DNA-DAY 2008 - Winners

First Annual European DNA Day Essay Contest
for High School Students
 

A total of 118 essays from 8 countries were received. The evaluation was made involving the National Societies of Human Genetics of the submitting countries as well as the ESHG Education Committee, who selected the following 3 winners.

Dear Dorota,
Dear Dimitrije,
Dear Giovanni,

On behalf of the European Society of Human Genetics, I would like to congratulate you and your teacher, for winning a prize of the Society for the European DNA day 2008.

Your essay has impressed the members of the jury based on its originality, its scientific content and the fact that you expressed so clearly your views on genetics and DNA. It is clear that you have an eager mind and good writing skills.

We do hope that your interest in genetics and DNA will continue to grow over the years and that you will continue to follow the developments in the field, which continue to be quite spectacular.

Thank you for participating in the contest. We wish you all the best in your future studies.

Sincerely yours,

Professor Jean-Jacques Cassiman
President of the ESHG

If you could be a human genetics researcher, what would you study and why?

by Dorota Dziewońska,
from Krakow, Poland, born on 07.06.1991
(304 points)

Teacher
Renata Bielecka
School: II LO im. Króla Jana III Sobieskiego, Krakow

If you could be a human genetics researcher, what would you study and why?

by Dimitrije Cvetković,
from Belgrade, Serbia, born on 1.1.1992
(292 points)

Teacher
Radica Avramov
School: III Beogradska Gimnazija, Belgrade

If you could be a human genetics researcher, what would you study and why?

by Giovanni Luca Maglione,
from Genova, Italy, born on27.04.1991
(286 points)

Teacher
Laura Viale
School: Istituto M.Champagnat, Genova

First Place Winner: EUR 300.-
In addition, sponsoring teachers of first place students will receive EUR 1.000.- to organise a science project or to purchase classroom equipment.

Second Place Winner: EUR 200.-
Teachers of second place students win EUR 800.- to organise a science project or to purchase classroom equipment

Third Place Winner: EUR 100.-
Teachers of third place students win EUR 500.- to organise a science project or to purchase classroom equipment