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60th Annual STS (2000–2001)
Semifinalists
New York

Armonk
  Byram Hills High School
Arfa, Meredith Ashley (17)
Object Enrichment on Social Interactions Among Captive Chimpanzees

Aulicino, David Daniel (17)
Meshes: Survey of New Results

Barna, Hayley Bay (17)
Liquid Crystal Alignment Degradation Induced by Photo-irradiation

Harris, Philip Coleman (17)
Townsend Avalanche in Non-Quenching Gases

Henry, Eve Ariel (17)
Increasing Potential Health-Benefits of Certain Cruciferous Vegetables through Modifications of Growth Conditions

Mostafa, Corey F. (18)
Synthesis of Derivatives of 1,4-Bis[(selenocyanato) methyl]benzene (p-XSC)

Simon, Andrew Laurence (17)
Effect of the +93 C/T Polymorphism in the Apolipoprotein(a) Gene on Plasma Levels of Lipoprotein(a), a Genetically Regulated Cardiovascular Risk Factor
Bedford
  Fox Lane High School
Boguchwal, Audrey Jill (17)
Novel Approach to Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Therapy Using a Bovine-derived Artificial Blood Substitute
Brewster
  Brewster High School
Fraioli, Paul George (17)
Experimentation and Observation of the Elusive Nonlinear Explosive Sonoluminescing Bubble
Bronx
  Bronx High School of Science
Belachew, Adam (17)
Crystallization of HIV Neutralizing Monoclonal Antibodies via a Novel Crystallizing Screen

Corwin, Michael (17)
Appropriate Thresholds for Establishing Linkage in Canine Pedigrees: Analytical and Simulation Based Approaches

Das, Vargabi (17)
Dynamics of IL-12 and IL-12R Expression in the Human CNS

Heend, Lauren Beth (17)
Presence of Cysteine Residues are Not Relevant to NFT Formation of Tau

Kessel, Maris Rachael (17)
Role of Reactive Oxygen Species in Arsenic-induced Mutagenesis and Oxidative DNA Damage

Khamphoune, Christopher (17)
Gene Expression Profiling in Microdissected Thymic Tissue

Kim, Andrew (17)
Study of Persistent Photoconductivity (PPC) in Cl and N Doped ZnBeSe Films

Kupava, Katya (17)
Alpha-Synuclein Interaction, in vitro, with Calmodulin, a Known Caldium Sensing Protein

Paung, Calvin (17)
V3 Specific Antibodies Potently Neutralize Primary Isolates of HIV-1: Implication for a Vaccine

Quach, Lauren (17)
Adolescent Religiosity and the Attitudes Towards Suicide

Rodman, Matthew Evan (17)
Lip Movement Patterns Observed During Biting, Swallowing and Grazing Behaviors Can Explain Some of the Variability Found in Aplysia Feeding System

Ruan, Aiyu Alexandra (18)
Parent-Adolescent Communication and Trust through a Cross-cultural Study of Class Cutting

Steiner, Emanuel Hossein (17)
Xenophobia and Racial Proximity

Wu, Michael (17)
Computer Modeling of Photosensitive Epilepsy

Yavuz, Burcu Manolya (17)
VEGF Signaling in Tumor Angiogenesis

Zhou, Long(Steven) (18)
Mechanisms of Apoptosis Resistance in Lymphocytes of Familial Lymphoma Patients

Zinger, Leon (17)
Correlations between the North Atlantic Oscillation and Extreme Weather Events during Winter Months
  Horace Mann School
Berman, Adriane Beth (17)
Chemokines and HIV-1 Glycoprotein 120 Induce Tissue Factor Procoagulant Activity in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells
  The Fieldston School
Harrington, Jacqueline Dorothy (18)
Defects in B Cells and Monocytes from Patients with Common Variable Immunodeficiency in Response to 446-BCDF
Brooklyn
  Brooklyn Technical High School
Carreno, Jaime T. (17)
Homonegativity and the Media: Analysis of Attitudes Regarding Violent Crimes Directed at Homosexuals

Fu, Mabel (17)
Effect of Emotional Expressiveness on Overall Level of Aggression and the Four Components of Aggression

Paroder, Monika (17)
Iodide Transporter (NIS): Protein with Widespread Medical Applications: Analysis of a Congenital Hypothyroidism-Causing NIS Mutation and Demonstration of Decreased NIS Expression in Gastric Cancer

Yasinnik, Yelena (17)
p-Colorability of Torus Knots: Search for Invariants
  Edward R. Murrow High School
Lasoff, Beth (17)
Impact of an Individual's Relationship with a Cancer Patient on Pessimism and Familial Stability

Liang, Lily (17)
Effect of Group Compositions on the Interracial Communication between Asian-American and European-American High School Students

Shenderov, Eugene (17)
Role of Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV as a Tumor Suppressing Gene
  Franklin K Lane High School
Buzescu, Rodica Alina (18)
Learning and Memory in the Y-Maze: Study on the Inbred Mice Strains C 57 BL/6J and C 129 J
  James Madison High School
Kolmakova, Julia (18)
Reliability Study of a Functional Rotation Test

Yu, Siu Kei Edwin (18)
Using Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) to Date Teeth from the Oldest Mousterian Layer at Divje Babe I, Slovenia
  Midwood High School at Brooklyn College
Belova, Nadezhda (18)
Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) Use Tactile Cues to Detect and Learn Changes in the Spatial Configuration of Their Environment

Lee, Angela Catherine (17)
Group I Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors in Epilepsy

Rudberg, Rebecca Amit (17)
Determining the Active Domains of a Novel Receptor Duplex Involved in Cell Adhesion and Aggregation by Use of Recombinant Proteins

Tkachenko, Olga (17)
Induction of Haymaker Gene Expression in Stimulated Human Lymphocytes

Wu, Lisa (17)
Demonstration of the Nuclear Localization of the Novel Pancreatic Carcinoma 3D4 Antigen and its Potential Role During Mitosis
Cedarhurst
  Lawrence High School
Agyapong, Eno Gyameraah (17)
Relationship of Gender and Maternal and Paternal Family Histories of Stuttering to Stuttering Severity, Stuttering-like Disfluency, Recovery Rate Predictions and Two-unit Recovery Times

Benjamin, Lori Ilyse (17)
Psychosocial Adaptation by Children of Familial Short Stature

Blaustein, Eric (17)
An Investigation of Pragmatics and the Processing of Idioms in LLD Preadolescents: A Study of Right Brain Verbal Functions

Gedalius, Joel Daniel (17)
Comparison of NCEP, UKMO, and NCEP Reanalysis Models of Antarctic Upper-Atmospheric Temperatures: Discovery of an Annual Summer Drift

Lipitz, Allison Nicole (17)
Ants and Smarts: Relationship between Ants Participation, Motivation Level and Academic Performance

Paz, Yehuda Edo (17)
Double or Nothing: Analyzing the Utility of the Prospect Theory as a Predictor of Adolescent Risk-Taking
Chappaqua
  Horace Greeley High School
Meng, Kyle Chuan (17)
Development of an Automated Real-time Resistivity Imaging System for Monitoring Subsurface Fluid Flow
Commack
  Commack High School
Nudelman, Michele Ariela (17)
Computer Analysis and Simulation of Thermal Spray Processes to Optimize Efficiency and Coverage
Delmar
  Bethlehem Central High School
Holzman, Samuel Beard (17)
Ecological Influences on Parental Care and Investment in Pumpkinseed Sunfish, Lepomis gibbosus
Dix Hills
  Half Hollow Hills High School East
Han, Arthur (17)
Model of Intracellular Ca2+ Oscillations Involving the Regulation of Ca2+ Release and Entry

Wang, Jennifer Tong (17)
Investigation of Dehydrin Gene Expression in Sugar Beet
East Setauket
  Ward Melville High School
Berman, Craig Joshua (17)
Characterization of Ultrasound in Osteoporotic-like Bone Tissue and its Clinical Application as a Non-Invasive Diagnostic System

Hseuh, Brigitte Eulee (17)
Biodesulfurization of Home Heating Oil and Diesel Fuel

Katz, Hila Esther (17)
Parents: You Can't Live with Them, You Can't Live without Them: Harmony, Independence, Maturity, and Closeness in Gender-based Parent-child Relationships

Lense, Miriam Diane (17)
Computer Aided Speckle Interferometry as a Novel Technique for Measuring Myocardial Deformation with High Spatial Resolution

Lubin, Jonathan Landau (17)
Effect of Gonadal Hormone Deficiency on the Acetylcholine Innervation of the Hippocampus and Possible Implications for Alzheimer's Disease

Polyakov, Mike Yurievich (17)
Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy of Living Tissue and its Application for Medical Diagnostics

Reitano, Elizabeth Morgan (17)
Effects of Aspirin on the Cardioprotective Benefits of Arachidonic Acid in Ischemic Preconditioning and Myocardial Infarction

Shah, Anshul Ajay (17)
Effect of Fillers on Adhesion at Polymer Interfaces

Stone, Peter Robert (17)
Formation of Hollow Gold Nanospheres by a Block Copolymer Matrix

Wu, Karen (17)
Osteoporosis Educational Initiative through Dental Practices: A Pilot Project

Xu, Xiaoti (18)
Functional Domains of the Runt Protein Drosophila melanogaster

Yoon, John Francis (17)
Cross-sectional Assessment of Fluid Perfusion in Simulated Osteoporotic Bone
Flushing
  John Bowne High School
Mathur, Chandan Nanjunda (16)
Investigation of the Topic Structure and Focused Crawling Techniques on the Web
  Townsend Harris High School
Barz, Allison Emily (17)
Investigation of Phenotype and Variance of the Melanocortin-1 Receptor Gene as Rick Factors for Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma

Ng, Vivian Gar-Yan (17)
Recombinant Fragment of Apolipoprotein A1 (Domains II/III) Is a Target for Autoantibodies of Lupus Patients

Prasso, Jason Evan (17)
PARP Degradation: Role for Caspase-3 in Induced Apoptosis During Early Zebrafish Embryogenesis

Rosaler, Joshua Samuel (17)
Microwave Propagation in Periodic and Disordered 3-D Face-centered-cubic Photonic Crystals

Weinstein, Zachary Aaron (17)
Role of Feature-target Contiguity in Feature Positive Discrimination Learning
Fresh Meadows
  Saint Francis Preparatory School
de Venecia, Carla Alexis (17)
Amyloid Fibril Formation in Alzheimer's Disease and the Prion Diseases

Napier, Melanie Denise (17)
Expression of Noggin in an Adult Stem Cell Region: A Developmental Analysis
Great Neck
  Great Neck North High School
Biddle, Jeremy Justin (17)
Role of Nitric Oxide in the Mechanism of Laminin-mediated Neurite Outgrowth

Cohen, Michelle Sarah (17)
Promiscuous Binding of Deamidated Peptides in the DQ8 Groove: Possible Explanation for the Pathogenesis of Celiac Disease

Goldman, Aaron Rouhi (17)
The Fabrication of a Porous Layer of Metal Through Plasma Based Nano-Patternin

Katz, Amy Diana (17)
Is Competitive Ability Related to Invasiveness: Study of Four Woody Species

Khalil, David Nejad (17)
Identification of the Multiple Human Brain Areas Associated with the Two Perceptions of Ambiguous Figures Using fMRI

Lamkay, Laura Michelle (18)
Expression and Purification of Thiaminase I Cloned from Naegleria gruberi

Mann, Alberto David (17)
Determination of the Role of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase in MCF-7 Human Breast Carcinoma Cell Proliferation and Apoptosis through an NADPH-diaphorase NOS Activity Assay

Mashihi, Sharon Sarah (17)
Predicting Behavior in an Interracial Setting: Which Pipeline Works Best?

Moussazadeh, Nelson (17)
Induction of Cardiomyocyte Differentiation Following Stimulation of Human Fetal Liver AC133 (+) Stem Cells in vitro

Smolow, Erica Fran (18)
Evaluation of Leptinotarsa decemlineata to Various Host Plant Resistance Combinations in Solanum tuberosum
  Great Neck South High School
Grossman, Jason Ray (17)
Role of Alcohol in the Formation of Cancer in Human Breast Cell Lines through the Up-regulation of Estrogen Receptor Activity and the Down-regulation of BRCA1

Gupta, Kiran (17)
Study of Polymorphism(s) of Fig1 Gene in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Killian, Stephanie (17)
Analysis of HIV-1 Dynamics Using Mathematical Modeling that Incorporates Latently Infected CD4+ T Cells, Immune Response Time, Apoptosis, Mutations and Drug Therapy with Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors, Protease Inhibitors and Integrase Inhi
Jericho
  Jericho Senior High School
Garg, Rakhi (17)
Pregnancy in Patients with Established Malignant Glioma

Yao, David (17)
Segregation of Long and Short Chain Polystyrene
Katonah
  John Jay High School
Mazza, Michael Paul (17)
Do Chimpanzees Understand That Others Cannot See through Opaque Barriers?
Liverpool
  Liverpool High School
Shanbhag, Niraj Madhav (17)
Novel Selection System Utilizing Oxalic Acid for Poplar(Populus x euramericana) Genetic Transformations
Locust Valley
  Friends Academy
Touma, Salwa (17)
Endogenous Morphine: A New Player in the Immune System?
Lynbrook
  Lynbrook Senior High School
Marino, Elizabeth Carroll (17)
New Methodology for Determining the Effect of Indolacetic Acid on the Fiber Count of Cotton
Malverne
  Malverne Senior High School
Lee, Tiffany (17)
Molecular Survey of Symbiotic Dinoflagellate Diversity in Reef-building Corals from the Arabian Gulf and Red Sea: Reduced Symbiont Diversity in Response to Thermal Stress
Mamaroneck
  Mamaroneck High School
Gordon, Jacqueline Naomi (17)
Characterization of CP Eridani, a Cataclysmic Variable
Manhasset
  Manhasset Junior-Senior High School
Cook, Kathleen H. (18)
Developing Methods for Generating the Reduced Folate Carrier Protein Recombinantly: A Novel Step Towards Improving Methotrexate Efficiency

Gusmanos, Pamela Kristen (17)
Effects of Tolerance on B7.1 Expression in the Intestine of MOG-fed Mice

Mehta, Rajeev (17)
Cytotoxic Effects of the HIV-Tat Protein on HGEC as a Factor in HIVAN Pathogenesis

Noguchi, Shodai (18)
Role of Microbubbles and Surfactant in Skin Friction Reduction

Parry, Sarah Jennifer (17)
Isolation of Amyloid B Peptides Using Thiophilic Chromatography
Massapequa
  Massapequa High School
Lin, Shelly (17)
Human Proto-hormones: Implications of Dehydroepiandrosterone as an Agricultural Growth Stimulant
New Hyde Park
  New Hyde Park Memorial High School
Bandyopadhyay, Shaibal (17)
Myocardial Adaptation to Ischemia: Role of Anti-death Gene Bcl-2

Gewaily, Dina (17)
Droplet Morphology and Its Application for DNA Electrophoresis on a Chip
New Rochelle
  New Rochelle High School
Katzeff, Joshua (17)
Increased Elastin but not Collagen pro a1 or pro a2 Gene Expression is Present in Mitral Valve Prolapse using Reverse Transcriptase-PCR and a Modified RNA Extraction Technique

Siegel, Matthew Louis (17)
Glow Discharge Optical Emission Spectrometry for the Relative Calibration of Helium Emission Line Intensity vs. Concentration

Welsh, Sabrina Emily (17)
Using a Banana Promoter Sequence to Observe its Efficacy in Initiating the Production of Proteins in a Transgenic Tomato Model
New York
  Chapin School
Horton, Lucy Elise (17)
Effects of Catecholamines on Learning: Song Analysis of Zebra Finches
  Hunter College High School
Chen, Vincent (17)
Analysis of Mouse Antibody Responses Following Scrapie Infection Implications for Scrapie Etiology and Disease Mechanism

Leeds, Daniel Demeny (17)
Independent Manifolds in the Zebra Finch Song: Strategy for Robust Social Interaction
  Stuyvesant High School
Aronov, Dmitriy (17)
Metric Space Analysis of Multi-Channel Spike Sequences

Batra, Sonal (17)
Mothers' Expectations About Their Infants' Motor and Language Skills

Chow, Jerry Moy (17)
Measurement of Ground State Energy and Landau Levels of a GaAs Quantum Well and Magnetic Flux Quantum

Cohen, Jason A. (17)
Behavioral Enrichment of Ursus maritimus in the Central Park Wildlife Center

Gutman, David Charles (17)
Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia Tarda: Potential New Mutation in the SEDL Gene

Khandros, Yevgeniy (17)
Apoptosis and Proteolytic Activity in Fibrous and Atheromatous Plaques in Carotid Atherosclerotic Disease

Kim, Shohye (17)
Interaction of Estrogen Receptor and Thyroid Hormone Receptor Isoforms on Consensus Estrogen Response Element (ERE) Regulated Gene Expression

Leng, Siyang (17)
Toll-like Receptor Expression and Function in Intestinal Epithelial Cells

Lindquist, Robert Adam (17)
Cholesterol Efflux and Uptake through Receptor-mediated Endocytosis are Inhibited in Stably-transfected Annexin I Antisense Cell Lines

Mak, Yvonne (17)
Effects of Internet Interaction on Adolescents' Friendships

Nguyen, Caroline Minh-Phuong (15)
Anaylsis of a Two-Round Ehrenfeucht Game of Two Sequences

Sealfon, Rebecca Anne (17)
Sound Production in Fin Whales

Siriratsivawong, Rick (17)
Electrical Stimulation of the Cerebellar Fastigial Nucleus Protects Rat Brain from Staurosporine Induced Apoptosis in vitro

Smith, Ben C. (17)
Effects of Overexpression of Telomerase on Cell Cycle Kinetics in BJ Cells

Xia, YuQi Matthew (16)
Drag Reduction by a Flexible Filament in High Reynolds-number Flow

Zubkina, Anna (17)
Investigating the Process of Visual Search: Localization and Identification of Shapes
  The Chapin School
Smetana, Caroline Reiss (17)
Evaluation of the Antiviral Efficacy of Acyclovir, Caffeine, Interferon Gamma, Geum Japonicum, and Syzygium Aromaticum Alone, and in Combination, on Herpes Simplex Keratitis
Niskayuna
  Niskayuna High School
Hyland, Callen (17)
Influence of Transpiration Rate and Initial Solution Concentration on Cadmium Accumulation in Indian Mustard
Northport
  Northport High School
Capo, Allison Melanie (17)
Effect of Indole-acetic Acid and Gibberellic Acid Treatment in vivo on Cotton Fiber Initiation

Munson, Alicia Lynn (17)
Phytoremediation and Hydra Bioassay of Lead Contaminated Water

Paluska, Lindsey Mazzola (17)
In vitro Effects of Mucin on the Inhibitors of Human Neutrophil Elastase
Oceanside
  Oceanside High School
Satriano, Matthew Bryan (17)
Determinantal Sequences
Old Westbury
  The Wheatley School
Krishnan, Udhay (17)
Screening and Characterization of Genes Involved with the Septin Dynamics of Cytokinesis in Sacchromyces cerevisiae
Ossining
  Ossining High School
Ross, Noam Martin (17)
Relationships between Color and Motion Perception: Study in Retina-relative vs. Object-relative Motion and the Effect of Temporal Frequency
Port Washington
  Paul D. Schreiber Senior High School
Hamburg, Leah Marion (17)
Role of the Proepicardial Organ in Coronary Artery Development

Hiller, Mark Alexander (17)
Experiment Designed to Increase Voter Turnout

Tingir, Roxanne Ani (17)
Development of an ELISA for Chimeric Monoclonal Antibody 31.1
Rochester
  Brighton High School
Mukamel, Ronen Eliahu (17)
Frequency Conversion of Phase-aberrated Laser Beams for the National Ignition Facility
Rockville Centre
  South Side High School
Rubin, Courtney Elizabeth (17)
Genetic Variations among Termites (Reticulitermes flayipes) from Different Geographic Locations
Roslyn Heights
  Roslyn High School
Donnenfeld, Ashley Dawn (17)
The Psychological Impact of Laser Vision Correction

Georgekutty, Justin (18)
Inhibitory Effects of Indol-3-Carbinol on Cell Adhesion, Cell Migration and Cell Invasion of Human Breast Cancer Cell Line T47-D

King, Daniel Alexander (17)
Isolating the 5' End of the DBC2 Gene by RACE PCR and Positional Cloning Techniques

Lieberman, Brian Matthew (17)
Effects of Negative Political Advertisements on Subjects' Evaluation of Political Candidates and Advertisement

Waldman, Johanna Beth (17)
Cheating to Make the Grade: An Analysis of Factors Affecting Academic Dishonesty
Rye Brook
  Blind Brook High School
Nambudiri, Vinod Easwaran (17)
Alteration of Sleep and Daytime Cognitive Performance in Adolescents as a Result of Nocturnal Extraocular Light Exposure
Smithtown
  Smithtown High School
Hsieh, Heidi (17)
Formation of Nano-scaled Super Zeolite-like Meso-structure by Various Block Copolymer Matrices

Hung, Crystal (17)
Preprocessing Method and Creation of Activation Functions for a Minimally Complex Radial Basis Function Neural Network Handwriting Program: Simplifying Ahead of Time
Spring Valley
  Ramapo Senior High School
Kempadoo, Kimberly Ann (17)
Behavioral Effects of Dopamine on Locomotor Performance in Cara ssius auratus
Staten Island
  Staten Island Technical High School
D'Auria, Timothy Christopher (17)
Effects of 60 Hz Sinusoidal Magnetic Fields on the Mitotic Rate of Escherichia coli
  Susan E. Wagner High School
Ali, Zarina Sultana (17)
Perseverative Behavior in Persons with Mental Retardation: Dementia versus Normal Aging
  Tottenville High School
Das, Paramita (17)
Externalization of Phosphateidylserine is Due to Aminophospholipid Translocase Inhibition During Apoptosis
Syosset
  Syosset High School
Sood, Arpana (17)
Curcumin Inhibits Shiga Toxin (Stx)-induced Human Renal Tubular Epithelial Cell Apoptosis

Wang, I-June (17)
Motility and Invasion in Oncogene Transformed Cells
Valley Stream
  Valley Stream South High School
Ferguson, Shanikki Tanya (16)
Effects of Melphalan-based High Dose Therapy, with and without Cyclophosphamide, on the Premature Shortening of Telomeres after Chemotherapy
White Plains
  White Plains High School
Aguero, Katherine Elizabeth (18)
Non-circadian, Activating Effects of Extraocular Light Exposure on Cognitive Performance and Electroencephalography in Humans
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