❓ The Premier acknowledges and celebrates the achievements of two WA students in the International BioGENEius Challenge, highlighting their research and the strength of WA's education system and biotechnology sector.
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INTERNATIONAL BIOGENEIUS CHALLENGE
Can the Premier inform the house about Western Australia’s participation in the International BioGENEius Challenge? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
Can the Premier inform the house about Western Australia’s participation in the International BioGENEius Challenge? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
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I thank the member for the question. I will inform the house about a very great achievement by two young Western Australians. I was hoping to be in San Diego for the US BIO Conference, but other events have meant that I was unable to go, as members would appreciate. Nevertheless, it is very important that we show our support for Western Australia’s biotechnology industry and the young people who are coming through this industry, as they are the future of the Western Australian economy. Two brilliant Western Australians were part of the International BioGENEius Challenge. Overnight in San Diego at the world’s biggest biotechnology conference, two Western Australian students won prizes in the sanofi-aventis International BioGENEius Challenge. I put on the record our congratulations to them. Oliver Tester, a student at Murdoch College, was awarded third place, and Bindhu Holavanahalli, a former student of Shenton College who is now studying medicine at the University of Western Australia, was awarded fourth place. This is the biggest biotechnology conference in the world and these two students from Western Australia came third and fourth in this international competition. It is a brilliant achievement in my eyes. The BioGENEius Challenge is an international competition for the brightest high school students in the world who are doing outstanding biotechnology research. Bindhu and Oliver were competing against the best and brightest students from America, Canada and elsewhere. Western Australia was the first region outside North America to join the challenge in 2007, making it a truly international competition. The prizes are a great endorsement of their hard work and creativity, and say something about our education system in Western Australia, both government and non-government. As I said, the students were from Murdoch College and Shenton College. It is great to note their research focus on agricultural biotechnology, which obviously has great application in Western Australia. Oliver established a test that will help to quickly identify clover varieties that contain high levels of oestrogen, which can lead to clover disease in sheep. His research has improved the test’s accuracy and reduced the time taken to carry out the test to only two days, saving six weeks. He was mentored by Adjunct Associate Professor Chris Florides, managing director of Saturn Biotech Ltd based at the Western Australian State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre at Murdoch University. Bindhu used cutting edge GeneChip technology to understand how sulphur dioxide affects table grapes. Sulphur dioxide is used to give grapes a longer shelf life but her research found that it also increases the production of antioxidants, giving greater nutritional value to the consumer. Her research now means that testing can begin on natural alternatives to current sulphur dioxide treatments on grapes and other food crops for an even healthier outcome for the consumer. Bindhu was mentored by Dr Aneta Ivanova, a researcher at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Energy Biology in Western Australia. As I said, their achievements speak volumes for the quality and brilliance of our education system, our educators and our students.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for the question. I will inform the house about a very great achievement by two young Western Australians. I was hoping to be in San Diego for the US BIO Conference, but other events have meant that I was unable to go, as members would appreciate. Nevertheless, it is very important that we show our support for Western Australia’s biotechnology industry and the young people who are coming through this industry, as they are the future of the Western Australian economy. Two brilliant Western Australians were part of the International BioGENEius Challenge. Overnight in San Diego at the world’s biggest biotechnology conference, two Western Australian students won prizes in the sanofi-aventis International BioGENEius Challenge. I put on the record our congratulations to them. Oliver Tester, a student at Murdoch College, was awarded third place, and Bindhu Holavanahalli, a former student of Shenton College who is now studying medicine at the University of Western Australia, was awarded fourth place. This is the biggest biotechnology conference in the world and these two students from Western Australia came third and fourth in this international competition. It is a brilliant achievement in my eyes. The BioGENEius Challenge is an international competition for the brightest high school students in the world who are doing outstanding biotechnology research. Bindhu and Oliver were competing against the best and brightest students from America, Canada and elsewhere. Western Australia was the first region outside North America to join the challenge in 2007, making it a truly international competition. The prizes are a great endorsement of their hard work and creativity, and say something about our education system in Western Australia, both government and non-government. As I said, the students were from Murdoch College and Shenton College. It is great to note their research focus on agricultural biotechnology, which obviously has great application in Western Australia. Oliver established a test that will help to quickly identify clover varieties that contain high levels of oestrogen, which can lead to clover disease in sheep. His research has improved the test’s accuracy and reduced the time taken to carry out the test to only two days, saving six weeks. He was mentored by Adjunct Associate Professor Chris Florides, managing director of Saturn Biotech Ltd based at the Western Australian State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre at Murdoch University. Bindhu used cutting edge GeneChip technology to understand how sulphur dioxide affects table grapes. Sulphur dioxide is used to give grapes a longer shelf life but her research found that it also increases the production of antioxidants, giving greater nutritional value to the consumer. Her research now means that testing can begin on natural alternatives to current sulphur dioxide treatments on grapes and other food crops for an even healthier outcome for the consumer. Bindhu was mentored by Dr Aneta Ivanova, a researcher at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Energy Biology in Western Australia. As I said, their achievements speak volumes for the quality and brilliance of our education system, our educators and our students.
I thank the member for the question. I will inform the house about a very great achievement by two young Western Australians. I was hoping to be in San Diego for the US BIO Conference, but other events have meant that I was unable to go, as members would appreciate. Nevertheless, it is very important that we show our support for Western Australia’s biotechnology industry and the young people who are coming through this industry, as they are the future of the Western Australian economy. Two brilliant Western Australians were part of the International BioGENEius Challenge. Overnight in San Diego at the world’s biggest biotechnology conference, two Western Australian students won prizes in the sanofi-aventis International BioGENEius Challenge. I put on the record our congratulations to them. Oliver Tester, a student at Murdoch College, was awarded third place, and Bindhu Holavanahalli, a former student of Shenton College who is now studying medicine at the University of Western Australia, was awarded fourth place. This is the biggest biotechnology conference in the world and these two students from Western Australia came third and fourth in this international competition. It is a brilliant achievement in my eyes. The BioGENEius Challenge is an international competition for the brightest high school students in the world who are doing outstanding biotechnology research. Bindhu and Oliver were competing against the best and brightest students from America, Canada and elsewhere. Western Australia was the first region outside North America to join the challenge in 2007, making it a truly international competition. The prizes are a great endorsement of their hard work and creativity, and say something about our education system in Western Australia, both government and non-government. As I said, the students were from Murdoch College and Shenton College. It is great to note their research focus on agricultural biotechnology, which obviously has great application in Western Australia. Oliver established a test that will help to quickly identify clover varieties that contain high levels of oestrogen, which can lead to clover disease in sheep. His research has improved the test’s accuracy and reduced the time taken to carry out the test to only two days, saving six weeks. He was mentored by Adjunct Associate Professor Chris Florides, managing director of Saturn Biotech Ltd based at the Western Australian State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre at Murdoch University. Bindhu used cutting edge GeneChip technology to understand how sulphur dioxide affects table grapes. Sulphur dioxide is used to give grapes a longer shelf life but her research found that it also increases the production of antioxidants, giving greater nutritional value to the consumer. Her research now means that testing can begin on natural alternatives to current sulphur dioxide treatments on grapes and other food crops for an even healthier outcome for the consumer. Bindhu was mentored by Dr Aneta Ivanova, a researcher at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Energy Biology in Western Australia. As I said, their achievements speak volumes for the quality and brilliance of our education system, our educators and our students.
The BioGENEius Challenge is an international competition for the brightest high school students in the world who are doing outstanding biotechnology research. Bindhu and Oliver were competing against the best and brightest students from America, Canada and elsewhere. Western Australia was the first region outside North America to join the challenge in 2007, making it a truly international competition. The prizes are a great endorsement of their hard work and creativity, and say something about our education system in Western Australia, both government and non-government. As I said, the students were from Murdoch College and Shenton College. It is great to note their research focus on agricultural biotechnology, which obviously has great application in Western Australia. Oliver established a test that will help to quickly identify clover varieties that contain high levels of oestrogen, which can lead to clover disease in sheep. His research has improved the test’s accuracy and reduced the time taken to carry out the test to only two days, saving six weeks. He was mentored by Adjunct Associate Professor Chris Florides, managing director of Saturn Biotech Ltd based at the Western Australian State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre at Murdoch University. Bindhu used cutting edge GeneChip technology to understand how sulphur dioxide affects table grapes. Sulphur dioxide is used to give grapes a longer shelf life but her research found that it also increases the production of antioxidants, giving greater nutritional value to the consumer. Her research now means that testing can begin on natural alternatives to current sulphur dioxide treatments on grapes and other food crops for an even healthier outcome for the consumer. Bindhu was mentored by Dr Aneta Ivanova, a researcher at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Energy Biology in Western Australia. As I said, their achievements speak volumes for the quality and brilliance of our education system, our educators and our students.
It is great to note their research focus on agricultural biotechnology, which obviously has great application in Western Australia. Oliver established a test that will help to quickly identify clover varieties that contain high levels of oestrogen, which can lead to clover disease in sheep. His research has improved the test’s accuracy and reduced the time taken to carry out the test to only two days, saving six weeks. He was mentored by Adjunct Associate Professor Chris Florides, managing director of Saturn Biotech Ltd based at the Western Australian State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre at Murdoch University. Bindhu used cutting edge GeneChip technology to understand how sulphur dioxide affects table grapes. Sulphur dioxide is used to give grapes a longer shelf life but her research found that it also increases the production of antioxidants, giving greater nutritional value to the consumer. Her research now means that testing can begin on natural alternatives to current sulphur dioxide treatments on grapes and other food crops for an even healthier outcome for the consumer. Bindhu was mentored by Dr Aneta Ivanova, a researcher at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Energy Biology in Western Australia. As I said, their achievements speak volumes for the quality and brilliance of our education system, our educators and our students.
Bindhu used cutting edge GeneChip technology to understand how sulphur dioxide affects table grapes. Sulphur dioxide is used to give grapes a longer shelf life but her research found that it also increases the production of antioxidants, giving greater nutritional value to the consumer. Her research now means that testing can begin on natural alternatives to current sulphur dioxide treatments on grapes and other food crops for an even healthier outcome for the consumer. Bindhu was mentored by Dr Aneta Ivanova, a researcher at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Energy Biology in Western Australia. As I said, their achievements speak volumes for the quality and brilliance of our education system, our educators and our students.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for the question. I will inform the house about a very great achievement by two young Western Australians. I was hoping to be in San Diego for the US BIO Conference, but other events have meant that I was unable to go, as members would appreciate. Nevertheless, it is very important that we show our support for Western Australia’s biotechnology industry and the young people who are coming through this industry, as they are the future of the Western Australian economy. Two brilliant Western Australians were part of the International BioGENEius Challenge. Overnight in San Diego at the world’s biggest biotechnology conference, two Western Australian students won prizes in the sanofi-aventis International BioGENEius Challenge. I put on the record our congratulations to them. Oliver Tester, a student at Murdoch College, was awarded third place, and Bindhu Holavanahalli, a former student of Shenton College who is now studying medicine at the University of Western Australia, was awarded fourth place. This is the biggest biotechnology conference in the world and these two students from Western Australia came third and fourth in this international competition. It is a brilliant achievement in my eyes. The BioGENEius Challenge is an international competition for the brightest high school students in the world who are doing outstanding biotechnology research. Bindhu and Oliver were competing against the best and brightest students from America, Canada and elsewhere. Western Australia was the first region outside North America to join the challenge in 2007, making it a truly international competition. The prizes are a great endorsement of their hard work and creativity, and say something about our education system in Western Australia, both government and non-government. As I said, the students were from Murdoch College and Shenton College. It is great to note their research focus on agricultural biotechnology, which obviously has great application in Western Australia. Oliver established a test that will help to quickly identify clover varieties that contain high levels of oestrogen, which can lead to clover disease in sheep. His research has improved the test’s accuracy and reduced the time taken to carry out the test to only two days, saving six weeks. He was mentored by Adjunct Associate Professor Chris Florides, managing director of Saturn Biotech Ltd based at the Western Australian State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre at Murdoch University. Bindhu used cutting edge GeneChip technology to understand how sulphur dioxide affects table grapes. Sulphur dioxide is used to give grapes a longer shelf life but her research found that it also increases the production of antioxidants, giving greater nutritional value to the consumer. Her research now means that testing can begin on natural alternatives to current sulphur dioxide treatments on grapes and other food crops for an even healthier outcome for the consumer. Bindhu was mentored by Dr Aneta Ivanova, a researcher at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Energy Biology in Western Australia. As I said, their achievements speak volumes for the quality and brilliance of our education system, our educators and our students.
I thank the member for the question. I will inform the house about a very great achievement by two young Western Australians. I was hoping to be in San Diego for the US BIO Conference, but other events have meant that I was unable to go, as members would appreciate. Nevertheless, it is very important that we show our support for Western Australia’s biotechnology industry and the young people who are coming through this industry, as they are the future of the Western Australian economy. Two brilliant Western Australians were part of the International BioGENEius Challenge. Overnight in San Diego at the world’s biggest biotechnology conference, two Western Australian students won prizes in the sanofi-aventis International BioGENEius Challenge. I put on the record our congratulations to them. Oliver Tester, a student at Murdoch College, was awarded third place, and Bindhu Holavanahalli, a former student of Shenton College who is now studying medicine at the University of Western Australia, was awarded fourth place. This is the biggest biotechnology conference in the world and these two students from Western Australia came third and fourth in this international competition. It is a brilliant achievement in my eyes. The BioGENEius Challenge is an international competition for the brightest high school students in the world who are doing outstanding biotechnology research. Bindhu and Oliver were competing against the best and brightest students from America, Canada and elsewhere. Western Australia was the first region outside North America to join the challenge in 2007, making it a truly international competition. The prizes are a great endorsement of their hard work and creativity, and say something about our education system in Western Australia, both government and non-government. As I said, the students were from Murdoch College and Shenton College. It is great to note their research focus on agricultural biotechnology, which obviously has great application in Western Australia. Oliver established a test that will help to quickly identify clover varieties that contain high levels of oestrogen, which can lead to clover disease in sheep. His research has improved the test’s accuracy and reduced the time taken to carry out the test to only two days, saving six weeks. He was mentored by Adjunct Associate Professor Chris Florides, managing director of Saturn Biotech Ltd based at the Western Australian State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre at Murdoch University. Bindhu used cutting edge GeneChip technology to understand how sulphur dioxide affects table grapes. Sulphur dioxide is used to give grapes a longer shelf life but her research found that it also increases the production of antioxidants, giving greater nutritional value to the consumer. Her research now means that testing can begin on natural alternatives to current sulphur dioxide treatments on grapes and other food crops for an even healthier outcome for the consumer. Bindhu was mentored by Dr Aneta Ivanova, a researcher at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Energy Biology in Western Australia. As I said, their achievements speak volumes for the quality and brilliance of our education system, our educators and our students.
The BioGENEius Challenge is an international competition for the brightest high school students in the world who are doing outstanding biotechnology research. Bindhu and Oliver were competing against the best and brightest students from America, Canada and elsewhere. Western Australia was the first region outside North America to join the challenge in 2007, making it a truly international competition. The prizes are a great endorsement of their hard work and creativity, and say something about our education system in Western Australia, both government and non-government. As I said, the students were from Murdoch College and Shenton College. It is great to note their research focus on agricultural biotechnology, which obviously has great application in Western Australia. Oliver established a test that will help to quickly identify clover varieties that contain high levels of oestrogen, which can lead to clover disease in sheep. His research has improved the test’s accuracy and reduced the time taken to carry out the test to only two days, saving six weeks. He was mentored by Adjunct Associate Professor Chris Florides, managing director of Saturn Biotech Ltd based at the Western Australian State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre at Murdoch University. Bindhu used cutting edge GeneChip technology to understand how sulphur dioxide affects table grapes. Sulphur dioxide is used to give grapes a longer shelf life but her research found that it also increases the production of antioxidants, giving greater nutritional value to the consumer. Her research now means that testing can begin on natural alternatives to current sulphur dioxide treatments on grapes and other food crops for an even healthier outcome for the consumer. Bindhu was mentored by Dr Aneta Ivanova, a researcher at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Energy Biology in Western Australia. As I said, their achievements speak volumes for the quality and brilliance of our education system, our educators and our students.
It is great to note their research focus on agricultural biotechnology, which obviously has great application in Western Australia. Oliver established a test that will help to quickly identify clover varieties that contain high levels of oestrogen, which can lead to clover disease in sheep. His research has improved the test’s accuracy and reduced the time taken to carry out the test to only two days, saving six weeks. He was mentored by Adjunct Associate Professor Chris Florides, managing director of Saturn Biotech Ltd based at the Western Australian State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre at Murdoch University. Bindhu used cutting edge GeneChip technology to understand how sulphur dioxide affects table grapes. Sulphur dioxide is used to give grapes a longer shelf life but her research found that it also increases the production of antioxidants, giving greater nutritional value to the consumer. Her research now means that testing can begin on natural alternatives to current sulphur dioxide treatments on grapes and other food crops for an even healthier outcome for the consumer. Bindhu was mentored by Dr Aneta Ivanova, a researcher at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Energy Biology in Western Australia. As I said, their achievements speak volumes for the quality and brilliance of our education system, our educators and our students.
Bindhu used cutting edge GeneChip technology to understand how sulphur dioxide affects table grapes. Sulphur dioxide is used to give grapes a longer shelf life but her research found that it also increases the production of antioxidants, giving greater nutritional value to the consumer. Her research now means that testing can begin on natural alternatives to current sulphur dioxide treatments on grapes and other food crops for an even healthier outcome for the consumer. Bindhu was mentored by Dr Aneta Ivanova, a researcher at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Energy Biology in Western Australia. As I said, their achievements speak volumes for the quality and brilliance of our education system, our educators and our students.
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