2003 BioScience Awards: honouring exceptional achievement. (Saskatoon Update).Ag-West Biotech Inc. presented its first annual BioScience Awards on May 9, 2003, recognizing excellence in the field of bioscience in Saskatchewan. The award recipients included: * Dr. Wilf Keller received the Lifetime Achievement Award, which recognizes a leader, innovator, and champion of biosciences in Saskatchewan. He is known worldwide for his work championing the development and application of biotechnologies for crop genetic modification. Dr. Keller works with the Plant Biotechnology Institute The Biotechnology Institute is an independent nonprofit organization founded to teach the public about the benefits of biotechnology. It was created in 1998 by the biotechnology industry and is located in Arlington, Virginia. of the National Research Council and has served as Group Leader for Canola Biotechnology and Head of the Transgenic Plant Centre. In 1999, Wilf accepted his current position of Research Director. * Mr. John Cross, President and Chairman of Philom Bios Inc., was the recipient of the Entrepreneurial Leadership and Vision Award. In 1980 Mr. Cross co-founded a new inoculant in·oc·u·lant n. See inoculum. company, Philom Bios Inc. which develops, manufactures, and markets high-end inoculants such as TagTeam, the world's first inoculant to combine nitrogen and phosphate. Mr. Cross has received numerous awards including Entrepreneur of the Year, Prairie Region, in Science and Technology in 1995; the Saskatoon Saskatoon (săskət  n`), city (1991 pop. 186,058), S central Sask., Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River. District Chamber of Commerce Agribusiness agribusinessAgriculture operated by business; specifically, that part of a modern national economy devoted to the production, processing, and distribution of food and fibre products and byproducts. Leadership Award in 1998; and he was granted an Honorary Life Membership in the Saskatchewan Institute of Agrologists in 2002. * Ms. Lisa Jategaonkar was the recipient of the Communications and Public Awareness Award. Ms. Jategaonkar started her career as the Manager of Communications and Public Awareness at Ag-West Biotech Inc. where she was integral to the opening of the Saskatchewan Agricultural Biotechnology Information Centre (SABIC SABIC Saudi Basic Industries Corporation SABIC Sample-Band Image Coding (currency counterfeit deterrence technique) ). Since then, she has continued her career in science communications at the National Research Council -- Plant Biotechnology Institute as their Information Officer. Ag-West Biotech's BioScience Awards are set to become an annual event honouring Saskatchewan's best in the bioscience industry. * Dr. Andrew Van Kessel received the Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award, which recognizes an early career scientist who has made a significant contribution to Saskatchewan's bioscience community. Dr. Van Kessel is actively involved in a research project analyzing the relationship between intestinal microbial microbial pertaining to or emanating from a microbe. microbial digestion the breakdown of organic material, especially feedstuffs, by microbial organisms. colonization colonization, extension of political and economic control over an area by a state whose nationals have occupied the area and usually possess organizational or technological superiority over the native population. and animal health performance and is Director for the Animal Biotechnology Centre, as well as Associate Professor in the Department of Poultry and Animal Science at the University of Saskatchewan The University of Saskatchewan (U of S) is a coeducational public research university located on the east side of the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. The University is celebrating its centennial year in 2007. . |
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