ATLANTA, GA (April 22, 2009) – Georgia Bio (GaBio) congratulates Johnny Fells III of Northside High School, Warner Robins, GA, and Sajith Wickramasekara of North Carolina School of Science & Mathematics, Raleigh, N.C., for winning the Southeast regional competition of the sanofi-aventis International BioGENEius Challenge, conducted by the Arlington, Va.-based Biotechnology Institute.

ATLANTA, GA (April 7, 2009) – Georgia Bio presented its annual student science award, sponsored by Merial Ltd., to Dunwoody High School sophomore Lauren Fleck at the Georgia Science and Engineering Fair (GSEF) April 4.

ATLANTA – Governor Sonny Perdue today announced $1.6 million in federally-funded grants to four Georgia regions working toward earning Work Ready Region status. These regions bring together their assets and leaders to create regional talent pools targeting existing strategic industries and to increase economic development opportunities.