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BioMedizone Newsletter |
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August 2024 |
BioMedizone
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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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Hiba Sheikh, Director of Outreach
Hiba obtained the Gold Award from her Girls Scouts community for her project on spreading awareness of International Humanitarian Law in war zones. Congrats Hiba!
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Sabiha Zareen, Co-Director of Cell Biology
Sabiha became the president of her high school's student council. Congratulations Sabiha!
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Husna Irfan Thalib, Co-Director of Psychology
Husna was awarded the 2nd prize along with a 1000 SAR ($266 USD) award for her research poster presentation at a National Level Genetic Medicine Conference. Congratulations Husna!
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BioMedizone Accomplishments
BioMedizone has done some really great things this month! Check out our monthly accomplishments below. |
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BioMedizone's 2 Year Anniversary
On August 10, BioMedizone celebrated its 2 year anniversary!
In the last 2 years, BioMedizone grew from a team of 10 people to a team of nearly 180.
We've added 5 new departments and impacted over 10K students in 30+ countries.
Thank you for your continued support!
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BioMedizone Jamaica's Virtual Webinar
BioMedizone Jamaica was proud to represent BioMedizone at the Opportunity X Summer Camp, where they discussed the mechanics of water, chemical color manipulation, strawberry DNA, and homemade shaken ice cream. Well done BioMedizone Jamaica!
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BioMedizone NC's Virtual Summer Camp
BioMedizone NC hosted a week long virtual summer camp on medicine, inviting 15-20 students from around NC to hear from professors from East Carolina University. Well done BioMedizone NC!
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🧬 Camp Biomed 2024 🧬
Camp Biomed was an astounding success this year!
300+ students from 30+ countries
Dr. Brendan Parent
Dr. Brendan Parent from NYU Langone and Grossman School of Medicine spoke about medical ethics and organ transplantation in an engaging discussion.
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Dr. Priyanka Porwal
Dr. Priyanka Porwal spoke about medical writing and research to help students form their capstone ideas.
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Mr. Manoj Ghosh
Mr. Ghosh came to speak to us about public health and homeopathy and how students can perform research in the field of epidemiology.
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Dr. Marina Cordeiro
Dr. Marina Cordeiro joined us for a discussion about precision medicine and its rising use today. She discussed the gut microbiome and genomics.
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Dr. Manzoor Ahkeel
Dr. Manzoor Ahkeel spoke to Camp Biomed about gene therapy and its numerous uses in biotechnology and medicine in modern healthcare.
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Ms. Megan Parish
Ms. Megan Parish, PhD candidate at the University of Birmingham, spoke about bioinformatics and her research in the realm of cancer genomics.
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Ms. Marie Kimaz
Ms. Marie Kimaz, biotechnologist, gave a talk about biotechnology's practical uses and the types of biotechnology in development.
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Dr. Jenny Bloodgood
Dr. Jenny Bloodgood, professor at Cornell Univesrity, spoke about veterinary sciences and wildlife preservation.
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Dr. Rohit Kapoor
Dr. Rohit Kapoor, hemato-oncologist, spoke about hematology and its prevalence in pediatric health. He spoke about blood anatomy and hematologic research.
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Mr. Njeodo Vigny
Mr. Njeodo Vigny, PhD candidate at the University of Beau, spoke about chemical pathology and its applications in modern science and healthcare.
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Ms. Tanya Ambrose
Ms. Tanya Ambrose, MPH student, talked to students about women's health, reproductive rights, gynecology, and obstetrics.
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Sariya Khan, Rida Shakeel, Sohaib Chaudhry
Sariya, Rida, and Sohaib gave talks on their experience in research. All 3 are international medical students.
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BioMedizone Events
💉 Past Event: Research Competition
In August, we held an Immunology Research Competition, which had over 80 participants! We read a lot of amazing research papers about the potential implications on shifting from vaccines to targeted therapies.
Results will be posted the week of 9/9!
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👨⚕️ Upcoming Event:
Webinar Series
In September, we will have a 2 day medical webinar series for the pathway to med school.
Day 1 will consist of a pre-med student speaking about what to do in high school to become a doctor and Day 2 will be intended for current college students who are planning on attending med school!
Nevertheless, the webinars are open to all audiences.
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🕵🏻♀️ Upcoming Event:
Murder Mystery
In October, since it's the month of Halloween, we are going to have a Forensics/Pathology Murder Mystery Event!
We will have professionals in forensics/pathology present a case and participants will utilize forensics principles to create a hypothesis and other findings.
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🔬 Immunology Research Competition Pictures 🔬
Research at BioMedizone
BioMedizone's Journal for Forensic Pathology August 2024 Edition is officially published! Click on the journal cover to read it.
Our Top Researchers This Month: Umaima Khan, Rishima Bolia, and Ammarah Naseer
Breaking News in Biomedicine August 2024
- Researchers are teaching AI about frustration in protein folding at Rice University. Recent AI technology is able to predict what proteins look like in their resting state, but figuring out their movement has been difficult... until now.
- Lecanemab (Leqembi) received full FDA approval. This drug removes amyloid plaques in the brain and has been shown to slow cognitive decline by about 30% over 18 months
- A new pill for postpartum depression has been approved, offering a more convenient treatment option compared to the previous 60-hour intravenous infusion
New Neuroscience Internship!
This 10-week internship provides an overview of various biopsychological and neurological disorders, exploring their diagnostic criteria, symptoms, and underlying neurobiological mechanism. Each week, students in the course focus on different disorders, including mood, anxiety and neurodevelopmental disorders. Students will work closely with a premedical UC Davis College student, through a span of 3 consecutive months.
Start Date: Sept 28, 2024, meetings every friday
Application link and details will be released by September 6th on our Instagram page and website! Stay Tuned for more!
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
- Course Director: Lead and create a course of your choosing for BioMedizone. You can choose between surgery, clinical skills, gastroenterology, psychology, and biomedical programming.
- Course Intern: Assist the course director in creating the course of your choosing. We have multiple openings for this position.
- Grant Writer: Assist BioMedizone by helping create a financial backing for all our events and initiatives. Create grant applications and reach out to companies for sponsorships.
- Software Developer/SWE Intern: You can either assist with a long-term project (software developer) or offer your expertise for a short term project (SWE intern). In both of these roles, you will be collaborating with others with varying backgrounds and skillsets to create and code medical games, apps, and other digital tools that will be useful for STEM learning.
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Made with ❤️ by Aarohi Salaria, Samyukth Vijay, and Anvi Palav
BioMedizone is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with EIN 81-1543325
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