CSSF Project Listings: 2009
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Senior Division
- S0401
- Brandon C. Amash, Grade 11
Cloning a Human Gene in Genetically Recombinant Bacterial Colonies
Advisor: Ms. Judy Fusco
School: Villa Park High School, Villa Park, Orange County
- S0402
- Jang Hyun (Kevin) Baik, Grade 11
Jun Noh, Grade 11
Extraction of Bio-Ethanol from Wasted Bio-Wastes through the Process of Fermentation and Distillation
Advisor: Mr. Michael Antrim
School: Woodbridge High School, Irvine, Orange County
- S0403
- Aubrea M. Bailis, Grade 9
Genotoxicity of Common Household Substances
Advisor: Mr. Robert Bolton
School: Claremont High School, Claremont, Los Angeles County
- S0404
- Laura J. Billiter, Grade 10
Effect of Microwave Radiation on Chlorophyll
Advisor: Ms. Gwen Corbett
School: Villa Park High School, Villa Park, Orange County
- S0405 — Honorable Mention
- Varun Chaturvedi, Grade 11
CD1d Antigen Expression for the Therapeutics of Prostate Cancer
Advisor: Dr. Vipin Kumar
School: Torrey Pines High School, Encinitas, San Diego County
- S0406 — Fourth Place
- Jennifer S. Chen, Grade 10
Exploring a Sequencing-based Human Identification Method as a Replacement for Current Fragment Sizing Technology
Advisor: Dr. Chun-Nan Chen
School: Lynbrook High School, San Jose, Santa Clara County
- S0407
- Kevin N. Chen, Grade 11
Using RNA Interference to Block HIV Entry into Cells
Advisor: Dr. Masakazu Kamata
School: Palos Verdes High School, Palos Verdes Estates, Los Angeles County
- S0408 — First Place
- Nicholas K. Davis, Grade 12
Inhibiting Chemosensory Function via Introduction of Anticonvulsant Ethosuximide for Net Extension of Schmidtea mediterr
Advisor: Mr. Wayne Garabedian
School: Clovis West High School, Fresno, Fresno County
- S0409
- Samantha M. Guhan, Grade 9
A Tripeptide Based Study of the Role of Flanking Amino Acids in DOPA Mediated Mussel Adhesion
Advisor: Mrs. Deborah Dogancay
School: Newbury Park High School, Newbury Park, Ventura County
- S0410
- John N. Ho, Grade 11
The Effect of pH on Lactase
Advisor: Mr. Armando Gonzales
School: California Academy of Mathematics & Science, Carson, Los Angeles County
- S0411
- Eric V. Jang, Grade 9
UV Exposure Accelerates Telomere Shortening: An Implication of Premature Aging
Advisor: Miss Amy Andrzejewski
School: Cupertino High School, Cupertino, Santa Clara County
- S0412
- Ann Kim, Grade 11
The Effects of Glucose on Insulin Receptor Protein Production
Advisor: Dr. Larry Riley
School: Buchanan (Floyd B.) High School, Clovis, Fresno County
- S0413
- Anna K. Kimball, Grade 9
Antibody Based Analysis of Digestive Enzyme Action on Gluten in Wheat Flour using Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Advisor: Mr. Richard Bartel
School: North County Christian School, Atascadero, San Luis Obispo County
- S0414 — Honorable Mention
- Nitish Lakhanpal, Grade 12
Computational Prediction of Beta Structure from Amino Acid Sequence in a Class of Pathologically Relevant Proteins
Advisor: Mr. David Knight
School: University High School, Irvine, Orange County
- S0416
- Katie V. Luong, Grade 9
Banana DNA Extraction
Advisor: Mr. Quyin Ho
School: Bravo (Francisco) Medical Magnet High School, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County
- S0417
- Isaac A. Madan, Grade 10
Haran Sivakumar, Grade 11
Identifying Two Populations of Neurons in the Developing Cerebellum
Advisor: Dr. Ashvin Sangoram, Dr. Kate Schafer
School: Harker (The) School, San Jose, Santa Clara County
- S0418
- Sanjana Marpadga, Grade 12
Beclin I: A Novel Marker to Evaluate Human Islet Quality
Advisor: Dr. Ivan Todorov
School: Upland High School, Upland, San Bernardino County
- S0419 — Second Place
- Shamik Mascharak, Grade 10
Synthesis of Fluorescent Silica Nanoparticles Conjugated with RGD Peptide for Detection of Invasive Human Breast Cancer
Advisor: Mrs. Nancy Serigstad
School: Santa Cruz High School, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County
- S0420
- Vijay V. Menon, Grade 10
Karthik S. Sreedhara, Grade 10
Abhishek Venkataramana, Grade 10
Ethanol Sources and Yields: An Analysis of Raw vs. Processed Sources and How Temperature and Enzymes Affect Yield
Advisor: Mr. Bob Kucer, Mr. Craig Stephens
School: Saratoga High School, Saratoga, Santa Clara County
- S0421
- Danielle P. Monahan, Grade 12
Oligomerization of the P. aeruginosa Aer-z N-terminal Domain May Determine Signaling State
Advisor: Dr. Daniel Morse
School: Colton High School, Colton, San Bernardino County
- S0422
- Megan D. Nicponski, Grade 10
Self-Medicating Plants
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School: Norco Senior High School, Norco, Riverside County
- S0423 — Honorable Mention
- Marie Nielsen, Grade 11
TSEs: Analyzing Copper 2+ Binding in the Octarepeat Region of the Infectious Prion Protein
Advisor: Mr. Darrell Steely
School: Pacific Collegiate School, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County
- S0424
- Kyle R. Rothschild-Mancinelli, Grade 11
The Effects of UV Radiation on Supercoiled DNA: A Three Year Study
Advisor: Dr. Lynn Rothschild
School: Carlmont High School, Belmont, San Mateo County
- S0425
- San Singh, Grade 11
Zbtb7 Gene Expression in Various Cancer Cell Lines
Advisor: Dr. Jesika Faridi
School: Saint Mary's High School, Stockton, San Joaquin County
- S0427 — Honorable Mention
- Tyler H. Taylor, Grade 11
DNA Barcoding as a Tool to Identify Commercially Marketed Fish
Advisor: Dr. Jay Vavra
School: High Tech High, San Diego, San Diego County
- S0428 — Third Place
- Paul Tran, Grade 11
Further Investigation of the Inhibitory Effect of HKa on Metastasis of Prostate Cancer Cell Line DU145
Advisor: Mr. Walter Solomon
School: Preuss School, La Jolla, San Diego County
- S0429
- Nicholas J. Tucker, Grade 9
How Does Temperature and Concentration Affect Enzyme Catalyzed Reactions?
Advisor: Mr. John Lawrence
School: Claremont High School, Claremont, Los Angeles County
- S0430
- Y. Symphony Yu, Grade 11
The Rotational Barrier of 6-Methylnicotinamide
Advisor: Mr. Sunny Kaura
School: Centennial High School, Corona, Riverside County
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