Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Academy (Canmore) Plastic Picker – our project uses synthetic biology to create a novel fusion protein that can specifically bio-tag polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic Team Grade Level: High School STEM Focus: Synthetic...
Notre Dame Collegiate High School (High River) pLac Promoter – we are working on getting e. coli to express the EstA gene. The EstA gene codes for an esterase that breaks bonds found in common fats Team Grade Level: High School STEM Focus: Synthetic Biology...
Lethbridge High School iGEM team (Lethbridge) CADAR -rapidly detect the presence of a pathogen and destroy the identified microorganism Team Grade Level: High School STEM Focus: Synthetic Biology Our project, CRISPR-Assisted Detection and Removal (CADAR), utilized...
Lester B. Pearson (Calgary) Fire Stopper – Our robotic platform will be able to to autonomously navigate and drive within the complex terrain of a burning forest Team Grade Level: High School STEM Focus: Robotics The robot will assist in fighting forest fires...
Father Mercredi High School (Fort McMurray) Black Bear – robot decoy to train protection dogs at oil sands sites Team Grade Level: High School STEM Focus: Robotics The senior students in our group continued to work on our Black Bear decoy robot, designed to...
