Winners 2017

Thenth Annual European DNA Day Essay Contest for High School Students

The Winners have been selected!

The European Society of Human Genetics was delighted that students from 21 European countries submitted 244 essays this year. The evaluation was made involving 58 experts in the field, who selected the following 3 winners and 8 honourable mentions.

The names of the winners (and those who received commendation and honourable mentions) will be announced in front of more than 3.000 international scientists and doctors attending the European Human Genetics Conference in Copenhagen on May 30, 2017.

Winners, commendation as well as honourable mentions will receive a diploma within the next weeks. Acknowledgements will be sent to all submitters.

Andrea Caviglioli Teacher: Francesca Moro Liceo Statale Scientifico “Martin Luther King”, Genova, Italy Essay Title: CRISPR/Cas9: a challenging frontier View Essay
Jonas Cerneckis Teacher: Alyda Daulenskiene Vilnius Lyceum, Vilnius, Lithuania View Essay
Simone Cerrato Teacher: Nadia Sibona Liceo Scientifico Cocito, Alba, Italy Essay Title: CRISPR/CAS9 The new frontiers of gene editing View Essay
Laura Costa Teacher: Paula Castelhano Externato Cooperativo da Benedita, Benedita, Portugal View Essay
Shota Iasashvili Teacher: Dali Kanchaveli Tbilisi Public School 10, Tbilisi, Georgia View Essay
Louis Massey Teacher: Jonathan Hedwat Cheadle Hulme School, Cheadle, United Kingdom Essay Title: CRISPR: Technological Eden or false Utopia? View Essay
Milan Palikuca Teacher: Mila Jankovic Cheadle Hulme School, Cheadle, United Kingdom Essay Title: Genetic Engineering: A New Dawn has Arrived? View Essay
Sabina Vinkovic Gimnazija Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina View Essay

Are you one of the winners and there is no picture of you? Then send us your picture to:
contest@dnaday.eu

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.-
In addition, sponsoring teachers of first place students will receive EUR 800.- to organise a science project or to purchase classroom equipment

Special Commendation by the Jury: EUR 100.-
In addition, sponsoring teachers of first place students will receive EUR 500.- to organise a science project or to purchase classroom equipment

All participants will receive a certificate of appreciation for their participation in the contest.

The following question had to be answered:

CRISPR/CAS9 is a powerful new technology to change genetic material in all living material including humans, animals and plants. Explain how this technology works. Give your opinion what problems and opportunities this technology should be used for, and what potential uses should not be allowed. Explain why you would make these choices.