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BioMedizone strives to provide students with access to biomedical research and education through webinars, research internships, a catalog of self-paced courses, research competitions, mentorship programs, passion projects, career guidance, and collaborations with corporate companies. |
Member Accomplishments
BioMedizone has had its fair share of accomplishments this month, but our members have made their own educational, professional, and personal accomplishments this month! |
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Geethika Premkumar, Director of Software Development
Geethika won 1st place at the NJ State HOSA Conference for Medical Terminology! She'll be heading to the international conference in Nashville, TN this summer! Congrats Geethika!
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Ritika Jayaprakash, Researcher
Ritika gave a Tedx Talk on Psoriasis, a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by thick, scaly patches of skin. Way to go Ritika!
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Deniz Aydin, BioMedizone Turkey President
Deniz and her BioMedizone Turkey team have organized a donation tour to Down Syndrome Cafe in Istanbul with our school. They have supported people working there for education and life expenses of people with down syndrome. Well done Deniz and BioMedizone Turkey team!
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April 2025 Accomplishments
We're having a great month! Check out our accomplishments below. |
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BioMedizone Houston's MD Anderson Tour
Houston BioMedizone went on a tour to MD Andersonβs Proton Therapy Center on April 19th. They were led by Dr. Steve Frank who is a practicing physician there. Way to go BioMedizone Houston!
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Fair Lawn HS Chapter SUCCESS
Fair Lawn HS has had a great month!
They held a Qdoba Fundraiser earning over $900 towards CPR certification for the group.
Fair Lawn HS also held a care package donation drive for people from their high school to donate gently used materials for children at local hospitals, such as books, stickers, crayons, and puzzles.
Finally, they attended a health fair and spread awareness on St. Joseph's Health initiatives.
Awesome work Fair Lawn HS!
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BioMedizone North Texas Virtual Meeting
BioMedizone North Texas had a virtual zoom call event where we had a few doctors and local educators join from the area to educate and teach kids about basic medical stuff they need to know, such as basic life support techniques that can be useful in the future. Each student that joined and stayed got a volunteer hour.
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BioMedizone Events for 2025
π April 9th, 2025: AI in Medicine Research Competition
In our collaboration with the Undergraduate Research in Natural and Clinical Science and Technology Journal (URNCST), we are hosting an AI in Medicine Research Competition, in which the top 5 research abstracts will be published in URNCST. The First Place team will get a Patch News article feature. Sign up link posted below!
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π¨ββοΈJune 2025: Camp Biomed
Back for our 3rd year, in 2025 BioMedizone will host its biggest ever Camp Biomed. With new speakers, topics, virtual labs, and more, students will have opportunities like never before.
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π΅π»ββοΈ August 2025: Coming Soon!
Check back in the coming months for more updates!
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Research at BioMedizone
BioMedizone's Journal for Kinesiology April 2025 Edition is officially published! Click on the journal cover to read it.
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Breaking News in Biomedicine April 2025
- Brain Tumor Research: Scientists have identified a distinct population of immune cells that support the growth of aggressive glioblastomas. Using spatial genomics, they discovered a symbiotic relationship between glioblastoma stem cells and immunosuppressive myeloid-derived suppressor cells.
- AI in Cardiology: Artificial intelligence has proven to be significantly better at analyzing long-term ECG recordings compared to technicians. A study revealed that AI missed severe arrhythmias in only 0.3% of cases, compared to 4.4% by human technicians.
- Radiation Therapy Innovation: Researchers have developed a method inspired by tardigrades to protect healthy cells during radiation therapy. By delivering a protein called Dsup via nanoparticles, they successfully reduced DNA damage in healthy tissues.
Open Positions at BioMedizone
- Researcher: Create monthly research papers based on research topics and be featured on our socials and get published in our monthly research journals, gain access to various virtual labs to enhance your learning and research process, offered multiple revisions for your paper by our skilled research directors
- Outreach/Graphic Design: Create social media posts, reels, videos, etc. to help us promote our cause; make TikToks and instagram reels to expand our reach
- Co-Director of Software Development: Support and manage software interns to create biomedical games and AI-driven tools
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