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…
DetailsThis 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…
DetailsMdBio 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…
DetailsHappy 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 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,…
DetailsAs 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…
DetailsWinning 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…
DetailsThe 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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Felicia Wang Advances to Philadelphia to Compete Against Top Students From Across the Nation and Canada MdBio Foundation named Felicia Wang, an Ellicott City resident and junior at Centennial High School in Howard County, the winner of the 2015 Maryland BioGENEius Challenge, the premier competition for high school students that recognizes outstanding research in biotechnology.…
DetailsCongratulations to the high school student teams from Montgomery, Howard and Prince George’s counties, plus students representing the University of Maryland and Prince George’s Community College, for being named finalists in the Maryland Innovate 4 Health Challenge. The Innovate 4 Health Challenge is a competition in which teams, made up of high school and college students, develop solutions…
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