BDC Summit 2021 Media Review
Some of the faces from the 2021 Challenge…
Each student team engaged in live discussion about their projects with the judges. Watch the full discussions: Summit Day 1, Summit Day 2, Summit Day 3.
Here’s a snapshot of 2021 projects…
48 teams presented their projects at BDC 2021. To view all projects, visit the 2021 Participating Schools page.
Watch some of the inspiring 2021 student project videos…
Finalist teams produce a creative video to explain their project. Watch all the project videos on the 2021 Participating Schools pages.
Shell Decay - LASALLE College of the Arts
River Defenders - Ball State University
On Souls and Soil - Zurich University of the Arts
Re-Form - College for Creative Studies
Styromeal - University of Michigan
OLFi - Umeå Institute of Design
The BioCycles Project - RISD
Biotech Paletero Cart - Nest Makerspace
Operation Porifera - University of Southern California
Summit Presentation Highlights
Keynote Speaker | Dr. Janina Jeff
At BDC Summit 2021, population geneticist and science journalist Janina Jeff discussed how to make genetics education accessible to everyone.
Janina is the host of In Those Genes, a hip-hop inspired podcast that uses genetics to uncover the lost identities of African-descended Americans through the lens of black culture.
FIRESIDE CHAT | LISA MARGONELLI AND KATHY HIGH
Issues in Science and Technology editor-in-chief and author Lisa Margonelli interviewed Kathy High, a pioneer of biological and video art, about her extensive oeuvre focused on lab rats.
INTRODUCING THE FIRST BDC ALUMNI BOARD!
Biodesign Challenge has assembled our inaugural Alumni Board! We are happy to welcome nine talented alumni from a myriad of different disciplines, ages, and backgrounds.
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