Winners Circle

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Best In Fair Winners 2011-

Best Overall Individual – Elementary
Sponsored by: Manitoba Hydro ($250 cash)
Magdalena Szpakowski, Holy Ghost School
“Tissue Issue”

Best Overall Individual – Junior
Sponsored by: Manitoba Hydro ($250 cash)
Amanda Wong, Grant Park High School
“Building Low-Cost Touch Sensors With Conductive Paper”

Best Overall Individual – Intermediate
Sponsored by: Doctors Manitoba ($500 cash)
Daisy  Liu, Fort Richmond Collegiate
“Evaluation of Snow Fungus Polysaccharides on Benzo[a]pyrene-induced DNA Damage”

Best Overall Individual – Senior
Sponsored by: Doctors Manitoba ($1000 cash)
Cody Shaw, Fort Richmond Collegiate
“Mechanics of Plastics: Testing for Isotropy in Polyethylene”

Best Biological Science Individual – Elementary
Sponsored by: Monsanto ($100 cash)
Kara  Glor, Linden Christian School
“The Effects of Different Lights on Solanum Lycopersicum (Tomato Plant) Growth”

Best Biological Science Individual – Junior
Sponsored by: Monsanto ($100 cash)
Abhishek Chakraborty, Acadia Junior High
“Effects of Folic Acid on Blood Cells”

Best Biological Science Individual – Intermediate
Sponsored by: Monsanto ($200 cash)
Ella Thomson, Balmoral Hall School
“Genetic Modification of Clostirdium thermocellum for Improved Biofuels Production”

Best Biological Science Individual– Senior
Sponsored by: Monsanto ($300 cash)
Siyuan Cheng, Fort Richmond Collegiate
“Novel Approaches of Inducing Death in Leukemic B-Cells Using Synthetic and Biological Agents”

Best Physical Science Invid – Elementary
Sponsored by: Richardson Foundation ($100 cash)
Grace Slivinski, Holy Ghost School
“Tectonic Plate Boundaries Rock!”

Best Physical Science Indiv – Junior
Sponsored by: Richardson Foundation ($100 cash)
Rithikha Rajamohan, Balmoral Hall School
“Light or Blight ?”

Best Physical Science Indiv – Intermediate
Sponsored by: Richardson Foundation ($200 cash)
Leanne Chan, Sisler High School
“Does an Increase in Nitrate and Phosphate Affect the Growth of Algae”

Best Physical Science Indiv – Senior
Sponsored by: Richardson Foundation ($300 cash)
Nirusan Jayaranjan, Collège Sturgeon Heights Collegiate
“Automated Drinking and Driving Deterrence System”

Best Overall Group – Elementary
Sponsored by: Manitoba Hydro ($125 cash)
Signe Roehr, Donwood Elementary, Mariel Roehr, Menonite Brethern Collegiate Insitute “What’s the best way to grow canola plants?”

Best Overall Group – Junior
Sponsored by: Manitoba Hydro ($125 cash)
Christian Choy, Ryan Murray, Acadia Junior High
“Does Font Type Affect Reading Comprehension?”

Best Group Overall – Intermediate
Sponsored by: Doctors Manitoba ($250 cash)
Deborah Chan, Fort Richmond Collegiate, Nancy Li, Kelvin High School
“Polyketide Synthase Gene Expression in Cladonia uncialis and Xanthoria fallax”

Best Group Overall – Senior
Sponsored by: Doctors Manitoba ($500 cash)
Suraj Srinivasan, George Ng, Fort Richmond Collegiate
“Biological Consequences of the Loss of Claudin 1 Tight Junction Protein in Breast Cancer Cells”

Best Biological Science Group – Elementary
Sponsored by: Monsanto ($50 cash)
Anna Diehl-Jones, Jenna Latimer, Viscount Alexander School
“Adrenalin Rush”

Best Biological Science Group – Junior
Sponsored by: Monsanto ($50 cash)
Talha Suboor, Colin Marsch, Acadia Junior High
“Acid rain wheats friend or foe”

Best Biological Science Group – Intermediate
Sponsored by: Monsanto ($100 cash)
Stephanie Cruz, Keisha Mendoza, Sisler High School
“How Do Eyes, Ears, and Noses Study?: A Project About Memory and the Senses”

Best Biological Science Group – Senior
Sponsored by: Monsanto ($150 cash)
Rajas Tipnis, Tony Zhou, Fort Richmond Collegiate
“Using Dielectrophoresis to Separate Viable and Non-Viable Cells”

Best Physical Science Group – Elementary
Sponsored by: Richardson Foundation ($50 cash)
Alesa Isaak, Nancy Sawatzky, Lowe Farm School
“What’s in your paper?”

Best Physical Science Group – Junior
Sponsored by: Richardson Foundation ($50 cash)
Franco Aiello, Reagan  Tran, St Emile School
“Trash To Gas”

Best Physical Science Group – Intermediate
Sponsored by: Richardson Foundation ($100 cash)
Lisa Huang, Megan Esguerra, Sisler High School
“I bet you I can eat Iron!”

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Best In Category Winners 2011-

Best Biological – Animal Science – Elementary
Jack Dyson, Ecole Opasquia
An evaluation of chemical mixtures used by ancient Egyptians for the preservation of human mummies

Best Biological – Animal Science – Junior
Austin Fruck, Acadia Junior High
Memory Matters

Best Biological – Animal Science – Intermediate
Christina Gray, Grant Park High School
Determing fat metabolism in H4IIE cells.

Best Biological – Animal Science – Senior
Chris Kraljevic, Shaftesbury High School
An Investigation of the Role of Distemper as a Cause of Deaths of Seals in Hudson Bay During the Fal

Best Biological – Plant Science – Elementary
Hajrah Ata, Maple Leaf School
Plants: A source of Medicine

Best Biological – Plant Science – Junior
Benjamin Liu, Acadia Junior High
The Effects of Maleic Hydrazide on Onion Cell Division and Chromosome Morphology

Best Biological – Plant Science – Intermediate
Allen  Liu, St John’s Ravenscourt
The Effects of Three Arabidopsis Genes on Shoot Organogenesis and Hormonal Response of Root Tissue

Best Biotechnology – Elementary
Drenna Lameg, Ecole Dieppe
une pomme egyptienne

Best Biotechnology – Junior
Grace Daet, Holy Ghost School
More Than Just Water In Your Bottle: A Study of Bisphenol A

Best Biotechnology – Intermediate
Elsa Kaka, Westwood Collegiate
Direct Fermentation of Pretreated and Processed Cellulosic Feedstocks using Clostridium thermocellum

Best Biotechnology – Senior
Yue Liu, Fort Richmond Collegiate
Are molecular cavities present in the Enamelin gene of the toothless Steller’s sea cow?

Best Chemistry – Elementary
Abbey Mondor, Ecole Tuxedo Park
les cristaux le plus gros le plus beau

Best Chemistry – Junior
Joseph Thomas, Acadia Junior High
The Effects of Thermal Depolymerization on Various Plastics

Best Chemistry – Intermediate
Dareen  El-Sayed, Acadia Junior High
Antibiotic Activity in Rosemary against E.faecalis, S.typhimurium and S.aureus.

Best Consumer Science – Elementary
Magdalena Szpakowski, Holy Ghost School
Tissue Issue

Best Consumer Science – Junior
Alyssa  Friesen, Linden Christian School
Following Instructions

Best Engineering – Elementary
Aymen El-mazini, Alhijra Islamic School
Mail box alarm

Best Engineering – Junior
David Budnick, Linden Christian School
Snow Block Maker

Best Engineering – Intermediate
Rylen  de Vries, Kelvin High School
But It IS Rocket Science

Best Engineering – Senior
Nirusan Jayaranjan, Collège Sturgeon Heights Collegiate
Automated Drinking and Driving Deterrence System

Best Environmental & Earth Science- Elementary
Andrew Moran, Maple Leaf School
The Albedo Effect

Best Environmental & Earth Science- Junior
Zoha Muhammad , Alhijra Islamic School
CRUDE OIL

Best Environmental & Earth Science- Intermediate
Thyaharajan Visweswaran, Acadia Junior High
NATURAL FARMING IS OUR LAST RESORT

Best Environmental & Earth Science- Senior
Parminder Gill, University of Winnipeg Collegiate
Harnessing the Power of Bacillus Megaterium with the Aide of Curcumin

Best Health Science – Elementary
Hannah Lyttle, Kidnetics Energy Girls
Can helmets prevent concussions?

Best Health Science – Junior
Iqra Sahar Tariq, Balmoral Hall School
Who did the best job?

Best Health Science – Intermediate
Che Eun (Sandy) Lee, St Mary’s Academy
Increased Levels of Claudin 1 Protein in Breast Cancer Cells Changes Their Cellular Behavior

Best Health Science – Senior
Riyeon Kim, Fort Richmond Collegiate
Fluorescence in situ Hybridization (FISH)  Assay for the Diagnosis of Malignant Melanoma

Best Physics – Elementary
Emily Grant, Holy Ghost School
Magnificant Magnetism

Best Physics – Junior
Katherine Charles, Acadia Junior High
Solar Rainbow: The Photoelectric Edge