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| My name is Amit Scheer, and I am a Grade 9 student. My interests include music (I play the flute in the school band), writing, and of course, science. In the future, I am planning to go to university to eventually study medicine. Science has been my favourite subject for as long as I can remember, and this passion has driven me to enter science competitions since I was in Grade 6. This year was my third year participating in the Ottawa Regional Science Fair, where I have previously won the award for the Chemical Institute of Canada. In addition to this, I have entered the WHERE Challenge for four years, and in Grade 6 I won an honorable mention for Ontario. In Grade 8 I had the incredible and inspiring opportunity to experience university for one full week in a course about biomedical engineering, which sparked my interest in cellular research and is one of the inspirations for my project. |
| Amit Scheer
Overproduction of Reactive Oxygen Species: A Principal Cause of Cancer
| Défi: | Santé | | Catégorie: | Intermédiaire | | Région: | Ottawa | | Ville: | Ottawa, ON | | École: | Colonel By S.S. | | Sommaire: | Recent studies demonstrate that oxidative stress could play a role in oncogenic transformation and cancer. Internal production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) occurs during the mitochondrial electron transport chain, and may additionally occur during hypoxia to activate HIF-1. By incubating COS7 cells at 21% oxygen, normoxia, and at 1% oxygen, hypoxia, I found that the normoxic cells produced more ROS than those under hypoxic conditions. |
| Prix | Valeur | Prix d'excellence - Intermédiaire
Médaille de bronze
Sponsor: Sciences jeunesse Canada | 100,00 $ | Bourse d’études de Western University
Médaillé de bronze - Bourse d'admission de 1 000 $
Sponsor: Université Western | 1 000,00 $ | | Total | 1 100,00 $ | |
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