The Student Bio Expo is a unique program that engages high school students in creative ways to demonstrate their understanding of the life sciences, and that connects them to scientists and resources in the community.
The 2010 Expo will be held May 24th, 2010
Meydenbauer Center, Bellevue, WA
Expo Volunteer Opportunities:
Judge Registration - Click here to sign up to be a Judge!
As an Expo judge you will connect with other science professionals, interview Expo students, and determine category winners! You will need to be available for an afternoon prejudging session and on the day of the Expo. Mentors are welcome to be judges in a category other than the one chosen by the mentee. For more information about being a judge, visit our Expo Judges page.
Student Project Reader Registration - Click here to sign up to be a Reader!
Read 3-4 student papers (5-10 pages each) and provide valuable feedback for students on paper format. This is a great volunteer opportunity for anyone with a good understanding of the written English language. You do not need to be a scientist!
Day of Event and other Volunteer Opportunities Registration Click here to sign up to be an Event Volunteer! Volunteers are needed to help collect student projects and redistribute them to judges as well as help staff the 2010 Expo and fundraising luncheon events on May 24, 2010. You do not need to have a science background to volunteer. For more information about volunteer opportunities, view our “volunteer opportunities” (coming soon).
Expo Students
Do you have questions about the different entry categories? Look at our category requirements pages for more information!
2009 Student Bio Expo Winners! NWABR announces the winners of the 2009 Student Bio Expo! This year, 360 students from 18 schools participated in our event. Over 250 volunteers from the scientific community served as judges and mentors to our students. Thank you to our sponsors - including Amgen, Biddle Consulting, McEachern Charitable Trust, Tulalip Tribes Charitable Fund and Seattle Biomedical Research Institute. Please visit our sponsor page for the complete listing of sponsors.
Maimuni Mohamed, Cleveland High School, Diabetes and Stem Cell Research
EXPO VIDEO
This short (6 minute) movie provides an overview of the Expo event, and features short interviews with students, mentor/advisors, judges, and event organizers.
I lean forward in my chair, deep in concentration. I can almost feel pieces of information flying through my brain; my brain is in overdrive trying to pin them down. Blood-brain barrier…protein-based drugs…petit mal…lamotrigine…What does it all mean? I’m slowly trying to tame this tempest of concepts I’m learning into something coherent. And I’m having the time of my life... Read about one student's Expo Experience...
The mission of the Student Biotech Expo is to promote an understanding of bioscience research among high school students. We provide access to scientific resources and engage students in new creative ways to demonstrate what they knowand are able to do within the disciplines of biotechnology and biomedicine. By connecting students, teachers, scientistsand the general public together, we strengthen our life sciences community.
