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Congratulations to our 2022 BioGENEius Winner! One winner was selected to represent Delaware at the June BIO International Convention in San Diego, California.
Delaware BioGENEius Challenge Finalists:
Paraskevi Kontomaris, Charter School of Wilmington “The Effectiveness of Volatile Organic Compounds of the Growth of Trifolium pratense and Trifolium incarnatum”
Ram Gudimetla, Charter School of Wilmington, “Web-app based diagnosis of pigmented skin lesions using Convolutional Neural Networks”
Molly Dopler, Sussex Technical High School, “Comparison of Atmospheric Carbon Capture by Common Crops”
Amin Boukari, Caesar Rodney High School, “Machine Learning for Spectral Identification of Bacteria”
Isha Kanchana, Newark Charter School, “AI Based Automated Algorithm to Measure Bacterial Type IV Pili Amount and Length”
Kareem Boukari, Caesar Rodney High School, “Machine Learning for Improving Crop Health”
Delaware BioGENEius Challenge Winner:
Isha Kanchana, Newark Charter School, “AI Based Automated Algorithm to Measure Bacterial Type IV Pili Amount and Length”
Excellence in Biotech Research Awards:
Excellence in Medical Biotech Research: Amin Boukari, Caesar Rodney High School, “Machine Learning for Spectral Identification of Bacteria”
Excellence in Industrial/Environmental Biotech Research: Molly Dopler, Sussex Technical High School, “Comparison of Atmospheric Carbon Capture by Common Crops”
Excellence in Agricultural Biotech Research: Paraskevi Kontomaris, Charter School of Wilmington “The Effectiveness of Volatile Organic Compounds of the Growth of Trifolium pratense and Trifolium incarnatum”
Teacher Recognition Awardees:
Melanie Mundell, Newark Charter School
Michele Thomas, Sussex Technical High School
Kendra Dechenes, Caesar Rodney High School
Rose Lounsbury, Charter School of Wilmington