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High school Biobuilders club presents novel gene-research project and conference awards
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Students from Oyster River High School’s Biobuilders club presented original biotechnology research using planaria models, described imaging and mentorship partnerships with UNH and MIT-area labs, and said they plan to publish and continue the program next year.
Oyster River High School students told the school board on Nov. 19 that their Biobuilders club has produced novel laboratory research and presented it at university-level conferences.
Dr. Thompson introduced the team and said the club is part of the Biobuilder network. Students Juliana, Anya Shoua, Lauren Pang and Felix Scarlet described a year-long project in collaboration with researchers at UNH Manchester that used planaria (flatworms) to study a gene the students said is implicated in roughly 15% of cases of a lethal genetic disease. The…
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