2011 Delaware BioGENEius Challenge

2011 Delaware BioGENEius winners

The 2011 Delaware BioGENEius Challenge judges selected 13 finalists from 40 competitors between the New Castle County Expo and the Sussex County Science Fair. The three Delaware winners competed in the U.S. National BioGENEius Challenge in Washington, D.C. Delaware Challenge winners included:

Pictured are, from left, Bansri Patel, Jaewoong Yoo, Priyen Patel, U.S. Sen. Chris Coons and Achille Tenkiang.

Pictured are, from left, Bansri Patel, Jaewoong Yoo, Priyen Patel, U.S. Sen. Chris Coons and Achille Tenkiang.

Winners:

  • Jaewoong Yoo, Charter School of Wilmington, Silence! Environment Affects the Efficiency of VIGS in N. benthamiana;
  • Achille Tenkiang, Charter School of Wilmington, Powering the Future: The Effects of Nitrate Concentration on Microbial Fuel Cells;
  • Priyen Patel, Sussex Technical High School, The Most Effective Filtration of Pharmaceuticals.

 
Honorable Mention

  • Bansri Patel, Sussex Technical High School, Degradation of Tricolsan: The Environmental Toxin?

 
Read more about the 2011 winners here.