I saw a tweet from Hayley Todesco, a previous Genome Alberta award winner, informing me that today is #WomenInSTEM day. Genome Alberta has recognized a significant number of young women scientists over the past ten years.


In a blog from 2007, we recognized eventual Canada-Wide science fair winner Emily Cooley along with eight other young scientists. We provided a platform through the opportunity to submit guest blogs to our winners. Here are links to some of these:

• Julie Xu - My Week at Canada-Wide Science Fair 2009
• Bethel Andeghiorghis - Do You Think You Have Much in Common With Fruit?
• Nicole Goldring - Mountain Pine Beetle Project goes to Canada Wide Science Fair
• Tanielle Johnson - Experiences with a Sophisticated Project

We also provided a platform for these young women in STEM to explain their award winning projects on YouTube:

Chloe Devoy - Detection of Antibiotic Resistant E. coli in Retail Meat



Calista Wright and Madison Fleming - Bacteria in Ice



Taylor Ormann and Janine Nel - Testing Antimicrobial Properties within Animal Saliva



Prashi Shah - MOAP-1 as a Regulator of Inflammation in the Colon



Brielle Lillywhite - Fight the Bite - Will they Choose Dark or Light?



Rebecca Todesco - Proteolytic enzymes and Alternaria alternata



Kelcie Miller-Anderson - Trehalose: A Novel Stem cell Cryoprotectant




Genome Alberta is again sponsoring science fair awards in 2016. You can expect to see more significant young #WomenInSTEM on our blog pages.


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