BioGENEius Award Alumni Update: Tejal U. Naik
By Tejal U. Naik, Participant, International BioGENEius Challenge BioGENEius is the premier competition for high school students that recognizes outstanding research in biotechnology. For me, this was...
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Brazil Reaches Beyond Borders to Strengthen STEM Education
The Brazilian government has set an aggressive goal: To train 101,000 Brazilian students and researchers in top universities worldwide in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields by...
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Vertex Scientist Inspires Students with Aha! Moments
As a senior research scientist in protein biochemistry at Vertex, Bryan Vought, PhD, can measure his career as a series of ‘aha moments.’ Bryan Vought, PhD, in a teaching lab with students. “What is...
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Amgen Hosts Science without Borders Students
This year, Amgen is hosting six Science without Borders undergraduate interns at its Thousand Oaks, California headquarters. From left, Israel Matos, Dayanne Castro, Felipe Coelho, Marina Santos,...
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Southern California Biotech Magnet School will Prepare Next Gen Workforce
Despite increasing global competition, the United States remains the most innovative country on the planet. This competition, of course, is good because it means education and research are growing in...
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STEM Education Aimed at Girls
We write a fair bit about STEM education here at BIOtechNOW, so I was a bit surprised to come across a word I’d never heard before. STEMinists may be a made-up word, but it’s still a good one. In case...
View ArticleThe BioGENEius Challenge is a Keystone Event at the BIO International Convention
Part Two: A Look Forward Read part one of Robert’s story Enabling future biotechnology leaders The primary success of the BioGENEius Challenge is bringing biotechnology into the schools of our...
View ArticleBioGENEius Challenge: The Very Real Students of BIO
With the 2013 BioGENEius Challenge underway, we’ll soon find out who will be one of the new young leaders in the biotechnology industry. With younger generations growing increasingly civic minded and...
View ArticleNatalie Ng wins the International BioGENEius Challenge
Today, Cupertino Junior Natalie Ng won the International BioGENEius Challenge, the premier competition for high school students that recognizes outstanding research in biotechnology. Natalie’s research...
View ArticleBioGENEius – From Student Participant to Judge
It’s been two years since I participated as a student in BioGENEius. Last year I presented my work at the White House Science Fair and now I am privileged to attend BioGENEius 2013 as a judge....
View ArticleFrom Participant to Judge in the International BioGENEius Challenge
My name is Sagar Rambhia, and I participated in the 2011 International BioGENEius Challenge. Three years later, I have come back to be a judge at the 2014 International BioGENEius Challenge. I am 19...
View ArticleTurning the Tide on STEM Education
According to the US Department of Education, only 16 percent of American high school seniors are proficient in mathematics and interested in a career in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Math...
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Back to School: Consider a STEM Career
With school resuming for many throughout the country this week, one question that may be on a lot of students’ minds (not to mention their parents) is how to ensure their education best prepares them...
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STEM Career Symposium Coming to Maryland
The Tech Council of Maryland and MdBio Foundation will soon be hosting a symposium for students typically underrepresented in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields. The ATLAS...
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