MdBio Foundation’s 2015/16 Year in Review
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MdBio Foundation Names Poolesville High School Senior as 2016 Maryland BioGENEius Finalist
MdBio Foundation today announced that Anantha Sriya Reddy, a Clarksburg, Md., resident and senior at Poolesville High School in Montgomery County, Md., is winner of the 2016 Maryland BioGENEius Challenge, the premier competition for high school students that recognizes outstanding research in biotechnology. As the Maryland BioGENEius finalist, Reddy will attend the 2016 BIO International Convention in San Francisco,…
DetailsFrom BioGENEius to the White House Science Fair
From whitehouse.gov: Teen Tackles Early Cancer Detection Neil Davey, 20, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, took on the study of cancer for his International BioGENEius Challenge project. Neil’s goal was to detect cancer early, when there are often more treatment options and better outcomes for cancer patients. His technique uses a combination of drop-based microfluidics and polymerase chain…
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This spring, MdBio Foundation is promoting two unique student competitions that bring STEM to students at a personal level and involve cash prizes and travel awards. The STEM Voice™ Video Competition is all about creativity: middle and high school students compete by developing 60-second videos about the importance of STEM or their STEM hero. MdBio Foundation is also accepting applications for the…
DetailsMama Let Your Baby Grow Up to be a Biotech Trucker
MdBio Foundation is hiring! We’re now accepting applications for our next mobile laboratory instructor. If you want to apply, please send your resume with a statement of qualifications. Position: Mobile Laboratory Instructor Position description The Mobile Laboratory Instructor is an enthusiastic individual who presents laboratory activities in a mobile laboratory for high school students and…
DetailsMdBio Foundation’s Holiday Schedule
Happy Holidays! MdBio Foundation’s office will be closed beginning December 25, 2015 and will reopen on January 4, 2016. Warm wishes to all and we hope to see you on the road in 2016!
DetailsMdBioLab Holiday Hits
MdBioLab Holiday Hits Make the holidays extra merry with these irresistibly fun hits from MdBioLab It’s science time in your city and now it’s easy to celebrate the holidays with all the popular Christmas and Hanukkah hits together on one playlist! This cheerful compilation features songs from legendary artists, including Madonna, Rocking Around the Centrifuge and Suga Lactenstein, Vortex,…
DetailsWashington Post Commentary: To build a STEM workforce, listen to the scientists
As published on washingtonpost.com by Bahia Jallal and Brian Gaines on June 29, 2015 Dina Link may not be a household name, but she holds one of the most important jobs in the American economy: high school science teacher. At Northwest High School in Germantown, Md., she helps mold the next generation of scientists so…
DetailsStudents from Clarksburg High School and University of Maryland Awarded Top Prizes in Maryland Innovate 4 Health Challenge
Winning Projects on Vaccinations and Preventing Pre-Diabetes in Children Honored by CHIDS, Maryland HealthTech Coalition and MdBio Foundation Anurudh Ganesan from Clarksburg High School in Montgomery County and Junaed Siddiqui, a Ph.D. student at the University of Maryland (UMD) were selected as winners of the Maryland Innovate 4 Health Challenge, which took place as part…
DetailsEast Regional Winners of the 2015 STEM Voice Video Competition Announced
The Coalition of State Bioscience Institutes (CSBI), a group of non-profits organized to advance education, entrepreneurship and STEM workforce development, announced the winners of the STEM Voice video competition in collaboration with MdBio Foundation (Rockville, MD,) EDUCATE Center of the iBIO Institute (Chicago, IL) and the Biocom Institute (San Diego CA). CSBI congratulates the East…
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