The Lethbridge hub of Farmer’s Edge Precision Consulting, a precision agriculture services firm, was named yesterday as an honoree in the Alberta Science and Technology Leadership Foundation awards.
Also named was Canadian Food Inspection Agency researcher Dr. Stephanie Czub. She is part of the Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency and is well known for research into BSE.
Igor Kovalchuk, a biological sciences professor at the University of Lethbridge, was selected to receive the Innovation in Agricultural Science award from the foundation. The researcher maintains a plant biotechnology lab, and studies about plant reaction to stress are among its projects.
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The ASTech Foundation was created to showcase science and technology achievements in Alberta.
Here is the full list of 2013 honorees:
– Aurorawatch.ca
– Matthew Benesch, University of Alberta
– Canada-Wide Science Fair Host Committee 2013
– Sheelagh Carpendale, University of Calgary
– Clearflow Enviro Systems Group
– Stefanie Czub, Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency Ltd.
– Megan Engel, University of Alberta
– Robert J. Fessenden, retired, Government of Alberta
– Enerkem Alberta Biofuels
– Farmers Edge Precision Consulting
– HiFi Engineering Inc
– iConnectivity
– Igor Kovalchuk, University of Lethbridge
– Susan Lees-Miller, University of Calgary
– Brij Maini, University of Calgary
– MRF Geosystems
– Randy Mikula, Kallium Research Inc.
– David Naylor, University of Lethbridge
– Orpyx Medical Technologies Inc.
– Pere Santamaria, University of Calgary
– Dean Spaner, University of Alberta
– Gregory Taylor, University of Alberta
– Ward of the 21st Century
