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6 Syosset Students Are Regeneron Contest Semifinalists
Students from Long Island were more than a tenth of all semifinalists in the nationwide science challenge.
LONG ISLAND, NY — More than three dozen students from across Long Island, including six from Syosset High School, were named semifinalists, or Scholars, in the prestigious 2023 Regeneron Science Talent Search.
The Society for Science announced the 300 Scholars on Tuesday, and 38 of them were from Long Island. Syosset High School had six Scholars, more than any other school on Long Island.
"Today is such a special day. Being named a Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholar is a
remarkable accomplishment that is a result of tireless work by these brilliant students,” said Syosset High School research facilitator Veronica Ade. “We are so proud of these six students and what they have achieved during their time in our research program.”
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The 300 Scholars were selected from the 1,949 student-scientists who entered the competition. They were chosen based on their research, leadership skills, community involvement, commitment to academics, creativity in asking scientific questions and promise as STEM leaders demonstrated through the submission of their original, independent research projects, essays and recommendations.
“The enthusiasm and quality of projects from this year’s participants were just outstanding," said Maya Ajmera, president and CEO of the Society for Science and publisher of Science News. "Each year, I am tremendously impressed by the ingenuity that the students bring to the competition. Their hard work, creativity and perseverance should be applauded.”
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For being named Scholars, each student will receive $2,000, and their schools will receive $2,000 for each of them.
The Science Talent Search will name 40 finalists, chosen from among the 300 Scholars, on Jan. 24. Those finalists will then go on to compete for more than $1.8 million in awards during a week-long competition in Washington, D.C. from March 9-15.
The Scholars from Long Island schools, and their projects, are:
John F. Kennedy High School, Bellmore
Tyler Logan Bissoondial: An Omics Approach to Elucidating the Mechanism of Action for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Development in Diet-Induced Murine Models of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis
Luke Feldman: Sulforaphane Mitigates the Phenotypic Expression of ALS in Drosophila melanogaster via Upregulation of the Nrf2 Pathway
Brentwood High School Sonderling Center, Brentwood
Minnahil Tariq: Evaluating the Invasive Macroalga, Dasyshiphonia japonica, on Long Island Coasts and Assessing Its Effect on Carbon Sequestration, Nitrogen Loading and Climate Change
Half Hollow Hills High School, Dix Hills
Samir Batheja: Association Between Sleep and Fatigue in Depression: Role of GABA and Glutamate
Jacob Leshnower: Music and Emotion: The Intervallic Fallacy of the Major-Minor Dichotomy
William A. Shine Great Neck South High School, Great Neck
Dana Kagan: Employing CRISPR Cas9 Editing in Combination With DNA Polymerase To Correct the DELTA F508 Mutation of the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator
Gene in HEK293T Cells
Amit Saha: Deep Learning Accelerated Lattice-Boltzmann Simulations for Multiscale Modeling of Thrombosis
Amber Sun: Neuroprotective Effects of Red Raspberry Extract and Broussoflavonol B in Alzheimer’s Disease Models
George W. Hewlett High School, Hewlett
Hiral Milind Chavre: NMDA Receptor Mutation and KCC2 Inhibition Induce Changes in Brain Development Associated With Neurodevelopmental Diseases
Ella Cohen-Kashi: Does Nostalgia Affect Adolescent Behavior? An Investigation of Nostalgia Among High School Students
Jericho Senior High School, Jericho
Emily Kim: The Dual Roles of Activated Carbon as an Adsorbent and Photocatalyst for Azo Dye Removal
Natalia Pahlavan: Bidirectional 12-Lead Electrocardiogram and Electrogram Reconstruction Using a Cycle Generative Adversarial Network
Rhea Sakaria: Identifying a Potent Wnt Compound To Enhance Stemness Post-Radiation Through Activating the Canonical Wnt Signaling Pathway
Nikhil Trepeta: Decreased Levels of TSP-2 Results in Under-Activation of the Wnt/β-Catenin Pathway and Alters Gene Expression in NIH-3T3 Cell Lines
Kevin Zhu: Recurrent Repeat Contractions and Micro-Changing Short Tandem Repeats: Investigating Underrepresented Factors of Polymorphism in Human Cancers
Lynbrook High School, Lynbrook
Sean Krivitsky: Investigating Flavonoids as a Potential Therapeutic Against the Degenerative Effects of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in Drosophila melanogaster
Manhasset High School, Manhasset
Benjamin Punzalan: Crosstalk Between Alzheimer's Disease and SARS-CoV-2 Infection is Mitigated by Ginkgolides A and B in HTB-11 and U937 Cell Models
Allen M. Qian: Artemisinin and Artesunate Mitigate Cytotoxic Effects Caused by Recombinant Spike Protein of SARS-CoV-2
Saint Anthony's High School, Melville
Miah Christina Margiano: Potential Influence of LncRNAs in Tumor Regression: An Analysis of Prognostic LncRNAs in Neuroblastoma
Herricks High School, New Hyde Park
Ashley Lam: Novel Zinc Oxide/Nanocellulose Composite as a Photocatalyst for Water Purification
Jeylin Lee: Diabetic Ketoacidosis Amongst COVID-19 Infected Individuals: A Retrospective Study of Incidence, Characteristics, Outcomes and Risk Factors
Dheyala Simrin: Characterizing Social Behaviors in Female Mice: A Novel Sex-Specific Model Using DeepLabCut and B-SOiD Unsupervised Machine Learning
Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School, Plainview
Skyler Rachel Cowen: Measuring the Effectiveness of Different Stimulus and Medium Types on Environmental Decision-Making
Ethan Hsu: A Novel Application of Intracellular Anandamide Manipulation in C. elegans as a Model for a New Pharmacological Treatment for Autism Spectrum Disorder
Paul d. Schreiber High School, Port Washington
Amelia Abell: Analyzing the Interaction Between HRAS, STAT3 and LRPPRC in the Mitochondria
Sasha Beth Bandler: Behind the Mask: The Impact of Face Masks and Mask Mandates on Facial Emotion Recognition
Bryson Shaub: Causal Effects of Self-Blame and Self-Efficacy Messages on Climate Change Intentions and Behaviors in the Context of Political Party Affiliation: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Roslyn High School, Roslyn Heights
Maxx Yung: μ-Opioids Endomorphin-1 and Endomorphin-2 Modulates Memory Processes in Alzheimer’s and COVID-19 Cell Models
Smithtown High School, Saint James
Holy Mary Zaher: The Correlation Between Peroxisome Levels and Short-Term Memory Loss in a PINK1 -/- Rat Model of Parkinson's Disease
The Stony Brook School, Stony Brook
Marc Nichitiu: Neutron Scattering Data Analysis To Support Feynman's Model of Superfluid Helium
Syosset High School, Syosset
Sabrina Guo: Differential Emergency Contraceptive Use Among Young Women in the United States From 2006 to 2019
Zachary David Kam: Transformative Transactions: An Analysis of Factors Affecting ESG and Impact Investing Behaviors
Anika Shah: Effects of Class-Conscious Admissions on College Campus Racial Diversity
Vivek Turakhia: Aluminum Hydroxide-Induced Dopaminergic Neuron Degeneration and α-Synuclein Aggregation in the Caenorhabditis elegans Model of Parkinson’s Disease
Alex Wang: Spatially Multiplexed Gold Leaf Electrodes for Affordable Pathogenic Detection
Tianyi Zhang: Consonant Correspondences in Sound Symbolic Words Across Indo-European Languages
Valley Stream South High School, Valley Stream
Ibrahim Qadri: The Ability of Vitamin E To Improve the Reproduction and Metabolic Respiration of Nicotine-Induced D. melanogaster
Westhampton Beach High School, Westhampton Beach
Jack Shultz: Alteration of Mineral and Elemental Composition in Saccharina latissma Exposed to Elevated Levels of Carbon Dioxide
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