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Adult Neurogenesis: Hormones and Sex Are Good for Your Brain (Concept Essay)
Sarah Hewitt, Mount Royal University

Arabidopsis Thaliana, a Model Organism for Molecular Genetic Studies in Plants: How and Why Was Arabidopsis Chosen over Other Plants? (Concept Essay)
George Haughn and Ljerka Kunst, University of British Columbia

Barcoding Biodiversity: The Use of DNA Sequences to Identify Species (Concept Essay)
T. Ryan Gregory, University of Guelph

Biofuels: What Will We Do When We Run Out of Oil? (Issues Essay)
David Bird, Mount Royal University

Biotechnology and Human Health: Producing Therapeutic Protein in Transgenic Plants (Issues Essay)
Ron Wilen, University of the Fraser Valley

Bitter Taste: Genetics and Plant Secondary Compounds (Concept Essay)
Sharon L. Gillies, University of the Fraser Valley

Bubbles in Foods: Softness, Sweetness, and Light (Concept Essay)
Martin G. Scanlon, University of Manitoba

The Burgess Shale and the Cambrian Explosion: Evolution in the Rear-View Mirror (Concept Essay)
Heather Jamniczky, University of Calgary

Butterfly Hearing: Wings Aren't Just for Flying Anymore (Research Essay)
Sarah Hewitt, Mount Royal University

Cancer Biomarkers: What Are They, and How Do We Use Them to Personalize Cancer Treatment? (Issues Essay)
Graham Dellaire, Dalhousie University

Choline Metabolism and Transport: The Sunny Side of Eggs (Research Essay)
Vera Michel and Marica Bakovic, University of Guelph

CO2 Levels and Plants: What's So Wrong with a Greenhouse? (Issues Essay)
Sharon L. Gillies, University of the Fraser Valley

Connecting Salamander Habitat in Waterton Lakes National Park: Building Tunnels to Love (Issues Essay)
Niki Wilson and Barbara Johnston, Parks Canada

Epigenetics: You Inherit More than Your Genes (Concept Essay)
Samantha A. Beck, University of British Columbia

The Evolution of the Vertebrate Jaw: How Would You Eat without One? (Concept Essay)
Julia C. Boughner, University of Saskatchewan

Forensic Entomology: Using Insects to Solve Crimes (Concept Essay)
Gail S. Anderson, Simon Fraser University

Gender Differences in Children's Toy Preferences: Biologically Determined or Socially Conditioned? (Research Essay)
Evelyn F. Field, Mount Royal University

Gene Programming: How Many Genes Does It Take to Program a Seed? (Research Essay)
Mark Belmonte, University of Manitoba

Genomes Large and Small: The Evolution of Genome Size in Eukaryotes (Concept Essay)
T. Ryan Gregory, University of Guelph

The Grad Student Life: Thinking outside the Textbook: (Concept Essay)
Logan Banadyga, University of Alberta

Human Adaptation to High Altitude Hypoxia: Getting High (Concept Essay)
Trevor A. Day, Mount Royal University

Identifying Proteins Involved in Plant Cell Wall Modification: How Forward Genetics Can Be Used to Study Biology (Research Essay)
George Haughn, University of British Columbia

Invertebrates in Medicine: Maggots, Leeches, and Hookworms (Issues Essay)
Sharon L. Gillies, University of the Fraser Valley

Japanese Knotweed: Invasion of the Clones? (Research Essay)
Sharon L. Gillies, University of the Fraser Valley

Maintenance of Genome Stability: Why Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (Concept Essay)
Ebba U. Kurz, University of Calgary

Maternal Stress: Is My Mother Harming or Helping Me? (Research Essay) Oliver P. Love, University of Windsor

A Matter of Life and Death: Viruses Inhibit Cell Suicide (Concept Essay)
Logan Banadyga and Michele Barry, University of Alberta

A Most Pervasive Prion Disease: Chronic Wasting Disease Continues to Spread and Shows No Signs of Slowing (Issues Essay)
Sandra Haney, PrioNet Canada
Michelle Wong, PrioNet Canada
Lyanne Foster, Alberta Prion Research Institute

The Myriad Causes of Autism: Structural Variation is a Significant Contributor (Research Essay)
Rick J. Scavetta, The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology

Neuropathic Pain: Are You Too Sensitive? (Research Essay)
Sarah Hewitt, Mount Royal University

New Species Right Before Our Eyes: How Birdfeeders Can Influence Speciation (Research Essay)
Sarah Hewitt, Mount Royal University

Phytoremediation: Plants to the Rescue (Research Essay)
Sharon L. Gillies, University of the Fraser Valley

The Process of Science: Brain Food (Concept Essay)
Jay Ingram, Discovery Channel

Radioisotopic Imaging: Taking a Picture in order to See Clearly (Issues Essay)
Nathan Ackroyd, Mount Royal University

Remote Sensing: To Map or not to Map? Towards Characterizing the Distribution of Eastern Canada's Shallow Marine Vegetation from above the Sea Surface (Research Essay)
Patrick Gagnon, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Resistance to Antimalarial Drugs: Adaptive Evolution and Genetic Interactions (Research Essay)
Rick J. Scavetta, The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology

Seasonal Affective Disorder and Circadian Rhythms: Do You Get the Wintertime Blues? (Issues Essays)
Sarah Hewitt, Mount Royal University

Singulair Success: A Drug Discovery Classic (Issues Essay)
Alyson L. Kenward

Speciation and the Threespine Stickleback: The New Fishes of Paxton Lake (Issues Essay)
Joan Sharp, Simon Fraser University

Sustainable Agriculture: How Can We Eat without Wrecking the Place? (Issues Essay)
Brenda Frick, University of Saskatchewan

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