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| Noorain - Noorain Shethwala is a dedicated, hardworking grade 12 student at Centennial CVI. A few activities after school daily transgressed into a plethora of extra-curricular groups, honing various skills and abilities that have continued to help her in all her ventures. Her résumé now boasts of regional, provincial and national awards in the fields of science, business and the arts. Noorain was selected as a youth editor for the city newspaper, the Guelph Mercury. She is on the Ontario Education Minister’s Advisory Council where she has participated in forums and conferences in order to dictate how the school system should be run. Through the various organizations she has been a part of, Noorain has built a broad network base across Canada.Noorain’s real enjoyment lies in helping others, which is shown through her humanitarian and volunteer work in organizations like the Red Cross, St' Josephs Health Centre and the Heart and Stroke Foundation. In school, she has been heavily involved in leadership positions in clubs such as Mentors, Forum, Osaid and Mock Trials. Every single one of these activities have helped her develop a passion for learning so that she may one day provide others with the same opportunities. | | Sofia - My name is Sofia Oke, and I am a grade 12 student at Centennial C. V. I Guelph. At WWSEF, my partner Noorain and I recieved Gold in Senior Biotech. This past May, we presented our project at the annual Canada-Wide Science Fair and earned the Petro Canada Peer Innnovation award. In my spare time I have been fortunate enough to volunteer with are Habitat for Humanity, Canadian Blood Services, St. Joeseph’s Hospital and the Canadian Red Cross. I am a passionate member of Global Outreach, my school’s humanitarian club, and the Red Cross Youth International Action Group. Also, this year I have had the pleasure of helping to organize my school's graduating events as President of Grad Committee. Also for the past 3 years I have been a member of DECA, a business club that competes in regional, provincial and international competitions, and have enjoyed taking part in the organizational aspect this year as Co-president. Although I love to take part in clubs, a lot of my passion comes from the sports I play. For the past 5 years I have been playing competitive soccer, and at school have been on the Badminton, Basketball, and Track & Field teams. |
| Noorain Shethwala, Sofia Oke
Chemosensitizers: The Answer to Cancer
| Division: | International | | Category: | Senior | | Region: | Waterloo-Wellington | | City: | Guelph, ON | | School: | Centennial Collegiate & Vocational Institute | | Abstract: | The experiment aimed to reduce the overall side effects of chemotherapy drugs by lowering the dosage of drug used. A BAX tumour suppressor gene and a fowl adenovirus were used as chemosensitizers, to induce apoptosis in colon cancer cells. The experiments proved that chemotherapy side effects can be lowered if patients are administered drug in tangent with a functional BAX gene or a fowl adenovirus. |
| Awards | Value | The University of Western Ontario Scholarship
Bronze Medallist - $1000 Entrance Scholarship
Sponsor: University of Western Ontario | $1 000.00 | University of Ottawa Entrance Scholarship
Senior Bronze Medallist - $1000 Entrance Scholarship
Sponsor: University of Ottawa | $1 000.00 | Bronze Medal - Health Sciences
Senior
Sponsor: Canadian Institutes of Health Research | $300.00 | | Total | $2 300.00 | |
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