TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2020 Lethbridge Herald – C9
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Eager to apply this knowledge and to make the most of his campus connections, Doyin started an entrepreneur club. He chose the name AN$ (Abs and Money) Entrepreneurship Club because he believes an entrepreneur must be mentally, physically and necessary to start a business.
The club is open to students in all programs and its goal is to teach students entrepreneurial skills, assist them in developing
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a network of connections and prepare them for life as entrepreneurs post-graduation.
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also get practical experience by entering competitions such as the Chinook Entrepreneur Challenge as a club,” says Doyin.
Although his role as president of the AN$ Entrepreneurship Club and a challenging course load
keeps Doyin on his t an accomplished spr Pronghorns Track &
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rive to siness
when he discovered his passion for entrepreneurship. He a second degree in general management to ga
based understanding of business.
oes, he is also rinter on the Field team.
“I wanted to start a club that’s
in people’s lives. It’s not just for University students; people in the community are welc
club that’s not just for
people in the ome to join
and participate as well. We have more than 300 members pushing themselves and going further than they ever thought po
ell. We have mbers pushing ng further than ossible.”
ng computer neurship. He ain a broad- of business.
From prairie to In the Cancer Cell
and Natural Product Laboratories at
uLethbridge, biological sciences student
Haley Shade is gaining valuable research experience testing
Prairie plants for anti- cancer compounds.
“Working in Dr. Golsteyn’s lab has been an absolute pleasure,” says Haley. “I’ve learned more about the experience conducting my own research, working in a my skills.”
Working with Indigenous communities, University of Lethbridge biological sciences professor Dr Roy Golsteyn and
professor Dr. Roy Golsteyn and his research team, including undergraduate and graduate students, are investigating how Prairie plants and their
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Three uLe took to th once-in-a-
experience spanning three months and 11 countries.
ethbridge students he high seas for a -lifetime learning ce spanning three
program, which lets students see the world, learn from leading faculty, earn academic credit and engage in hands-on projects at each port.
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mical properties may tribute to future medical atments.
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mmons, their state-of-the- art l ab space extends into the surrounding coulees. Dr. way
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and traditional knowledge to study plants further, leading to opportunities to share knowledge with Blackfoot communities.
ng “In addition to setting up
ys of studying Prairie plants and their impact on human
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laboratory can also be a ce for students who wish
experiments and investigating the plants we work with, I’m going back into the commu to speak with medicine men and Elders to learn more about the traditional uses of each plant,” explains Haley.
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The trio joined more than 450 other students from around from Canada) on the MV World Odyssey, a 10-deck cruise ship with nine classrooms. Their journey took them to Germany, Mauritius, India, Myanmar, Vietnam, China and Japan before
Each year, the Brawn Family Foundation provides one uLethbridge student with a $30,000 scholarship to take part in
Teaming up to devel lop new diabetes treatments
Nine per cent of the diabetes, and managing the disease costs $673 billion globally each year.
People living with diabetes commonly manage the disease with painful, expensive insulin injections, some up to six times a day. Ni
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The University of Lethbridge’s Collegiate International Genetically Engineered (iGEM) team set its sights on solving this problem and earned a
the iGEM World Jamboree in Boston, Mass. last fall.
something that will have
“We wanted to do something
people around us,” says Dia Koupantsis, a third-year biological sciences student. project Algulin, an oral insulin manufactured in microalgae, the manufacturing of insulin so that it can be widely available for individuals who need it.”
of the Brawn Family Foundation scholarship,
her own expenses. It was a life-altering experience for each of them.
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“The experience broadened my understanding of what we take for granted and allowed us to
none of which are better or worse,
ence broadened my ng of what we take and allowed us to
ch are better or worse,
After patie phar
r interviewing diabetic ents, doctors and
rmacists, the iGEM team
a wa y to deliver insulin to patie
ents orally. The challenge, which has thwarted previous get t he insulin through the stom
small intestine for absorption witho
mach acid and into the out becoming seriously
degr micro
Algul prod
aded. Their solution – oalgae.
lin is an oral insulin duced in microalgae.
micro mero acid could envir
opportunities and services, vis For more information about u
oalgae, the group
olae, with its innate resistant membrane, d survive the stomach ronment.
it:
ulethbridge.ca/future-student Lethbridge programs,
Additionally, with a
carbohydrate-based cell wall C. merolae would degrade in the small intestine and allow for the therapeutic insulin to be absorbed through to its target — the portal vein.
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“It was a challenging project because it involved working with an organism we’d never used before,” says
biochemistry student. “This promoted challenges in learning how to grow the organism and how to genetically engineer it to produce our insulin.”
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“People always ask what was my favourite country was and I always say I don’t have one. I just had a lot of favourite moments and memories,” adds Prachi. “I saw the Taj Mahal and the Great Wall of China, but it was experiences like being able to go to a small village in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam and get to know the people,
their traditions and values that I’ll always remember.”
to see the world and explore its diversity; I returned to uLethbridge with greater appreciation for global awareness. I look forward to applying my new discoveries to my future education and career,” said
orld and explore its
eturned to uLethbridge appreciation for
eness. I look forward to new discoveries to my ation and career,” said
The deadline to apply for the Brawn Family Foundation March 31.
e to apply for the y Foundation
ays ask what was my untry was and I always ave one. I just had urite moments and adds Prachi. “I saw the nd the Great Wall of was experiences like o go to a small village ng Delta in Vietnam now the people, ons and values that I’ll ember.”
scholarship while Prachi covered penses. It was a experience for
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