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Nicole, Gr. 10, Wins Top Prize at Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada

British Columbia Student’s New Method for Diagnosing HIV in Newborns wins Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada

2014 Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada (SBCC) Highlights Newest Crop of Young Scientists
By Anne Ramsey. Read the full story here.

Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada Winners
SBCC 2014 National Winners, from left to right: Julien Sénécal, Varsha Jayasankar, Anoop Manjunath, Nicole, Gr.10, & Ryan Wang.

OTTAWA, May 23, 2014 – A novel method of HIV detection for newborns under the age of 18 months and for adults before three months post-transmission earned the grade 10, British Columbia student top national honours today in the 2014 “Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada” (SBCC).

Nicole Ticea, 15, from York House School in Vancouver, BC was awarded the top prize of $5,000 by a panel of eminent Canadian scientists assembled at the Ottawa headquarters of the National Research Council of Canada (NRC).

Her impressive research project, mentored at Simon Fraser University by associate professor, Dr. Mark Brockman, is the first test capable of analyzing HIV viral nucleic acids in a point-of-care, low-resource setting. Nicole’s research, was deemed an incredibly innovative solution to a global challenge according to the judges led by Dr. Julie Ducharme, General Manager, Human Health Therapeutics, NRC.

1st place winner, Nicole, will compete for Canada on June 22-25 at the International BioGENEius Challenge, conducted at the annual BIO conference in San Diego, CA.

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Read more about Nicole’s winning project here.
Three Yorkies, Marissa, Joy and Kendra, participated in the Canada Wide Science Fair. See their results.

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Yorkies at Intel & the Canada Wide Science Fair

CWSF Windsor Ontario
Approximately 500 finalists will be selected from over 100 regional science fairs held across the country to present their projects at this week-long event, May 10th – 17th, 2014 at the University of Windsor.

Three Yorkies participated at the Canada Wide Science Fair. In order to be considered for participation at CWSF 2014, students must first participate in their regional science fair.

Here are the results:

Marissa, Joy and Kendra with their Bronze medals at the Canada Wide Science Fair.
Marissa, Joy and Kendra with their Bronze medals at the Canada Wide Science Fair.

Kendra & Joy, Gr. 10 – CWSF 2014 Windsor Ontario
Project title: Targeting Glycolysis in Prostate Cancer Using ASO against MCT4

  • Western University Entrance Scholarship Bronze Medal $1,000 x 2
  • Nuclear Waste Management Organization Excellence Award Intermediate Bronze Medal $100

Marissa, Gr. 11 – CWSF 2014 Windsor Ontario
Project title: Prevalence and Consequences of GNA13 Mutations in PMBCL

  • Western University Entrance Scholarship Bronze Medal $1,000
  • University of Ottawa Entrance Scholarship Senior Bronze Medal $1,000
  • Nuclear Waste Management Organization Excellence Award – Senior Bronze Medal $100

INTEL
This year’s Intel International Science and Engineering Fair featured more than 1,700 young scientists selected from 435 affiliate fairs in more than 70 countries, regions and territories. In addition to the top winners, more than 500 finalists received awards and prizes for their innovative research.

Nicole, Gr. 10 –  INTEL 2014 Los Angeles, California
Project Title: Isothermal Nucleic Acid Amplification System for Point-of-Care HIV Diagnosis

  • Medicine and Health Sciences Second Place Award $1,500
  • Fundació Víctor Grífols i Lucas BioEthics First place Award $5,000

Nicole also recently won the Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada, and will go on to compete for Canada on June 22-25 at the International BioGENEius Challenge, in San Diego, CA. Read more about Nicole’s top prize at Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada.