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YORKIE in the NEWS: Nicole, Gr. 10, Develops Groundbreaking Early-Stage HIV Test

From Global News, as reported by Christine Tam ’01
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Nicole, Gr. 10, with her mentors at SFU, Photo: Simon Fraser University.A Grade 10 student from Vancouver who has developed an early-stage HIV test is headed to Ottawa to compete against other young scientists in an international competition.

York House School student Nicole Ticea has developed a point-of-care HIV test using an isothermic nucleic acid amplification system, Simon Fraser University announced Thursday.

With the help of SFU graduate student Gursev Anmole and associate professor Mark Brockman, Ticea proved her test could analyze a pinprick of blood on a lab chip to identify quickly whether someone has been recently infected with the virus.

The test, touted as being nearly as simple as a pregnancy test, won first place in this year’s B.C. Regional Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge.

Ticea will now travel to Ottawa to compete against students from all over Canada in the national final on May 22.

The top two national winners will go on to the International BioGENEius Challenge in San Diego this June to compete for a USD $7,500 award.

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See all our Yorkies’ results at the Canada Wide Science Fair and the Greater Vancouver Regional Science Fair.

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Yorkies at the Greater Vancouver Regional Science Fair

This past weekend the following students participated in the Greater Vancouver Regional Science Fair at UBC. There were only four YHS students but WOW they did amazingly well, with two projects moving on the the national level and one to the international level. As few other awards were won as well. Here are the results:

Nicole, Gr. 10
Nicole, Gr. 10

Nicole, Gr. 10
Title: Isothermal Nucleic Acid Amplification System for Point-of-Care HIV Diagnosis

  • Intermediate Divisional Gold
  • INTEL (International Science Fair – only open to past national level winners!)
Joy and Kendra, Gr. 10
Joy and Kendra, Gr. 10

 

Joy and Kendra, Gr. 10
Title: Targeting Glycolysis in Prostate Cancer Using Antisense Oligonucleotides against Monocarboxylate Transporter 4

  • Intermediate Divisional Gold
  • Genome British Columbia Award Winner
  • CWSF (national level fair)
Marissa, Gr. 11
Marissa, Gr. 11

 

Marissa, Gr. 11
Title: Prevalence and Consequences of GNA13 Mutations in Primary Mediastinal Large B-Cell Lymphoma

  • Senior Divisional Gold
  • UBC Science Entrance Award Health Sciences
  • CWSF (national level fair)
  • UBC Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Winner
Winners selected for the Canada Wide Science Fair
Winners selected for the Canada Wide Science Fair