ELISA Redux Challenge: Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News along with partner Scintellix, LLC and sponsor Invitrogen, a part of Life Technologies Corporation, is proud to announce that we have a winner! Click here to read all about the team that solved this cryptic puzzle.

Also, GEN, Scintellix, LLC, and Invitrogen have launched another tantalizing contest called Cryptogram Challenge: RNAi.

Decode the cipher hidden in this 96-well plate.

Rules, Regulations, and Judging Procedure

• The contest will run from October 15 until it is solved.
• All entries must be submitted electronically.
• You can enter as many times as you like up to once a day.
• A new clue will be provided every Monday.
• Submissions of solutions must be made on a 12x8 cell grid that exactly corresponds to the cells of the ELISA plate image, called ELISA Redux.
• A correct solution must have a value assigned to each cell in the solution sheet.
• Dr. Peter Johnson, creator of the Cryptogram Challenge: ELISA Redux, will be the judge.
• A sealed solution will be held in escrow.
• Evaluation of submissions will occur on a rolling basis.
• Entries will be compared to the original answer key. GEN, Scintellix, LLC, and Invitrogen employees and their families will be ineligible to win.
• The first solution sheet that correctly contains the encrypted message in the appropriate cells and all other cells labeled properly will win the contest.
• He/she will also be given the opportunity to choose one of five benchtop devices from Invitrogen, part of Life Technologies Corporation.
• The winner will also be featured in GEN, so he/she needs to agree to be interviewed, photographed, and have his/her name and affiliation published.
• The first 150 registrants will receive a T-shirt depicting the ELISA Redux image.