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BioGENEius Challenge
IMPORTANT Notice: There is no set plan for the international competition, run by the Biotechnology Institute. That said, Georgia Life Sciences is committed to holding a statewide local competition, April 4, 2025 during the Georgia Science and Engineering Fair to be held in Athens, GA.
An original independent science research competition. The BioGENEius Challenge is the most prestigious high school science competition in the world for original research in biotechnology.
How to Participate
For more information about the Georgia BioGENEius Challenge, contact Megan Heaphy, mheaphy@galifesciences.org..
Past Winners
List of Services
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2021List Item 1
Winner: Priya Soneji, Milton High School: "Autonomously Tracking Organisms in Three Axes at Microscopic Resolution"
Runner-Up: Asmi Kumar, Milton High School: "FollowMe: AI to Revolutionize Cortical Visual
Impairment Therapy"
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2020List Item 2
Winner: Shreya Ramesh, Milton High School: “Identification of Auditory Biomarkers for Neurological Disorders”
*Shreya advanced to win the top prize at the International BioGENEius competition.
Runner-Up: Krish Wadhwani, Denmark High School: “Broadening the Scope of Synthetic Antibody Mimics: Dementia Target-Based Novelty Solution System”
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2019List Item 3
Winner: Ananya Ganesh, The Westminster Schools: “A Novel Approach to Assessment and
Classification of Pulmonary Function in Early Onset Scoliosis”
*Ananya advanced to win the GenePool Competition at International BioGENEius.
Runner-Up: Nicole Frey, Paulding County High School: “Cloning of Serratia marcescens chiA gene as a Biocontrol Alternative for Plants Targeted by Pathogenic Fungi”
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2018List Item 4
Suraj Modi, Mountain View High School: “A Rapid Prediction Method for Epileptic Seizures Using Machine Learning Algorithms”
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2017
Winner: Tejas Athni, Stratford Academy: “A Novel Potential Treatment Option Targeting the
Proliferation of Patient-Derived Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) Brain Tumor Cells and U-87 MG Cell Line Using Bacopa monnieri”
Runner-Up: Marissa McDonald, Union Grove High School: “Galectin-4 and Function of N- and CTerminal Domains in Immunity”
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2016
Winner: Simran Modi, Gwinnett School of Math, Science, & Technology: “Novel Machine Learning Algorithms for Early Diagnosis of Melanoma”
Runner-Up: Christine Liu, The Westminster School: “Application of a Machine Learning Logistic Regression Algorithm in a Classification Model to Predict Epileptic Seizures
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