Conception Bay, Newfoundland Students’ Work on Microalgae Biofuel Production Wins Entry to National Finals of the 2012 Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada

Atlantic Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge 2012 Ground-breaking research by two 16-year-old Conception Bay students, contributing to global research in the field of biofuel production, earned top prize in the Atlantic competition of the “2012 Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada (SBCC) held in Moncton New Brunswick at the Université de Moncton. Grade 11 students Jared Trask and Kaitlyn [...]

Atlantic, Newfoundland students bring bio-fuel in from the cold

Given all the negatives surrounding fossil fuels it’s not surprising that so many researchers are pursuing alternative sources of energy to power homes, cars and industry. Count Jared Trask, 17 and Kaitlyn Stockley, 16 among them. They’re Grade 11 students at Holy Spirit High School in Conception Bay South, near St. John’s in Newfoundland, and [...]

Atlantic, Students bring bio-fuel in from the cold

Given all the negatives surrounding fossil fuels it’s not surprising that so many researchers are pursuing alternative sources of energy to power homes, cars and industry. Count Jared Trask, 17 and Kaitlyn Stockley, 16 among them. They’re Grade 11 students at Holy Spirit High School in Conception Bay West, near St. John’s in Newfoundland and [...]

PEI SBCC Students to receive academic credit for their 2011-12 Projects

In partnership with the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development here in PEI students who apply and successfully complete the requirements of the SBCC competition in 2011-12 will receive an academic credit. The credit can be used towards a students academic graduation credit requirements. The first of its kind in the country SBCC PEI [...]

2011-12 Prince Edward Island Projects

Here is a list of the 9 Projects approved for this years SBCC Competition 1. Wind Turbine Noise Stress and Immune Function – Simon Trivett, Hayley Whelan, Charlottetown Rural High School, Mentor Dr. James Johnston, NRC-INH 2. Altered Veggies – Brynn McCarthy, Mary-Lynn MacFarlane, Three Oaks High School, Mentor Dr. Chris Kirby, AAFC 3. Polyphenols [...]

BioSciencePEI launches an interactive community in PEI

BioSciencePEI ~ an interactive community was launched this past week in PEI in support of government, industry and academia to assist with the growth and development within the bioscience sector in Prince Edward Island. One of the ongoing initiatives in PEI is the Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada competition. BioSciencePEI is an ideal toolset to support [...]

Application deadline extended for SBCC in PEI

Teacher and Students Please note that we have extended the SBCC application deadline from its previous date of October 28th until November 14th. We hope this will allow those who have already started their applications a bit more time to complete them and for those students still giving the program consideration a bit more time [...]

SBCC Resources for Students and Teachers 2011-12

Need a “proposal idea” these websites can help – Science Buddies and SMARTS Want to view the 2010-11 Video Presentations from the National Competition held in Ottawa last May, go here View the Proposal Writing Workshops held last year (2010-11) at Three Oaks and Charlottetown Rural High School. Thanks for the contributions of both facilitators [...]

Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada Nova Scotia 2012

  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 [...]

Changes to the SANOFI BioGENEius Challenge for Newfoundland and Labrador

This year , the top FIVE submissions ( no rankings to be given ) from the 2012 NL SBCC competition that are accepted for provincial competition , will be selected to compete ( via video-conference ) against teams from Nova Scotia , New Brunswick , and Prince Edward Island in the Atlantic Regional finals of [...]