The BC Cancer Foundation and the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation - BC/Yukon Region has named Randi Woodbeck, BSc Biochemistry Molecular Biology the recipient of the 2011 J.M. Warren Award. this award is given each year to two of the top-ranking non-medical BC Cancer studentship applicants. The award is given to support studentships in breast cancer research.
Dustin King (2010 BCMB Grad) recipient of prestigious 2010 Alfred Bader Scholarship
the Chemical
Institute of Canada has announced that Dustin King is one of the recipients of the 2010 Alfred Bader
Scholarship. This prestigious award is given to mark an excellence
for achievement in organic chemistry or biochemistry by undergraduate students
based on their Honours thesis or equivalent. The quality of the
research that Dustin did on his CHEM499 Final Report impressed
the committee. This is a $1000 award. There will be a brief biography of Dustin and his research included in the Chemical Institute's up-coming
issue of Canadian Chemical News and on CSC website
BCMB Student wins Top Prize at Rising Stars Research competition
A
University
of
Northern British Columbia student
won a top prize among 120 other university students recently at a national
research competition in
Vancouver.
Fourth-year Biochemistry and Molecular Biology student Randi Woodbeck won the
award at the Rising Stars of Research competition late last month.
Convocation 2010
March 10, 2010
A student from the University of Northern British Columbia has won a
Studentship from the BC Cancer Agency to conduct Molecular Biology research at
the University this summer.
Dustin King, a Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology student from Burns Lake, will be carrying out cancer research under UNBC
Chemistry professor Chow Lee, and investigating the way certain RNA molecules
create conditions conducive to the spread of the disease in the body.
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December 3, 2009
UNBC Cancer Research attracts International Attention:
Researchers at the University of Northern British Columbia have been
collaborating with scientists in Italy and the United States to bring attention
to a discovery in molecular biology that may have significant implications for
the treatment of cancer.(click on photo for full media release)
Rising Star of Research
UNBC
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology student Chris Uy took home first place in
his category at the Rising Stars of Research competition recently at UBC.
BCMB 2009 Grad Class
(not in order or may not be included)
Nicholas Buyar, Lauren Crooks, Andrea Mendoza, Chris LaRocque, Laura Radigan, Michael Benitez, Gillian Edwards, Shahine Pourmokhtari, Barney Balint, Matt Jensen, Gerren Martin, Vincent Budac, Everett Versteeg, Tara Clark, Melissa Santos, Harpreet Ghuman, Mark Stevens, Ranvir Phangura, Ashleen Montgomery, Sheldon Haftner, Aleem Remtulla, Natasha Moffatt, Carlene Pudlas, Omesh Syal, Sang Eun Kim, Sukhbir Sandhu, Alexandria MacDonald, Kaila Smith, Chad Maag, Chelsea Eveneshen, Conan Ma, Phillip Curran
Student Awards
Dustin King won
the First place - Organic Division prize for his poster ($50 award prize): "CD44 mRNA-CRD-BP Interaction". At the Western Canadian Undergraduate Chemistry Conference May 7-9,
2009.
Chris Uy won Honorable
Mention for his poster "Identification of C99S as an important residue in RNA
binding of APE1", At the Loon
Lake Cell Biology Conference May 7-9, 2009 ($100 prize)
Ribowest 2007
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Biochemistry / Molecular Biology 2007
Winners of 2006 Ribo West Conference Student Poster Display in July 2006
