Long Island Technology Hall of Fame Inducts Kings Parker

How many teens can say they are a hall of famer even before graduating high school?

Mayuri Sridhar, senior from Kings Park High School and Intel Science Talent Search 2013 Finalist was inducted into the Long Island Technology Young Hall of Fame recently for her efforts in her project entitled, “Computational Analysis of the DNA-Binding Mechanism of the p53 Tumor Suppressor and its Inactivation through the R249S Mutation.

 "Long Island has a rich history of technology entrepreneurship in service to our nation’s needs, great technology companies and great science and engineering research centers, knowledgeable investors and professional business services providers, a remarkable public school system and a network of excellent institutions of higher education," said high school principal Lino Bracco in a statement released by the school district.

"What knits all of these resources together, and will enable us to surmount our pressing challenges at home and abroad, is the incomparable resource of our brilliant, creative and spirited people and their new ideas...Mayuri Sridhar is one of those people."