Winners

2013 Special Award Winners

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Derek Wong Memorial

  $200
    (4705) Discovery of Novel Claudin 1 Transcripts in Human Breast Cancer
        Student: Che Eun (Sandy) Lee
        School: St Mary's Academy

Adhir Bagchi Memorial Award for Excellence in Health Science

  Plaque + $100
    (3710) Effects of Folic Acid on Senescence and Migration of HeLa Cells
        Student: Abhishek Chakraborty
        School: Acadia Junior High

ASM International Award

  Plaque and Gift Card - First
    (2410) Active Metals
        Students: Sarah Gazze , Karol Velandia
        School: Acadia Junior High

  Plaque and Gift Card - Second
    (1807) Which Material Conducts Heat the Fastest
        Student: Erik Bakke
        School: Linden Christian School

Manitoba Association for Medical Laboratory Science Award

  Certificate and $100
    (2704) Can Cell lysis affect the development of diseases?
        Students: Bea Mariz Bernardo , Kailani Joy Pagtakhan
        School: St Mary's Academy

    (4702) Lactate: a physiological inhibitor of histone deacetylases in colorectal cancer cells?
        Student: Ashley Bell
        School: Fort Richmond Collegiate

    (1717) WHY WASH HANDS
        Student: Arusha Raban
        School: Ecole JB Mitchell

    (3302) To Kill Or Not To Kill...Bacteria
        Students: Sonya Alvarez , Juliette Nishimwe
        School: St Boniface Diocesan

Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology, MB Section Award

   ($100 cash)
    (1711) "Handy Solutions" to Fight Germs
        Student: Rohan Sethi
        School: St Maurice School

Manitoba Food Processors Association Award

   ($100 cash)
    (3505) The Effect Of Cooking Methods on Vitamin C
        Students: Cynthia Merlyn James , Manisha Jose
        School: Acadia Junior High

Labels Unlimited Award

   ($100 cash)
    (1513) Food colouring Fun
        Student: Shiana Sagar
        School: St Gerard School

Peak of the Market Award

   ($100 cash)
    (1712) Which Plastic bag is best to use for vegetables?
        Students: Justin Opida , John Tadoy
        School: Holy Cross

Granny's Poultry Cooperative Ltd Award

  Certificate and $100
    (4401) The Anti-Diabetic Activity of Rosemary through the Inhibition of α-Glucosidase
        Student: Dareen El-Sayed
        School: Kelvin High School

Food Development Centre Award

  Certificate ($100 cash)
    (1510) Can You Taste The Difference?
        Student: Sophie Janzen
        School: Linden Christian School

Canada Compound Western Limited Award

  Certificate ($100 cash)
    (4401) The Anti-Diabetic Activity of Rosemary through the Inhibition of α-Glucosidase
        Student: Dareen El-Sayed
        School: Kelvin High School

University of Manitoba Department of Food Science Award

  Certificate ($100 cash)
    (3501) The Effects of Different Sugar Concentrations on Sinigrin Degradation by Pediococcus Pentosaceus
        Students: Breanna Belisle , Vicky Zhang
        School: Fort Richmond Collegiate

University of Manitoba Department of Human Nutritional Sciences Award

  Certificate ($100 cash)
    (1719) Vitamin C and its Effect on Immune System Function
        Student: Abdullah Rashid
        School: Van Wallegham

Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation Award

  Certificate and Cash ($75 cash)
    (3904) Testing Water Quality At Little Saskatchewan First Nation Borne By The Flooding Of Spring 2011.
        Student: Tara Brass
        School: Little Saskatchewan School

  Certificate and Cash ($100 cash)
    (4902) An A'Peeling Way to Filter Water: The Banana Peel Water Filter
        Student: Keisha Mendoza
        School: Sisler High School

  Certificate and Cash ($50 cash)
    (2904) Manitoba Waters
        Student: Raquel Klutskow
        School: St. Aidan's Christian School

  Certificate and Cash ($35 cash)
    (1906) Carp - The Disposable Fish
        Student: Fionn Forbes
        School: Strathmillan

Gourmet Baker Inc. Special Award

  Certificate ($100 cash)
    (1508) Healthy Cookie Challenge
        Student: Camilla Kacsmar
        School: Ecole JB Mitchell

General Mills Award

  Certificate ($100 cash)
    (1724) Super Foods.. in disguise?!
        Student: Lailalyn Ariola
        School: Prairie Rose Elementary

Viterra Food Processing Award

  Certificate ($100 cash)
    (4201) Plant Pathogens vs. Crops: Fighting disease causing genes with resistance genes
        Student: Ashali Wanigasekara
        School: Fort Richmond Collegiate

Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals Award

  Certificate ($100 cash)
    (3701) Ellagic Acid Selectively Inhibits Cardiotoxic Effects of Chemotherapy Drug Doxorubicin
        Student: Abhinav Dhingra
        School: Fort Richmond Collegiate

    (2401) The Nature of Macromolecules (Natural VS Processed)
        Student: Kaitlyn Claire Mendoza
        School: Stanley Knowles

Jet Label Award

  Certificate and $100
    (3506) Testing the Efficacy and Integrity of Commercial Probiotic Yogurt
        Students: Ann Ding , Mengjie Qu
        School: Fort Richmond Collegiate

Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of the Province of Manitoba Award

  Junior Geoscience
    (2901) Rocks versus Minerals
        Student: Emily Grant
        School: Holy Ghost School

  Intermediate ($175 cash)
    (3208) Microalgae Biofuel, the Realistic Alternative to Petrol
        Student: Niraj Ballam Nagaraj
        School: Steinback Regional High Scool

    (3401) Water to Fuel - The Fuel Cycle of the Future
        Student: Abhiram Santhosh
        School: Kelvin High School

    (3206) Can Mucilage Really Act as a Filter for Water?
        Students: Kanchini Ratnayaka , Rushika Khatkar
        School: Acadia Junior High

  Junior ($160 cash)
    (2601) Christmas Light Efficence
        Student: Paul Wertepny
        School: Holy Ghost School

    (2902) Soil Stability
        Student: Grace Slivinski
        School: Holy Ghost School

    (2806) Reaping Radiation
        Student: Katherine Burley
        School: Balmoral Hall School

    (2609) Building a Low-cost Hydraulic Animatron
        Student: Dirk Page
        School: Ecole Romeo Dallaire

    (2608) Effect of Blade Angle on Wind Turbine Efficiency
        Student: Tooba Razi
        School: Acadia Junior High

    (2603) M.I.C
        Student: Matthew Hewlett
        School: Ecole Charleswood School

    (2903) The All-Natural Egg Oven
        Student: Angelique Pangilinan
        School: Holy Cross

    (2604) Building a Low-cost Semimicro Balance
        Student: Mackenzie Wong
        School: Grant Park High School

  Elementary ($140 cash)
    (1909) Flash Freeze Desalination To Create Drinking Water From Seawater
        Student: Jack Mickelthwate
        School: Brock Corydon

    (1605) Creation of Fog
        Student: Mercedes Ward
        School: Matheson Island School

    (1603) Garbage Energy
        Student: Clarissa Nitafan
        School: Holy Ghost School

    (1606) Caution Thin Ice - Snowmobile Rescue System
        Student: Samara McKay
        School: Athlone School

Special Engineering Related Award

   ($100 cash)
    (1910) The Quicksand Question
        Students: Janelle Nuwabiine , Galli Kubari
        School: St Gerard School

Special Engineering Related Award

   ($200 cash)
    (4902) An A'Peeling Way to Filter Water: The Banana Peel Water Filter
        Student: Keisha Mendoza
        School: Sisler High School

Special Engineering Related Award

  Kid-netic Energy, Science, and Engineering Enrollment
    (1807) Which Material Conducts Heat the Fastest
        Student: Erik Bakke
        School: Linden Christian School

Special Engineering Related Award

   ($100 cash)
    (2902) Soil Stability
        Student: Grace Slivinski
        School: Holy Ghost School

Analytical Sciences Award

  Cash and Plaque
    (4706) Intravaginal Nanomedicine for the Targeted Delivery of an Anti-HIV Drug to Immune Cells
        Student: Deborah Chan
        School: Fort Richmond Collegiate

    (4401) The Anti-Diabetic Activity of Rosemary through the Inhibition of α-Glucosidase
        Student: Dareen El-Sayed
        School: Kelvin High School

    (1408) Isolation of Organic Compounds from Garlic
        Student: Zeyad Mohamed
        School: Victor Mager

    (4402) Water Quality: Retention Ponds
        Student: Charmaine Agsalud
        School: Sisler High School

CSBE/SCGAB Biosystems Engineering Award

  Certificate, T-shirt and $200 ($100 cash)
    (2608) Effect of Blade Angle on Wind Turbine Efficiency
        Student: Tooba Razi
        School: Acadia Junior High

Women's Health Research Foundation of Canada Award

   ($50 cash)
    (4705) Discovery of Novel Claudin 1 Transcripts in Human Breast Cancer
        Student: Che Eun (Sandy) Lee
        School: St Mary's Academy

    (1733) Optical illusions
        Students: Jasmeen Grewal , Aimtoj Dhaliwal
        School: Holy Ghost School

    (2710) The Effects of Physical Activity on the Female Brain
        Students: Stephanie Knysh , Kate George
        School: St Mary's Academy

    (3507) Frustration Ahead
        Students: Magdalina Buratchuk , Ula Graves
        School: St Boniface Diocesan

Manitoba Innovation, Energy, and Mines Award

  Lepidolite Carving
    (1809) Les temperatures des huiles
        Student: Jordan Braun
        School: Ecole Bannnatyne

Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Astronomy Award

  Certificate and student membership ($50 cash)
    (2808) It's only rocket science!
        Student: Daniel Wilson
        School: Acadia Junior High

Asim K. Roy Memorial Award

   ($300 cash)
    (3303) Urban Eco-Friendly Weed Management
        Students: Alice Su , Katherine Li
        School: Fort Richmond Collegiate

WISE Award

  Enrollment in WISE Kidnetic Camp
    (1606) Caution Thin Ice - Snowmobile Rescue System
        Student: Samara McKay
        School: Athlone School

  Enrolment in WISE Summer Camp
    (3206) Can Mucilage Really Act as a Filter for Water?
        Students: Kanchini Ratnayaka , Rushika Khatkar
        School: Acadia Junior High

    (3904) Testing Water Quality At Little Saskatchewan First Nation Borne By The Flooding Of Spring 2011.
        Student: Tara Brass
        School: Little Saskatchewan School

    (3502) Can the Big 5 Test Predict Belbin's Team Roles?
        Student: Amanda Wong
        School: Grant Park High School

    (4902) An A'Peeling Way to Filter Water: The Banana Peel Water Filter
        Student: Keisha Mendoza
        School: Sisler High School

Save OUr Lake Award

  0.5 day trip on the research vessel Namao ($100 cash)
    (1919) The Environmental Impacts of Farming Practices
        Students: Phoebe Crate , Chanel Hart
        School: Charles Sinclair School

    (1918) Rocks Rock !
        Students: Kaylyn Crate , Alayna Sanderson
        School: Charles Sinclair School

    (1920) Water Pollution
        Students: Chloe Bird , Halle Cochrane
        School: Charles Sinclair School

    (1917) Peat Moss
        Students: Nathaniel Murdock , Madison Asham
        School: Charles Sinclair School

    (1921) Delta Marsh
        Student: Holly Murdock
        School: Charles Sinclair School

  $150 + 1/2 day cruise
    (2909) How Do Sunscreen And Lysol Affect The Growth Of Algae?
        Students: Wynonna Mendoza , Alexandra Skwarchuk
        School: Ecole River Heights

The Winnipeg Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience Award

  Certificate and $150
    (4701) The Increase in Mitochondrial Dysfunction with the Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease
        Student: Ella Thomson
        School: Balmoral Hall School

  Certificate and $250
    (2707) Thirsty?
        Student: Mohamed Hassan
        School: Alhijra Islamic School

  Certificate and $50
    (1102) Effects of age and gender on short term memory
        Student: Speranza Albensi
        School: Beautiful Savior Lutheran School

APS Science Fair Award

  Certificate, t-shirt, physiological researcher lapel pin, resource packet and book for teacher
    (4701) The Increase in Mitochondrial Dysfunction with the Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease
        Student: Ella Thomson
        School: Balmoral Hall School