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Google Science Fair 2016: a look back, and a giant leap ahead

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Editor's note: Today�s post comes from our first-ever Google Science Fair Grand Prize winner in 2011, Shree Bose. Back for the annual Science Fair five years later, here she shares her own story as a glimpse of what�s in store for this year�s winners. Thanks to our partners at Lego Education, National Geographic, Scientific American and Virgin Galactic for another great year of Google Science Fair. In case you missed it, you can still catch the livestream!


Five years ago to the day, I was a finalist in the first-ever Google Science Fair � a program where any student 13-18 is invited to solve the world�s biggest challenges through science and technology. I was fascinated by the peculiar ways cancer cells process energy and wondered if we might be able to target those processes. So, the idea behind my project was to study AMP kinase, an energy protein, to understand its importance in the way ovarian cancer cells develop resistance to drugs. I was 17 when I won the Grand Prize, and my life hasn�t been the same since.

Today 20 of the world�s brightest young scientists have that same chance ahead of them, and I am so excited and grateful to be here with them in Mountain View to re-live that experience.

The 2016 Google Science Fair finalists 

Meeting President Obama(!)
Official White House photo by Pete Souza
For me, the Google Science Fair took my passion for science and gave me a global platform to share it with the world. I went on to do my undergraduate studies at Harvard University, majoring in Molecular and Cellular Biology with a minor in Global Health and Health Policy. My interest in using new metabolic tools to study cancer has led me to Duke University School of Medicine, where I�m currently pursuing an MD/PhD and looking forward to a career that brings together clinical medicine and basic science. But five years ago, it was the Google Science Fair that first provided me with the platform to share my ideas, unlocking doors to some incredible, once-in-a-lifetime opportunities: meeting President Obama, speaking at TEDx events all over the world and being included on Glamour magazine�s list of Top 10 College Women.



Back at Google today, I witnessed more than 500 students from local Bay Area schools � a majority that qualified for Title I funding � as they asked questions, found inspiration, and saw science and engineering in new, unexpected ways.
Those students had a chance to talk to the finalists, from 9 countries, who are working on things like better diagnosing cancer, fighting drought with fruit, training robotic hands, developing compostable feminine sanitary products and so much more. (I also have to point out, this is the first year a majority of the finalists are female, which makes me especially proud!)


My sincere congratulations to all of this year�s Google Science Fair finalists and winners. You might �just� be teenagers, but you�re also amazing researchers, entrepreneurs, technologists and explorers who are challenging themselves � and all of the rest of us � to make things better. To quote last year�s Google Science Fair winner (and my friend) Olivia Hallisey who is also back here this week as a judge:

"Every one of us, no matter our age or background, can make a difference. But change doesn�t happen overnight, and it often starts with a question. So look at the world around you, and challenge yourself to make something better."

As for me, the Science Fair gave me the confidence to continue asking questions, developing a passion for science and engineering, and even to co-found Piper, a company focused on developing electrical engineering kits for kids to learn the basics of building hardware. I just can�t wait to see where you will be five years from today.


And finally, announcing the 2016 Google Science Fair winners:


The 2016 Google Science Fair winners!


Posted by Shree Bose, 2011 Google Science Fair winner https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB3TmSZilrzIrqNQQnFnM1GYVsl1wM1_eD57D8s-5pnEI_hOduYvBNtvg8wyTADPGHFKM7EQFq-U4K78RQGzV0joo3nqkpzHLUd82WvCjFRHoHeTEYVuFbs0ka1BF34hwn9ZAPzhTYMz4/s1600/_MG_3901.jpg Shree Bose 2011 Google Science Fair winner

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