Bioscience Education

Kids find, help excavate rare teen T.rex, chronicled in extraordinary documentary

Giant Screen Films, Evanston IL Skeleton may reveal secrets of T. rex growth years; Narrated by Sir Sam Neill, documentary brings Teen Rex to life

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Student, 16, progresses experimental way to kill cancer with gold nano ‘bullets,’ marvels experts

Bioscience Education Canada 9-Apr-2013 Raising scientists: Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada celebrates 20 years of inspiring biotechnology studies and careers Raising scientists: Canadian Governor General David

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High school students mentored in top Canadian labs explore out-of-box ideas; Many find career-shaping passion for science in microscope

Bioscience Education Canada, Toronto 20-Feb-2013 BioGENEiuses Miranda Wang, 18, and Jeanny Yao, 19 reprise their prize-winning 2012 SBCC presentation at TED2013, Long Beach CA, Feb.

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Canadian girl, 16, invents disease-fighting, anti-aging compound using tree particles

Bioscience Education Canada, Toronto 8-May-2012 Powerful anti-oxidant discovered in tree pulp; Grade 12 researcher wins top honors at national biotech science competition OTTAWA — An

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Unlisted ingredients in teas and herbal brews revealed in DNA tests by high school students

Rockefeller University, New York 20 Jul 11 L-R: Grace Young, Catherine Gamble, Rohan Kirpekar Take a second look at your iced or steaming tea. Guided

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Student, 16, invents new drug cocktail to fight cystic fibrosis, wins Canadian biotech competition

BioTalent Canada, Ottawa 10 May, 2011 While many 16-year-olds are content with PlayStation, Toronto-area student Marshall Zhang used the Canadian SCINET supercomputing network to invent

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Saskatchewan Science Prodigy, 14, Astonishes Canada’s Scientific Elite with Research on Crop-Killing Disease, Wins National Biotech Competition

Biotalent Canada / Bioscience Education Canada Ottawa / Toronto 27-Apr-2010 Research by a 14-year-old science prodigy from Saskatoon into the molecular fingerprint of a disease

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Student sleuths exploring with DNA barcodes reveal zoo of 95 species in typical NYC homes – find a mystery cockroach and new evidence of food fraud

Rockefeller University New York City 28-Dec-2009 Two New York City high school students exploring their homes using the latest high-tech DNA analysis techniques were astonished

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“Designer Wheat” Research Breakthrough Wins Grade 10 Saskatchewan Student, 16, Top Honour in National Biotech Competition

Canadian Biotechnology Education Resource Centre / BioTalent Canada Toronto / Ottawa 6-May-2009 Genetic research by a 16-year-old Saskatchewan student that could one day help farmers

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Students Use DNA Barcodes to Unmask “Mislabeled” Fish at Grocery Stores, Restaurants

Rockefeller University / Trinity School New York 22-Aug-08 Two New York City high school friends, curious about new DNA barcoding technology, discovered that fish at

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Ottawa high school student’s “flu glue” wins national prize

Canadian Biotechnology Education Resource Centre / BioTalent Canada Toronto / Ottawa 7-May-2008 Health Canada’s preliminary test of student’s findings ‘encouraging’ A ground-breaking study by a

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Winnipeg Student Wins A Triple Crown in High School Science; Grade 12 Researcher, 17, Seeks Potential Alternative to Chemotherapy

May 8, 2007 Canadian Biotechnology Education Resource Centre A Manitoba student has a first-ever Triple Crown of high school science, his project seeking a potential

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Creating New Insight Into HIV-AIDS Virus Wins Canada’s Top Student Biotech Prize

Canadian Biotechnology Education Resource Centre 17 May 2006 Research by a 16-year-old Ottawa-area student that contributes new insights into the workings of the HIV-AIDS virus

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Discovery about genetics of sex workers with apparent HIV-AIDS immunity wins Canada’s top student biotech prize for Grade 12 Manitoba Scientist

Canadian Biotechnology Education Resource Centre, Toronto 12 May, 2005 Top winners: Winnipeg, Edmonton, Vancouver, Cape Breton, Ottawa, St. John’s Teen Scientist from Winnipeg to Compete

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Western Canadian students sweep top 3 awards in 2004 national biotech contest

Canadian Biotechnology Education Resource Centre, Toronto 13 May 2004 Top winners: Edmonton, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Toronto and Montreal Teen Scientist from Alberta to Compete for Canada

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