Honours Fest 2024 took place on Thursday, February 29th, with over 70 honours students from the Faculty of Science presenting their research-our largest participation yet. During Honours Fest, research and presentation skills are put to the test by a panel of judges who award cash prizes to the top placing students, thanks to the generosity of Dr. Fritz Boehm. We’re excited to celebrate this year’s winners!
Overall winners
1st place – Amy Penney (MATH)
Counting codes via the container method
2nd place – Madison Shiyuk (BCMB)
Mapping small molecules in ovarian carcinoma with MALDI-MSI
3rd place – Jenna Wright (BCMB)
Investigating Lipase 1 expression in Staphylococcus aureus
Department winners
| Department | Winner | Poster Title |
|---|---|---|
| BCMB | Andrew Loe | Dyskerin’s side hustle and its implications on genome instability and cancer |
| BIOL | Toshibaa Govindaraj | Genetic population structure of Black and Grizzly bears in the Yukon |
| CHEM | Isabella Murray | Totally tubular SulfoPillar[6]arene supramolecular analogs |
| MATH | Luke Ingalls | Complexity of graph homomorphism problems with switching |
| PHYS | Branden Aitken | Searching for long-lived particles with MATHUSLA |
| SEOS | Susan Beale | A deep learning method to predict significant wave height |
If you would like to learn more about how you can support Honours Fest, scholarships or student bursaries, please contact sciencedev@uvic.ca.