PVHS Academy of Biotechnology & Medical Research

The Academy of Biotechnology and Medical Research has updated the program with multiple pieces of new research equipment.    The new technology will allow the students to pose and hopefully answer deeper questions of the research they are conducting.   This equipment, along with additional lab renovations and updates are creating a great learning environment for

The PVHS Academy of Biotechnology and Medical Research participated in the 2022 HOSA Regional Leadership Conference on January 22, 2022.     Mary Kate Reynolds and Nicolas Storm, pictured,  finished first and third in the Biomedical Laboratory Science category. Both will compete in at the State Leadership conference in Orlando in April along with 21 other

The Breakfast with Biotech Lecture series resumed after a one year COVID19 imposed hiatus.  The speakers consisted of senior students who shared their summer internship experiences with the underclass students.  Speaking from the SPARK program was Jackson Wolfe and Emma Chirila.  Gigi Chaon, Elle DeVault and Zac Janszen discussed their work at Anastasia Mosquito Control. 

Members  of HOSA Megan Landis and Ella McCarthy prepared an award winning poster detailing the health profession of Neurosurgery.   Placing first at the HOSA State Leadership Conference, they will represent Florida at the International conference to be held virtually at the end of June.

The biotechnology academy’s team of Gigi Choan, Ellie DeVault, Camryn Hansen, Averie Brannigan, Victoria Cunningham and Rylie Cornwell placed third in the CTE project innovation competition in St John’s County.  The team proposed genetically modifying ornamental plants to increase the number of chloroplasts.  The goal is to increase photosynthesis and thus reduce carbon in the

Aiden Fong, Andrew Kupcha and David VanLue place third at the Sunshine State Science Fair, after placing 1st in the River    Regional East fair’s in the Medicine and Health Sciences. Their project tested for Water-soluble antimicrobials compounds in primitive herbal remedies.

Will Watkins uses new pipet aid to prepare stock antibiotics used in agar selection plates.

                          Four students from Ponte Vedra’s Academy of Biotechnology &  Medical Research , along with Dr. Kathryn Kehoe,  were invited to present their research at The 55th Junior Science, Engineering and Humanities Symposium at the University of Florida on January 28-30th.  Additionally, Tim and Courtney were two of only 24 students statewide who were invited to share their

Biotechnology I students headed out for a  Field Study  to GyoGreens and PV Community Center to hear about Mosquito Control on January 10th.   20 first year students attended and learned about sustainable agriculture in Ponte Vedra Beach.   GyoGreens shared its practices of  a sustainable farming method which combines traditional aquaculture (raising aquatic animals – fish – in tanks)

The Ponte Vedra High School Academy of Biotechnology & Medical Research recently visited the Proteomics Core Facility at The University of Florida in Gainesville.  Students were able to apply some of their classroom studies as they learned how researchers identify unknown proteins using mass spectrometry. Later in the day, the Academy students  visited the Sid Martin

Ponte Vedra Academy of Biotechnology & Medical Research junior, Dylan and his brother, Hunter go VIRAL   Dylan, a junior in the Academy of Biotechnology & Medical Research, shows that there is more to ‘viral’ than just what is learned in his Academy class!     In the video link below, he is interviewed with his brother, Hunter, who