SBO Day

Gaétan Colussi, Jacqueline Mock, Andreas Zingg and Daniel Ballmer will represent Switzerland at the International Biology Olypiad (IBO) 2011 in Taipeh (Taiwan). They had to compete against 1078 other participants of the Swiss Biology Olympiad (SBO) in order to qualify for the IBO.

Donat Apper will participate in the IBO 2011 as the representative of the Principality of Liechtenstein.

We sincerely congratulate the five winners!

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All scores reached in the different tests of every participant are listed in the ranking below. One theoretical and sixteen practical exams had to be sat during the 5 days of the SBO-Week:

P1: Dissection of animals
P2: Histology
P3: Genetics of territory
P4: DNA Characterization
P5: Recombination in S. macrospora
P6: Neurosimulation
P7: Enzyme kinetiks
P8: Cell cycle in baker yeast
P9: Theoretical test
P10: Systematics of plants
P11: Systematics of animals
P12: Dichotomous key of insects
P13: Dissection of heart
P14: Morphology of plants
P15: Physiology of plants
P16: Microbiology 1
P17: Microbiology 2

Rank	Name	P1	P2	P3	P4	P5	P6	P7	P8	P9	P10	P11	P12	P13	P14	P15	P16	P17	Total
	Weighting:	1.5	1	2	3.5	0.5	0.75	2	0.5	1	1	0.5	1	0.75	1	1	2	0.75
--	Gold medal
1	Gaétan Colussi	65.3	65.8	62.1	62.4	74.2	53.9	74.3	50.8	70.4	64.6	63.3	47.2	61.9	57.6	60.5	60.1	64.5	1304.8
2	Jacqueline Mock	57	53.2	52.2	54.1	67.6	60.6	73.8	60.5	73.3	60.8	54.6	69	60.5	45.9	67.1	64	47.1	1241.8
3	Andreas Zingg	55.2	56.6	58.2	69.3	57.7	41.7	57.9	42.9	64	63.9	61.7	55.7	41.2	64	67.1	62.7	56.2	1239.7
4	Daniel Ballmer	76.6	65.4	66.1	50.5	58.5	69.2	53.4	55.1	51.2	65.2	65.7	75.3	49.1	55.5	66.2	48.4	50.4	1222.4
--	Silver medal
5	Samuel Schneider	60.1	61.8	40.3	55.8	46.9	45.6	50	71.5	53	58	56.6	55.8	49.1	55.5	47.5	58.8	44.6	1107.2
6	Leonie Waldburger	50.6	65.8	44.2	62.1	37	39.2	43	51.4	56.5	58.9	60.5	48	52.6	57.6	54	41.8	57.9	1078.7
7	Samuel Jordan	44.6	41.2	52.2	53.8	61	34.4	54.5	50.8	48.8	45.3	52	47.2	27.7	55.5	46.7	66.7	52.1	1054.1
8	Kim Dümbgen	58.8	43.6	58.2	60.4	46.1	53.1	49.1	45.4	56.3	41.2	57.2	38.7	44.1	42.7	45.9	40.5	52.1	1049.7
--	Bronze medal
9	Christa Jaeger	45.4	48	56.2	48.8	47.7	49.8	39.4	56.9	53.9	48.4	33.8	44.7	61.2	60.8	54.8	48.4	57.9	1033.3
10	Matthias Bräm	51.6	34.7	52.2	56.1	51.9	48.8	45.5	33.8	47	47.3	45.9	49.9	62.6	57.6	53.2	47.1	38.8	1031.6
11	Vera Reber	43.9	44	58.2	47.8	47.7	36.9	55.5	57.5	36.3	44.8	38.7	45.2	51.9	50.2	40.2	62.7	53.7	1025.5
12	Ole Wyss	43.4	61.6	40.3	43.2	42.8	60.4	57.2	57.5	45.8	41	45.1	60.8	41.9	31.1	50.8	51	50.4	991.4
--	Diploma
13	Jonathan Venetz	48.5	54.2	40.3	38.6	46.9	56.4	43.3	62.4	45.2	53.2	55.6	43.8	39.1	68.2	56.5	48.4	48.8	983.4
14	Martin Spillmann	36.4	51.1	56.2	51.5	34.5	57.1	43.2	61.1	42.6	48.8	39.5	39.5	38.4	36.4	39.7	52.3	61.2	981.2
15	Michael Arigoni	48.9	37	56.2	33	44.4	61.9	51.1	41.1	48.9	62.4	59.3	56.2	49.1	53.3	37.7	44.4	48.8	979.9
LIE	Donat Appert	51.1	41.2	52.2	52.8	36.1	54.9	39.9	39.9	41.3	44.3	49.2	49.8	41.2	48	29.6	40.5	54.6	956.6
16	Samuele De Carli	45.7	51.1	34.3	29.3	58.5	59.3	46.6	36.9	46.3	32.7	51.6	55.3	45.5	41.7	43.4	47.1	56.2	891.8
17	Patrick Saurenmann	46.5	36.2	56.2	38.9	50.2	36.4	37	38.7	35.6	40.5	35.9	37.3	56.2	33.2	40.2	52.3	42.1	883
18	Luca Balosetti	37.7	41	36.3	40.9	46.1	45.1	41.9	47.8	44.1	45.6	37.9	35.3	59.8	40.6	50.8	34	47.1	861.2
19	Florian Rudow	32.8	46.5	28.3	50.8	44.4	35.4	43.1	38.1	39.5	33.3	35.9	45.3	66.9	44.9	48.3	28.8	15.6	832.8

Parents, teachers, friends, relatives, ... of the participants as well as any other interested people are invited to attend the award ceremony of the last phase of the SBO and to honour the efforts of the participants.

When and where does the SBO Day 2012 take place?

The SBO Day always directly follows the SBO Week. This year, it is held on april 15, 2011, in Berne.

Detailed invitation to the SBO Day 2011

How to get there

Further pictures of the SBO-Week can be found here