Southwestern Ontario
2011 Southwestern Ontario: Turning an noxious weed into a green herbicide
Garlic mustard is an unwanted European invader like purple loosestrife. In woodlands it out-competes native wildflowers like trilliums. On farms, dairy cows that eat it produce milk with a garlic flavour. Garlic mustard spreads quickly because it employs a form of chemical warfare called allelopathy (all-lee-lo-pathy) to suppress or prevent the growth of competitive plants. [...]
2010-2011 Sanofi-Aventis BioTalent Challenge Winners
First place: $3,000 cash prize, $1,500 entrance scholarship to The University of Western Ontario and $500 entrance scholarship to the University of Waterloo. Vivienne Tam Project Title: Catch that Drug – The Biodegradable Nano-net Grade 12 Waterloo Collegiate Institute, Waterloo, ON Mentor: Dr. Michael Tam The University of Waterloo Second place: $2000 cash prize, $1,000 [...]
SABC 2011 Southwestern Ontario
Thank you for your interest in the Sanofi-Aventis BioTalent Challenge Congratulations to all of the participants of the 2011 Southwestern Ontario Regional SABC Competition! The 2011 event took place on Thursday, April 21 at the London Convention Centre. Please click here to view a complete list of the regional winners and to view photos from [...]
SABC Southwestern Ontario 2010
Congratulations to all of the 2009-2010 regional SABC participants! Our Regional Competition took place on Friday, April 16 at the London Convention Centre. To view the list of regional winners and photos from the event please click here. Special congratulations goes out to Brian Krug our regional champion, who went on to place second at [...]
2009-2010 Sanofi-Aventis BioTalent Challenge Winners
1st place: $3,000 cash prize, $1,500 entrance scholarship to The University of Western Ontario, $500 entrance scholarship to the University of Waterloo and scholarship to Wilfrid Laurier University Brian Krug Project Title: Catechin’s anti-angiogenic effects in epithelial ovarian cancer Grade 11 John F. Ross CVI, Guelph, Ontario Mentor: Dr. Jim Petrik The University of Guelph [...]
Green tea extract offers new treatment for ovarian cancer
Ovarian cancer is the most serious of all gynecological cancers. Over 2500 Canadian women are diagnosed every year and every year 1,700 women succumb to this disease. Like many cancers, ovarian cancer involves the inexplicable runaway growth of blood vessels and cells. Finding a way to slow or stop that runaway growth is something that [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 ________________________________________________________________ Second Place: Student: Pinky Langat and Chris Palmer, Centennial Collegiate Vocational Institute Project: Analysis [...]
Project Ideas: Hamilton
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 SMARTS McMaster University Research Institutes & Departments Faculty and their research (go to the link and click [...]