The Biosciences Area partnered with Biotech Partners (BP) this summer by providing internships to 13 high school students. The mission of the non-profit Biotech Partners is to educate underserved youth in the Bay Area with personal, academic and professional development experiences that increase participation in higher education and access to fulfilling science careers.
The Biotech Partners interns from across the Bay area, 66 in total, presented their posters at a competition and celebration this past Saturday, August 13, at Berkeley High School.
There were two rounds of deliberations by the judges. After a first round of deliberations the judges narrowed it down to 16 finalists. Five Biosciences interns made it to the finalists round and for a second year in a row two students who interned at JBEI won awards. Ananda Brooks from the Feedstocks Division was awarded “Best Poster – Overall” and Emara Shabir, intern in the Fuels Synthesis Division, won “Most Educational Poster.” JBEI Communications and Outreach Manager Irina Silva was honored with the “Outstanding Partner Award.”
Congratulations to all BP students who interned in the Biosciences Area:
ABPDU, Biological System & Engineering Division
- Lily Dawson, Berkeley High School, mentor: Chyi-Shin Chen, Process Engineer
- Niland Schumacher, Oakland Technical High School (finalist), mentor: Qian He, Senior Research Associate
Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division
- Eliza Paneru, Berkeley High School (Finalist and honorable mention for “Most Educational Poster”), mentors: Susan Celniker, Biochemist Senior Scientist, and Bill Fisher, Sr. Research Associate
JBEI, Biological System & Engineering Division
- Ananda Brooks, Antioch High School (Best Poster), mentor: Tess Scavuzzo-Duggan, Graduate Student Research Assistant, Feedstocks Division
- Dominik Bodi, Oakland Technical High School, mentor: Ramana Pidatala, Research Associate, Feedstocks Division
- Emara Shabir, Berkeley High School (Most Educational Poster), mentor: David Ando, Post Doctoral Researcher, Fuels Synthesis Division
- Joshua Guiman, South San Francisco High School, mentor: Arthur Panganiban, Computer Systems Engineer, Operations
- Tuul Chuluunsukh, Berkeley High School (Finalist), mentor: Jesus Barajas, Post Doctoral Researcher, Fuels Synthesis Division
JGI (some intern photos available on Instagram)
- Alfredo Ochoa, Antioch High School, mentors: Sr. Research Associates Diane Bauer, Megan Kennedy and Jenifer Johnson
- Avery Deeff, Antioch High School, mentor: Doina Ciobanu, Sr. Research Associate
- David Romero, Antioch High School, mentors: Sr. Research Associates Diane Bauer, Megan Kennedy and Jenifer Johnson
- Kaushal Sharma, Antioch High School, mentor: TBK Reddy, Bioinformatics Systems Analyst
- Makaila Brindle, Antioch High School, mentors: Sr. Research Associates Liz Ryan and Yuko Yoshinaga
