Manitoba, Winnipeg teen modifies soil bacteria to yield 36% more volume of ingredient for eco-friendly bio-plastic

The end of cheap oil also means the end of low-cost plastics. So, a Winnipeg student’s method to make a low-cost bio-plastic could be a very timely discovery. Nearly all plastics today are derived from petroleum and “there is an urgent need to find alternatives,” says 16-year old Ella Thomson, a Grade 11 student at [...]

Research on Recyclable Plastics from Bacteria wins Grade 11 Winnipeg Student Entry to National Biotech Competition

For release: Manitoba Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge 2012 Contact: Bob Brown, Coordinator Manitoba Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge, Phone:235 1812, Cell 791 5356, Email Innovative research by a grade 11 Winnipeg student at Balmoral Hall School which could lead to the mass production of recyclable plastic from a harmless bacteria has earned the first place prize in the [...]

Current List of Manitoba Projects

Here’s a current list of Manitoba SBCC 2012 projects. (pdf)

SBCC Manitoba Still Going Strong!

Another year has begun well for SBCC Manitoba: • 57 projects have been approved as of December. • 27 Senior (Grade 11 and 12) projects, and 30 Intermediate ( Grade 9 and 10) projects. • The project topics cover a broad range of Applied Life Science (Biotechnology) from Bioremediation to Proteinomics. With the help of [...]

Manitoba SABC 2011 Achieves Record Number of Projects

The Manitoba competition was held April 12′th at the beautiful St Boniface Hospital Research Centre, (SBRC) which generously hosted this year’s event. Many thanks to the SBRC and in particular Bill Peters; Manager of Communications and Media Services and his colleague Rob Blaich who snapped great photos of each contestant. The competition judging was in [...]

2011 Northern Manitoba: Student Finds Speed Treatment For Faster Growing Veggies

Growing vegetables in Northern Manitoba has always been a challenge for Emily Klekta’s family, who operate a commercial market garden. To help her family, the 16-year-old Swan River student has found a way to get seeds to germinate faster, even in the cold soils of her region. “We grow and sell vegetables every summer,” says [...]

2011 Manitoba: Grade 12 student opens door to treatment of incurable leukemia

Like most Canadians, the Winnipeg family of Siyuan (Sam) Cheng has been touched by cancer. So this Grade 12 student set himself the task of researching new cancer treatments as his sanofi-aventis Biotalent Challenge. And he successfully tested two unique treatment ideas for an incurable form of leukemia. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the most [...]

SABC Manitoba gets off to a big start!

Over 50 projects have begun as of Oct 15. Of these we have 25 Gr 11 and 12 projects, and and around 20 Gr 9 and 10 projects. We have had to reduce the number of projects we can supportthis year due to a decrease in funding. The project topics cover a broad range of [...]

SABC 2011 Northern Manitoba

Heading into the big push to get projects done, the Northern SABC program has 10 projects, the highest number ever. This growth came about from students, teachers and administrators from Margaret Barbour Collegiate Institute in The Pas, Manitoba, supporting the program. The continued support of University College of the North for the teams from MBCI [...]

SABC Northern Manitoba 2010

The Northern Manitoba SABC program is in its third year as a pilot to determine how schools, teachers and students living away from large urban centres, where possible mentors for SABC are more common, can benefit from one of Canada’s most prestigious science programs for high school students. With Swan Valley Regional Secondary School student, [...]