SCHEDULE

RULES

Teams:  Ideal team size is 4.

Data: Data sets used need to be public. Either data needs to be available for use on public domain, legal to use, or teams must disclose the use of their own data.

Submitting Projects: On Sunday, by 3pm, teams should email to Felicia New the following:

1. team name

2. team photo

3. short description of project

4. presentation

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Final Presentations: Projects will be showcased on Sunday. Teams will present their projects to the judges and all participants. Each team will have 5 minutes plus 2 minutes for Q&A (judges only).

Human health

Do certain organisms or genes protect against infection or inflammation?

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Can you identify dysfunctional biological pathways in patients?

Probiotics

How do probiotics work?

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Can we predict how well a probiotic will work?

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How can we expand the probiotic toolkit?

Engineering

Create self-monitoring microbiome technologies

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Can you identify targets for genetic engineering to modify biological activity?

Environment

Can you design probiotics to replace antibiotic use in agriculture?

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Can you identify new biosynthetic genes for industrial/health applications from environmental samples?

JUDGING CATEGORIES

PRIZES

$200 for the top team per category 

Most Creative Scientific Question

Best Data

Visualization

Best Analysis

Most Creative Use of Methods

Best Presentation