{"id":9568,"date":"2024-04-26T08:23:32","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T13:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/?p=9568"},"modified":"2024-04-26T08:23:56","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T13:23:56","slug":"ibio-crowns-champion-in-illinois-biogeneius-challenge-student-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/ibio-crowns-champion-in-illinois-biogeneius-challenge-student-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"iBIO Crowns Champion in &#8220;Illinois BioGENEius Challenge&#8221; Student Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_9571\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9571\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9571\" src=\"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6782-300x252.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9571\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smriti Kumar, Adlai E. Stevenson High School<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Smriti Kumar, a student at Adlai E. Stevenson High School, has been named the champion of the Illinois BioGENEius Challenge! Kumar impressed the judges with her innovative research project titled &#8220;Strengthening Accuracy of Lung Cancer Diagnosis Through A Novel Ensemble Neural Network Method.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Jennifer Dawson from Wheeling High School also received recognition, taking home the first runner-up title for her project, &#8220;The Feasibility of Spider Web Biomimicry to Capture Potable Water From Fog.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Illinois BioGENEius Competition, hosted annually by the Illinois Biotechnology Innovation Organization (iBIO) and sponsored by Xeris Pharmaceuticals, provides a platform for aspiring young scientists to showcase their research prowess in biotechnology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;This competition offers a unique opportunity for students to be acknowledged for their exceptional work in biotech research,&#8221; said Ann Vogel, Senior Vice President of Charitable Programs at iBIO.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Kumar and Dawson&#8217;s dedication to scientific exploration has been rewarded with scholarships from iBIO, further supporting their journeys in the field of biotechnology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The 2024 edition of the competition, held at Fulton Labs, saw over 40 enthusiastic high school students from across Illinois present their original research projects to a panel of 20 industry judges.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-9568 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ibio.org\/ibio-crowns-champion-in-illinois-biogeneius-challenge-student-competition\/img_6622\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6622-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ibio.org\/ibio-crowns-champion-in-illinois-biogeneius-challenge-student-competition\/img_6641\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6641-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ibio.org\/ibio-crowns-champion-in-illinois-biogeneius-challenge-student-competition\/img_6646\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6646-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ibio.org\/ibio-crowns-champion-in-illinois-biogeneius-challenge-student-competition\/img_6782\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6782-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-9571\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-9571'>\n\t\t\t\tSmriti Kumar, Adlai E. Stevenson High School,\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ibio.org\/ibio-crowns-champion-in-illinois-biogeneius-challenge-student-competition\/img_6780\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6780-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-9570\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-9570'>\n\t\t\t\tJennifer Dawson, Wheeling High School \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ibio.org\/ibio-crowns-champion-in-illinois-biogeneius-challenge-student-competition\/img_6778\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ibio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6778-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smriti Kumar, a student at Adlai E. 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