia’s regional Sanofi-Aventis BioTalent Challenge (SABC) at the National Research Council – Institute for Marine Biosciences. In its 17th year, SABC is a high-level science fair for high school students across the region. With thirteen students participating in this year’s competition, each with a specific life [...]
Welcome to the 2009-10 Nova Scotia SABC Competition There are eight projects going forward in the Nova Scotia SABC competition this year. With topics ranging from bioactives in algae to impact of Omega-3 on quality of poultry, students from several parts of the province are working away on making their projects contenders for the top [...]
When most people think about the impact of climate change on Canada’s Arctic biodiversity they think about the plight of the polar bears. Adrian Howie thinks about the other end of the food chain – Arctic algae. His interest began with an investigation into the effect of increased carbon dioxide levels on microalgae, a project [...]
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Green Tea may help fight Lou Gherig’s disease Lou Gherig’s disease, formally known as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), is perhaps the best known in a family of neuromuscular diseases that affect around 3,000 Canadians a year. It is generally fatal. But, like many medical mysteries, researchers are progressing towards eventual treatment and cure. The latest [...]
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Discovery of herbal remedies’ effect on cancer wins Nova Scotia high school students first place in annual science competition Top Regional Winners to Compete in National Final, Ottawa, May 6 Halifax, Nova Scotia, April 24, 2008 “Two grade 12 students from Citadel High School in Halifax took home top honours in the Nova Scotia Sanofi-Aventis [...]
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An inspiring teacher who died from ovarian cancer prompted Victoria Bentley to see if she could use her scientific knowledge to find a new treatment for the disease which is the fifth-highest cause of cancer deaths in Canada. Knowing that ovarian cancer grows in response to the hormone estrogen just like breast cancer she wondered [...]
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