Two Citizen Scientists Win First Bay Area Open Science Challenge

[Timothy Chen]

I just wanted to announce that we awarded two prizes worth $5k each to Ryan Bethencourt and Derek Jacoby, two Bay-Area citizen scientists (and DIYers) for winning the Open Science Challenge. They also won a one-year membership at BioCurious so that they work with other DIYers on their projects and ideas. You can more read about it on our press release. 

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120626005521/en/Citizen-Scientists-Win-Bay-Area-Open-Science 

We plan on holding more competitions in the future, with our next one possibly in the Tri-State (NY) area. 

-Tim

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[Alex Hoekstra]

Congratulations Ryan and Derek!  Can't wait to see what you guys do now that you've got some resources to feed the dream.

I'm a big fan of the Open Science Challenge, and hope it continues to grow and evolve in years to come.  Some dreams must be fed.