The top 16 students from the BBO21 were invited to an online final round selection, kindly hosted by the University of Warwick. These students had already excelled at biological theory – beating over 8000 other students to gain their place.
Prof Kevin Moffat and Dr Leanne Williams from the School of Life Sciences at the University of Warwick took the students through a challenging two days of virtual teaching and examinations on topics ranging from bioinformatics to histology!
The top 16 students invited were:
| Alexander Colesmith | The Judd School |
| Alexis Richards | St. Paul’s School |
| Andrew Lee | Westminster School |
| Arnav Sharma | Queen Elizabeth’s School Barnet |
| Margaret Lee Lai Yan Johncock | The Maynard School |
| Max Fogelman | Caterham |
| Natalie Maclay | Hills Road Sixth Form College Cambridge |
| Neil Sardesai | The Perse School |
| Ollie Donaldson | Sullivan Upper School |
| Oscar Beechey-Newman | Magdalen College School |
| Qing Lu | Saint Olave’s Grammar School |
| Rory Welsh | Sevenoaks School |
| Rosalind Mackey | St. Francis’ College |
| Weijia Gao | St Paul’s Girls’ School |
| Young Jun Lee | The National Mathematics and Science College |
Having sat through several hours of examination, four students were selected to represent the UK at the 32nd International Biology Olympiad, hosted by Portugal online.
| Alexander Colesmith | The Judd School |
| Neil Sardesai | The Perse School |
| Rory Welsh | Sevenoaks School |
| Young Jun Lee | The National Mathematics and Science College |