2022 Contest

The 10th Annual Genes and Health Contest

UM GIDAS

 

Awards

All Round Scholar:

Underclassmen

1st: Tanya Vidhun

2nd: Agalya Ramkumar

3rd: Yastika Singh

Upperclassmen

1st: (Tie) Kartikeya Nukala, Diya Ramesh

2nd: Annaka Saffron

3rd: Rebecca Wang

Conceptual Session:

Underclassmen

1st: Joelle Kim

2nd: Anusha Reddy

3rd: Sophie Cai

Upperclassmen

1st: Ashi Jain

2nd: (Tie) Kartikeya Nukala, Dhivya Bala

3rd: Aditi Ganesan

Computational Prizes:

Underclassmen

1st: Krithvi Rayarapu

2nd: Derek Ryan

3rd: Srinidhi Valathappan

Upperclassmen

1st: Niheer Patel

2nd: Jibiana Jakpor

3rd: Jasmine Wisniewski

Honorable Mentions

Intron Award: Rebecca Wang

UTR Award: Sophie Cai

Presentation Masters!

DNA Room

Group 21 – “Why Tiramisu is the Best Dessert”

RNA Room

Group 20 – “A Day in the Life of a Michigander”

 GIDAS Club Awards

Best Performing GIDAS

Pioneer High, MI

Most Attending GIDAS

Detroit Country Day School, MI

Pioneer High, MI

Basis Independent Silicon Valley, CA

Strong Newer

BASIS Independent Silicon Valley, CA

William Mason High, OH

Brookwood High, GA

HH. Dow High, MI

New GIDAS Recognition

The Roeper School, MI

South Lyon East High, MI

Arnold O Beckman High, CA

Buchholz High, FL

Del Norte High, CA

COMPETITORS: High school students who love computers and biology or who are interested in engineering and medical field or who enjoys challenging problems. High school GIDAS members.

DATE: Saturday, Februaray 5, 2022

TIME: 2 – 5 pm

LOCATION: Online

Registration

 

FEE: Free

Donations (any amount) are welcome

– check payable to “miRcore”

and send it to 1100 North Main St. Ste 211, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

or




SUBJECTS:

Genes and Mental Illness; COVID-19 vaccine

STUDY MATERIALS:

HERE

GENERAL CONTEST FORMAT:
Session 1: Multiple choice test (50% of the total score toward All round scholar, UTR, Intron awards)
Session 2: Computational research (50% of the total score toward All round scholar, UTR, Intron awards)
Session 3: Random short presentations

 

ADVANCED CONTEST FORMAT (R programming questions included):
Session 1: Multiple choice test (40% of the total score toward All round scholar, UTR, Intron awards)
Session 2: Computational research (60% of the total score toward All round scholar, UTR, Intron awards)
Session 3: Random short presentations

 

PURPOSE: To familiarize students with functional genomics, help them understand diseases in terms of genes and environmental networks, and participate in computational biology research.

AWARD: There will be cash prizes for the contest winners and raffle winners. Award ceremony follows the competition and talent show.

PARENTS: are welcome to attend any of the events (see parent sessions for more information).

SPONSOR:

 

For those who do not feel prepared for this contest:

Participation will broaden your perspective on the emerging field of medical genomics. You become familiar with key elements of genomics and learn how to access freely available resources which can lead to cures. In short, the contest itself is a learning opportunity.

Do you have talent to show? Share your talent with others while we are summing up results.

You may even win a prize! (either contest or raffle)

Program

2:00 – 2:05 pm Sign-in time
2:05 – 2:10 pm Opening remarks
2:10 – 2:50 pm Conceptual test
2:50 – 3:05 pm Break
3:05 – 3:45 pm Computational test
3:45 – 4:00 pm Break
4:00 – 4:30 pm Presentation ‘Night’
4:30 – 5:00 pm Results

Previous Year’s winners:

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017