SCHEDULE
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Friday, March 13
5 PM - Welcome and opening remarks: Ilana Brito
5:30 PM - Team leaders present
6 PM - Dinner and team formation
7 PM - Check-in
Saturday, March 14
8 AM - Breakfast
9 AM - Microbiome Talk
12 PM - Lunch served
2 PM - Microbiome Talk
5 PM - Check-in
6 PM - Dinner served
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Sunday, March 15
8 AM - Breakfast served
9 AM - Check-in
12 PM - Lunch served
3 PM - Final presentations
4 PM - Awards
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