2006 sanofi-aventis international
BioGENEIus Challenge

April 8-10, 2006
Chicago, IL

Congratulations to the
2006 sanofi-aventis International BioGENEius Challenge finalists!

 

1st Place, $7,500.00:

John Zhou
Detroit Country Day School
Beverly Hills, MI

A Novel Pathogen Detecting Biosensor Using Synthesized Conducto-Magnetic Polymers as Nanowires

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2nd Place, $5,000.00:

Megan Fieser
Rockwood Summit High School
Fenton, MO

Determining if Argonate is Essential for the Process of RNA Interference in the Pathogenic Fungus Cryptococcus

 

 

3rd Place, $2,500.00:

Xin (Cindy) Wang
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Aurora, IL

nm2608A, a new naturally arising mouse model for human autosoomal recessive achromatopsia 2

 

 

4th Place , $1,000.00:

Tejal Naik
The Charter School of Wilmington
Wilmington, DE

Identification of a gene that blocks cancer cell metastasis

 

Other finalists were:

Michael Blazar
Breck School, Golden Valley, MN
Critical regulation of Thymic Epithelial Cell Function and Thymus Development by Transforming Growth Factor-Beta Signaling

Lecia Ashanna Moya Brown
Suncoast Community High School, Riviera Beach, FL
Asthmatic Inhibition: Co localiztion and Interaction of Biomolecules RGS12 and CREB

Malari Coburn
Airline High School, Bossier City, LA
The Tropical ginger compund, 1'-acetoxychavicol acetate (ACA), blocks invasion of breast cancer cells in vitro

Lynda Kong
Fort Richmond Collegiate, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Transcriptional Regulation of Death Genes in Hypoxia
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Sohini Sircar
Maggie L. Walker Governor's School, Richmond, VA
Functional conservation of telomerase: from fish to humans

Subha Subramanian
Iowa City West High, Iowa City, IA
Miracle Cells: From Fibroblast to Pluripotent Stem Cell

Khoa Tran
High Tech High, San Diego, CA
DNA Barcoding and Bushmeat: Sequencing Cytochrome c Oxidase Subunit I from Beef Jerky Specimen for the Potential of Species Identifcation of Unknown Dried Tissue Specimens

Jillian Wang
Paul Laurence Dunbar High, Lexington, KY
Mechanistic Insights into Oxidative Stress Induced Gene Mutations
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Bo (Connie) Zhang
Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, MO
The Role of SDF-1-CXCR4 Signaling in Macrophages