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| Hi! My name is Arjun Nair and I absolutely love science! From competing in the CWSF, ISEF and at Sanofi competitions, fairs have given me the opportunity to investigate captivating questions, meet remarkable people and travel North America! I can't wait to conclude my science fair career in Windsor this year. |
| Arjun Nair
A Computational Analysis of Multiple Sclerosis: A Novel Diagnostic Procedure
| Challenge: | Health | | Category: | Senior | | Region: | Calgary Youth | | City: | Calgary, AB | | School: | Webber Academy | | Abstract: | Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an incurable but treatable immune mediated neurodegenerative disease; therefore, early recognition of the disease is crucial in improving patient outlook. Current medical procedures are lengthy (1-2 years), expensive, and aggravating. By changing the way we fundamentally tackle diagnostics this project couples a network-based systems analysis of protein interaction networks with artificial intelligence to develop a novel blood based diagnostic tool. |
| Awards | Value | The Actuarial Foundation of Canada Award
Senior
Sponsor: | $1 000.00 | The Manning Innovation Achievement Award
Sponsor: Ernest C. Manning Awards Foundation | $500.00 | The Manning Innovation Achievement Award
and $4000 Manning Young Canadian Innovation Award
Sponsor: Ernest C. Manning Awards Foundation | $4 000.00 | Statistical Society of Canada Award
Sponsor: Statistical Society of Canada | $1 000.00 | Excellence Award - Senior
Gold Medal
Sponsor: Youth Science Canada | $700.00 | Dalhousie University Faculty of Science Entrance Scholarship
Senior Gold Medallist - $5000 Entrance Scholarship
Sponsor: Dalhousie University, Faculty of Science | $5 000.00 | UBC Science (Vancouver) Entrance Award
Senior Gold Medallist - $4000 Entrance Scholarship
Sponsor: The University of British Columbia (Vancouver) | $4 000.00 | University of Manitoba Entrance Scholarship
Senior Gold Medallist - $5000 Entrance Scholarship
Sponsor: University of Manitoba | $5 000.00 | University of Ottawa Entrance Scholarship
Senior Gold Medallist - $4,000 Entrance Scholarship
Sponsor: University of Ottawa | $4 000.00 | Western University Scholarship
Gold Medallist - $4000 Entrance Scholarship
Sponsor: Western University | $4 000.00 | | Total | $29 200.00 | |
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