Faculty of Arts & Science
Chemistry & Biochemistry

5th Annual Chinook Symposium for Chemistry and Biochemistry

September 30, 2011

The 5th Annual Chinook Syumposium for Chemistry and Biochemistry was held on September 30, 2011. The Symposium was sponsored by the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Lethbridge. The mandate of the symposium and associated poster prize is to recognize undergraduate and graduate students performing original research in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. All students who have participated in research in the Department are encouraged to participate. To particularly encourage junior students in their research endeavors, the Chinook Poster Prizes have been established at the undergraduate and Master’s levels.

Winners are:

Chemistry – Undergraduate level

• First - Breanne Kamenz
• Second - Saif Zahir

Chemistry – Master’s level

• First - Mona Taghavikish
• Second - Leila Mokhtabad Amrei

Biochemistry – Undergraduate level

• First - Mackenzie Coatham
• Second - Lisza Bruder

Biochemistry – Master’s level

• First - Laura Keffer-Wilkes
• Second - Kirsten Rosler

Two PhD candidates were selected, based on abstracts submitted, and gave a 20 minute Chinook Research Excellence Keynote Lecture in (Bio)Chemistry. The "Loren Hepler gold medal for Ph.D. research excellence” medals were awarded to:

First - Jennifer Przybylski

Second - Evelina De Laurentiis

For further information contact the organizers at Paul Hayes, p.hayes@uleth.ca or HJ Wieden, hj.wieden@uleth.ca