28 April 2010

Competition of journalists "Biotechnology in Russia": long live we!

The results of the All–Russian Competition of journalists "Biotechnology in Russia - science, economy, society", timed to the II International Congress "EurasiaBio" on Biotechnology and Bioindustry, held on April 12-15, 2010, have been summed up.

The organizer of the Competition is the Ovchinnikov Society of Biotechnologists of Russia (OBR) with the support of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, the Union of Biotechnology Industry Enterprises, JSC "Biotechnology", the Union of Journalists of Russia, the Club of Scientific Journalists.

The competition was held in order to attract the attention of the media and the public to the problems and prospects of biotechnology and bioindustry in Russia.

The contest accepted works that were first published or aired from January 1, 2009 to February 10, 2010 in federal and regional media registered in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation.

86 applications from all over Russia were registered for the competition, including 10 videos that are open for viewing on the OBR website.

Journalists from more than 15 cities took part in the Competition: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Arkhangelsk, Astrakhan, Volgograd, Izhevsk, Kaluga, Kazan, Krasnodar, Novgorod, Orenburg, Rostov-on-Don, Rtishchevo, Ufa, Cheboksary and others.

Two out of ten prizes in four nominations of the competition "Biotechnology in Russia" were received by Evgenia Ryabtseva, well-known to regular visitors of our website (in her diplomas she was named after her passport, Buzuk, but she signs articles with her maiden name).

All articles are published in a special collection, and also posted on the OBR website.

The Organizing Committee of the Competition thanks all the journalists who took part in it, as well as the jury of the competition and especially Alexander Sergeev, editor of the magazine "Around the World", coordinator of the Club of Scientific Journalists, who acted as a consultant in the organization of the competition.

Winners of the contestNOMINATION "Best Popular Science Publication"

1st place

Olga Andreeva

Amino Acid OdysseyAbout the study of the structure and web thread and about attempts to reproduce it artificially

Russian Reporter Magazine

2nd place

Anton Chugunov

Butterfly flight, or a little bit about the benefits of structural genomicsAbout studies of the structure of cellular proteins

The journal "Science and Life"

3rd place

Olga Belokoneva

A trillion silent hours
About circadian rhythms and their regulation

The journal "Science and Life"

NOMINATION "Best Business Publication"1st place

Daniil Ilchenko

One day of the "returnee"About the work of microbiologist Konstantin Severin

Russian Reporter Magazine

2nd place

Svetlana Sinyavskaya

Own goalAbout the problems of insulin production and supply to the Russian market

Portal "Science and Technology of Russia"

3rd place

Evgenia Buzuk (Ryabtseva)

100 hereditary diseases before conception — simple and cheapAbout the new technology of rapid identification of genetic risks

Portal of the Eternal Youth Foundation

NOMINATION "The best selection of news"1st place

Evgenia Buzuk (Ryabtseva)

 

Portal of the Eternal Youth Foundation

2nd place

Andrey Soldatov, Nadezhda Markina

 

News project Infox.ru

3rd place

Ilya Ferapontov

 

RIA News

NOMINATION "Best audio-video"1st place

Nadezhda Markina

Russian scientists have made the brain transparentAbout brain research technology

News project Infox.ru

Works submitted in any of the nominations applied for special prizes.
The winners of the nominations did not participate in the competition for special prizes.
SPECIAL PRIZE "The best material about a person, team or project"1st place

Natalia Lazutova

The Red Book of Memory
Anniversary video about academician Yu.A. Ovchinnikov

The program "Black holes – white spots" of the TV channel "Culture"

2nd place

Olga Andreeva

The brains that didn't leakSketches about young scientists who returned to work in Russia

Russian Reporter Magazine

3rd place

Olga Shevel

Money from the "dirty air" + Evgeny Rakhmanov: "Launched – does not work"About the creation of a business for the production of wood pellets pellets

Finance Magazine + magazine website

SPECIAL PRIZE "The best material about the region"1st place

Elena Svetlichnaya

Arkhangelsk heats EuropeAbout the production of wood pellets pellets in the Arkhangelsk region

Newspaper "BUSINESS CLASS Express"

2nd place

Natalia Scriabina, Dmitry Volkov

Modern sunflower hybrids in the Rtishchevsky districtVideo about the district meeting on the selection of sunflower hybrids

The program "News of Rtishchevo" of Rtishchevo television

3rd place

Lyudmila Arzamasova

Every Cinderella has a princeAbout the interregional exhibition-forum "Chuvashia-BIO"

Newspaper "Sovetskaya Chuvashia"

SPECIAL PRIZE "The best popular science article for trained readers"1st place

Elena Krasnova

Levels of organization of Web peptidesA detailed article about the structure of the web and methods of reproducing its unique properties

Russian Nanotechnologies Magazine

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