TBC2023 Poster Competition Winners

Congratulations to all of the TBC2023 participants and winners across all categories. Here we highlight the first-place winners in each category to serve as an inspiration for future contest participants:

Agricultural Biotechnology

Intermediate (Grades 9-10)

• Alicia Castellon, Sheldon High School (Elk Grove), “Indoor Vertical Farming”

Senior (Grades 11-12)

• Christopher Haddad, Christian Brothers High School (Sacramento), “Aquaponics: Are Fish the Future of Farming?”
• Emma Lam, Pleasant Grove High School (Elk Grove), “Integrating Bees Back into Agricultural Methods”

Biomanufacturing / Subcategory in Cellular Agriculture

Intermediate (Grades 9-10)

• Kelly Nguyen, Sheldon High School (Elk Grove), “The Likelihood of Cultured Meat in Everyday Life”

Senior (Grades 11-12)

• Ashleigh Lecitona, Sheldon High School (Elk Grove), “Breast Believe: Using Modern Biotechnology to Eliminate the Shortage of Infant Formula”

Biomanufacturing / Subcategory in Biopharma

Intermediate (Grades 9-10)

• Dolly Ho, Sheldon High School (Elk Grove), “Vabysmo - To See the Future: A Real-Life Application of Biotechnology in the Eyes”

Senior (Grades 11-12)

• Nishka Modi, Folsom High School (Folsom), “One Stroke at a Time Cure HIV with ART”

Computational Biology & Genomics

Intermediate (Grades 9-10)

• Nouvel Virtusio, Sheldon High School (Elk Grove), “Reviving Our Woolly Friend Using the Power of Genome Sequencing”

Senior (11-12)

• Sanjana Bajaj, The Quarry Lane School (Dublin), “Predicting mRNA Degradation in Vaccines”
• Sucheer Maddury, Polygence Research Academy, “A Signal Processing Procedure for Early Huntington’s Disease Prognosis”

Environmental Biotechnology & Planetary Health

Intermediate (Grades 9-10)

• Phuc Dang, Sheldon High School (Elk Grove), “For a Greener Future: Genetically Modified Trees”
• Matthew Yang, Sheldon High School (Elk Grove), "Cleaning Up Our Act: Bioremediation for a Cleaner, Healthier Planet”

Senior (Grades 11-12)

• Caitlyn Hoang, Pleasant Grove High School (Elk Grove), “Phytoremediation: Engineering Plants to Clean the Environment”
• Harmoni La, Pleasant Grove High School (Elk Grove), "Phytoremediation and Its Benefits”

Molecular Tools: Nanobiotechnology, Synthetic Biology & Genetic Engineering

Intermediate (Grades 9-10)

• Alana Le, Sheldon High School (Elk Grove), “An Allergen-Free Kitty”
• Princeton Ly, Sheldon High School (Elk Grove), “What's Next with Microbots?”

Senior (Grades 11-12)

• Prajanya Kannan, The Quarry Lane School (Dublin), “Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery: The Tiny Wonders Transforming Medicine”
• Finna Wang, The Quarry Lane School (Dublin), “CAR-T Cell Therapy”
• Bahar Zahir, Sheldon High School (Elk Grove), “Liposomes: Versatile Drug Delivery Vehicles”

Regenerative Medicine & Biomedical Engineering

Intermediate (Grades 9-10)

• Lekha Anand, Amador Valley High School (Pleasanton), “Stem Cells: Repair, Restore, Regenerate”

Senior (Grades 11-12)

• Erika Young, Pleasant Grove High School (Elk Grove), “Technologizing Tissue”
• Jia Li Zhou, Sheldon High School (Elk Grove), “Using Biotechnology to Restore Sight: Bionic Eye and Artificial Lenses”