Central Memorial High School (Calgary) Choking Cancer – we plan to design a bacterium that in the presence of cancer cells secretes an anti-angiogenic factor Team Grade Level: High School STEM Focus: Synthetic Biology Forty percent of Canadians are expected to...
University of Calgary (Calgary) B.s. Detector – we are developing a nucleic acid-based, rapid point-of-care device capable of diagnosing multiple infectious diseases Team Grade Level: University STEM Focus: Synthetic Biology Infectious diseases symptomatically...
NAIT (Edmonton) Imagine – colour-coded protein bands after silver staining Team Grade Level: University STEM Focus: Synthetic Biology SDS-PAGE is a very popular technique used to separate proteins based on their size. Seperateing based on size is very important...
Lethbridge High School (Lethbridge) Biofilms and BEEyond – tackling biofilms and colony collapse disorder Team Grade Level: High School STEM Focus: Synthetic Biology Bees A phenomenon called Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) is destroying bee colonies worldwide....
Consort High School (Consort) ECOS – a biological sensor designed to detect aromatic hydrocarbons found in soil Team Grade Level: High School STEM Focus: Synthetic Biology Our project, ECOS, is a biological sensor designed to detect aromatic hydrocarbons found...
