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26.02.2021

High school students model multidrug-resistant bacteria for the Youth Research Competition

Aleyna Murat and Burcu Karakum achieve the 3rd place with systems biology models.

Aleyna Murat and Burcu Karakum, students of the high-school Otto-Hahn in Nagold — Aleyna Murat and Burcu Karakum, students of the high school Otto-Hahn in Nagold, present home-made multiresistant bacteria matching their computer models.

We congratulate Aleyna Murat and Burcu Karakum on winning the 3rd award and two special prizes in the Youth Research Regional Competition North Black Forest to work on multi-resistant bacteria. Mentored by Alina Renz, the Otto-Hahn-Gymnasium students in Nagold investigated both Acinetobacter baumannii and Enterococcus faecium using genome-scale computer models systems biology methods. With their approach, they could suggest targets for potential treatment options against these two multi-resistant germs.

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