Sachem North Student is Intel Semifinalist

Sachem North's Garima Yadav was selected as an Intel semifinalist this week for her project titled, "Discovery of Novel Benzimidazole-based Antibacterial Agents Targeting FtsZ for Potential Treatment of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis."

Yadav worked on the project at Stony Brook University under the guidance of Professor Iwao Ojima.

The semifinalists of the Intel Science Talent Search (Intel STS) 2012 were chosen from among 1,839 entrants representing 497 high schools in 44 states, the District of Columbia, and three overseas schools.

Each of the 300 students named a semifinalist in the Intel STS 2012 will receive a $1,000 award for his or her outstanding research. Additionally, to recognize excellence in teaching and school support of individual student research, every school will receive an award of $1,000 for each semifinalist named in the Intel STS 2012, according to Intel.

Intel said from this group of 300 Intel STS 2012 semifinalists, 40 finalists will be chosen to attend the Intel Science Talent Institute in Washington, DC from March 8–13, 2012. During their trip to Washington, these finalists will undergo further judging and share $630,000 in awards.

The 40 Intel STS 2012 finalists will be announced Jan. 25, 2012 and published in Science News.