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Youth BIOlab creates an activity book for kids

Youth BIOlab creates an activity book for kids

The Youth BIOlab at St. Boniface Hospital Research has created an activity book for kids! Featuring creative artwork by Kyla Lamb, a Red River College graphic design student, the new 28-page activity book is a fun way for kids to explore science and research at the...
The Science Behind That Swab

The Science Behind That Swab

The Youth BIOlab team partnered recently with onsite experts from Intrinsic Analytics to demonstrate what’s happening behind the science of COVID-19 nasopharyngeal swab tests, in particular, the gold standard Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR)...
BIOlab Receives Boost

BIOlab Receives Boost

RBC Youth BIOlab has awarded its fourth, 3-year grant totalling $198,000 from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) for science outreach and mentorship efforts to Indigenous students across Manitoba. “We’re pleased this funding came...
4800 students visit Youth BIOlab in 2017/18

4800 students visit Youth BIOlab in 2017/18

The St. Boniface Hospital Albrechtsen Research Centre’s RBC Youth BIOlab hosted over 4800 students, and saw another 2700 in Manitoba schools note this year, 35% of which were “en francais” ! Since the Youth BIOlab started full time outreach in 2005, teachers Steve...