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2015 RCSB PDB Video Challenge for High School Students

Detecting & Combating HIV in 3D

2015 Video Challenge

For the second year in a row, the RCSB PDB invited high school students to create short videos that tell a story about HIV/AIDS. This time the entries were to focus on the molecular view combatting and containing the virus. The students could choose from one of the following topics:

  • HIV testing
  • Antiretroviral drugs and HAART
  • Drug resistance
  • The search for a vaccine
  • The search for a cure

Students were tasked to include a visualization/animation of at least one of the molecular structures from the 2015 Video Challenge Featured Structures List, and include a message about the importance of testing.

The video submission opened on March 4, 2015 and concluded on May 31, 2015. The submitted videos can be viewed online. Award winners were announced at rcsb.org on June 16, 2015.

Our panel of expert judges scored the videos based on scientific content (40%), creativity (20%), overall impact (10%), originality of concept (10%), entertainment value (10%), and production quality (10%). In addition, the viewers were invited to vote for the Viewer's Choice Award.

Additional Service to the Community Award was awarded by the AIDS Education Training Center (AETC) National Resource Center. AETC committed to include the winning video among the training materials for health care professionals, patients and their families.

Many thanks to the expert scientists, students, teachers, parents, judges, and voters who made this exciting competition happen!


Congratulations to the 2015 Winners:


Battling HIV: The Search for a Cure
By Calvin Qian, Matthew Brown, Charles Morse, and Justin Halim of Academy of Allied Health and Science, Neptune City, NJ (Team Advisor: Richard Tempsick)
  • Winner of the Judge's Award First Place
  • Winner of the Service to the Community Award


The Search for a Vaccine for HIV
By Alexa Skolnik and Maryann Zielinski of East Brunswick High School, East Brunswick, NJ (Team Advisor: Anne Sanelli)
  • Winner of the Judge's Award Second Place


HAART: A Stop Motion Story
By Justin May, Katarina Wang, Akshay Malavade, and Joy Song of East Brunswick High School, East Brunswick, NJ (Team Advisor: Louise Jasko)
  • Winner of the Judge's Award Third Place


The Search for a Vaccine
By Naszir Johnson, Henry Lucas, Matt Weiler, and Valeria Rodriguez of Engineering and Science University Magnet School, Hamden, CT (Team Advisor: Leon Tynes)
  • Winner of the Viewer's Choice Award



2015 Video Challenge Featured Structures List