CSSF Project Listings: 2008
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Senior Division
- S0401
- Shilpa P. Argade, Grade 11
The Study of Tamm-Horsfall Protein in Interstitial Cystitis
Advisor: Dr. Sulabha Argade
School: Scripps Ranch High School, San Diego, San Diego County
- S0402
- Chingiz Bigalimov, Grade 10
Can Garlic Prevent the Fungi Growth?
Advisor: <none acknowledged>
School: Costa Mesa High School, Costa Mesa, Orange County
- S0403 — Honorable Mention
- Sunil C. Bodapati, Grade 11
New Imaging Technique Promises Higher Resolution of Brain Cancer Tumor Boundaries using Photoacoustic Imaging
Advisor: Ms. Belinda Schmahl
School: Bellarmine College Preparatory, San Jose, Santa Clara County
- S0404
- Oscar Calzada, Grade 12
The Effect of TGF-beta Stimulation on Retinal Pigment Epithelium Cell Transformation
Advisor: Dr. Joseph D. Cocozza
School: Bravo (Francisco) Medical Magnet High School, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County
- S0405
- Kush P. Das, Grade 11
The Effect of Glucose on the Growth Hormone Secretagogue Receptor in the Pituitary Gland of Tilapia
Advisor: Dr. Larry Riley
School: Buchanan (Floyd B.) High School, Clovis, Fresno County
- S0406
- Browly C. Do, Grade 11
Catobolic Pathways in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Advisor: Mrs. Robin Pearce
School: Carter (Wilmer Amina) High School, Rialto, San Bernardino County
- S0407 — First Place
- Sravya R. Keremane, Grade 12
Biochemical Analysis of the Mechanisms of Cold Tolerance in Citrus
Advisor: Dr. Richard Lee
School: North (John Wesley) High School, Riverside, Riverside County
- S0408
- Arthur Kuan, Grade 11
Antioxidant Enzyme Activities of Drosophila melanogaster under the Exposure of WiFi 2.4 GHz Electromagnetic Field
Advisor: Dr. Armando Galindo
School: Stevenson (Robert Louis) High School, Pebble Beach, Monterey County
- S0409 — Fourth Place
- Malika Kumar, Grade 10
Haley E. Zarrin, Grade 10
Identifying Functions of Novel Transcripts in S. cerevisiae
Advisor: Dr. Albert Lee
School: Saratoga High School, Saratoga, Santa Clara County
- S0410 — Honorable Mention
- Thomas G. Kwong, Grade 11
Get1 Transactivator Regulates Epithelial Barrier Protein Upk2 in a Cell-based Luciferase Assay
Advisor: Dr. Bogi Andersen
School: University High School, Irvine, Orange County
- S0412
- Marie H. Nguyen, Grade 12
Effect of Nutrient Additives on Ethanol Production by Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Advisor: Mr. Todd Linke
School: Mount Miguel High School, Spring Valley, San Diego County
- S0413
- Christopher S. Park, Grade 10
Evolutionary Electrophoresis
Advisor: Mr. John-Emmanuel Shirajian
School: Ribet Academy, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County
- S0414
- Amisha P. Patel, Grade 11
Effects of Ethanol on Beta-Hexosaminidase
Advisor: Mr. Daniel Motherspaw
School: Inderkum High School, Sacramento, Sacramento County
- S0415
- Niraj R. Patel, Grade 9
Plasmid DNA Extraction
Advisor: Mr. Sunny Kaura
School: Centennial High School, Corona, Riverside County
- S0416
- Kyle R. Rothschild-Mancinelli, Grade 10
Braking the Double Helix: Effects of UV Radiation on Super-Coiled DNA
Advisor: Dr. Lynn Rothschild
School: Carlmont High School, Belmont, San Mateo County
- S0417
- Carolyn S. Sinow, Grade 10
Construction of an IGF-NAGLU Fusion Protein for Treatment of Sanfilippo B Syndrome
Advisor: Mr. Peter Starodub
School: Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, Rolling Hills Estate, Los Angeles County
- S0418
- Jane Y. Suh, Grade 10
Microfluidic Image Cytometry to Detect PI3K Pathway Markers in Brain Cancer
Advisor: Mr. Peter Starodub
School: Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, Rolling Hills Estate, Los Angeles County
- S0419
- Paul Tran, Grade 10
The Inhibitory Effect of HKa on Prostate Cancer Line DU145 Is Mediated by Blocking Metastasis
Advisor: Mr. Jason Flesock
School: Preuss School, La Jolla, San Diego County
- S0420
- Theresa T. Tran, Grade 12
Living with Cancer: Detection of Circulating Tumor Cells with Cytokeratin and EpCAM Antibodies
Advisor: Mr. Todd Linke
School: Mount Miguel High School, Spring Valley, San Diego County
- S0421 — Second Place
- Devesh M. Vashishtha, Grade 11
The Role of Histone Modifications in Transcriptional Dysregulation of Neuronal Genes in Huntington's Disease
Advisor: Mr. David Knight
School: University High School, Irvine, Orange County
- S0422 — Third Place
- Emily J. Zolfaghari, Grade 10
The Correlation between the Glycemic Index and the Development of Ovarian Serous Tumors of Low Malignant Potential
Advisor: Mrs. Marilyn Usher
School: La Reina High School, Thousand Oaks, Ventura County
- S0499 — Honorable Mention
- Sabrina Paseman, Grade 11
The Ferrometer: A Device to Detect Iron Deficient Anemia via Non-Invasive Optical Measurement of Zinc Protoporphyrin
Advisor: Dr. Kate Schafer
School: The Harker School, San Jose, Santa Clara County
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