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Article: Biotechnology Institute Promotes Student Interest In Life Sciences.
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- BIOWORLD Today
- Article date:
- November 3, 2009
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Washington Editor
ARLINGTON, Va. - Anyone who has attended an annual Biotechnology Industry Organization convention probably has heard talk about hefty monetary prizes awarded to high school students who demonstrate an understanding of biotechnology through science research projects.
Each year students across the nation are invited to compete in that prestigious science competition organized by the Biotechnology Institute, an Arlington-based educational group spun out of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) in 1998.
The competition, called the Aventis International BioGENEius Challenge, is one of several programs the institute uses to ...