| Biography |
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| Constantly, I am driven by my curiosity for the cosmos around and within us; science stirs a response from me in every moment it occupies my mind (which is most of the time).To anyone contemplating whether or not to enter a science-fair, or to anyone "sizing up the competition", we lose ourselves in the moment we are complacent with the world around us. So, as long as you keep asking the "whys" and "hows" and maintain perpetual curiosity, you have won. Perhaps not a medal or certificate, but something much grander: a renewed perspective on knowledge and life itself. Because, truly, this is the highest prize science can ever award anyone. |
| Deeksha Kundapur
Anticancer Therapy: Targeting MAD1 Overexpression with SGOL1 and PP2A Inhibition
| Challenge: | Innovation | | Category: | Senior | | Region: | Saskatoon | | City: | Saskatoon, SK | | School: | Walter Murray Collegiate | | Abstract: | Though current anticancer therapies combat cancer effectively, they simultaneously cause harm to regularly functioning cells. This is because things such as radiation-therapy and chemotherapy target cancerous tissue in a non-specific way. This project targets the genomic interactions that characterize cancer cells in order to effectively and also selectively kill them. Based on a concept called 'Synthetic Dosage Lethality', two novel genetic interactions were identified. |
| Awards | Value | Excellence Award - Senior
Silver Medal
Sponsor: Youth Science Canada | | Dalhousie University Faculty of Science Entrance Scholarship
Senior Silver Medallist - $2500 Entrance Scholarship
Sponsor: Dalhousie University, Faculty of Science | $2 500.00 | UBC Science (Vancouver) Entrance Award
Senior Silver Medallist - $2000 Entrance Scholarship
Sponsor: The University of British Columbia (Vancouver) | $2 000.00 | University of New Brunswick Canada-Wide Science Fair Scholarship
Silver Medallist - $2500 Entrance Scholarship
Sponsor: University of New Brunswick | $2 500.00 | University of Ottawa Entrance Scholarship
Senior Silver Medallist - $2000 Entrance Scholarship
Sponsor: University of Ottawa | $2 000.00 | Western University Scholarship
Silver Medallist - $2000 Entrance Scholarship
Sponsor: Western University | $2 000.00 | | Total | $11 000.00 | |
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