CSSF Project Listings: 2011
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Senior Division
- S0501
- Phoebe Ann, Grade 12
Therapeutic Natural Products: Effect of H36A Mutation on Structure and Function of StfQ
Advisor: Mr. Tim Smay
School: University High School, Irvine, Orange County
- S0502
- Favio L. Arriaga, Grade 12
Analysis of Enzymatic Activity of Natural Protein vs. Synthetic Protein
Advisor: Ms. Robin Pearce
School: Carter (Wilmer Amina) High School, Rialto, San Bernardino County
- S0503
- Jiyoo Chang, Grade 10
The Effect of the Concentration Level of B-glucosidase on the Rate of the Amount of p-NItrophenol Produced
Advisor: Mr. Michael Antrim
School: Woodbridge High School, Irvine, Orange County
- S0504
- David B. Cheng, Grade 11
A Single Amino Acid Substitution Switches a Protein Specificity
Advisor: Dr. Bahram Razani
School: Calabasas High School, Calabasas, Los Angeles County
- S0505
- Asimina S. Courelli, Grade 12
The Effects of hESC Mother Colony Partitioning on the Pluripotency of Daughter hESC Colonies
Advisor: Dr. Victoria Fox
School: Sonora High School, La Habra, Orange County
- S0506 — Honorable Mention
- Rima R. Deshpande, Grade 10
PTEN, Nine, Eight: A Countdown for Diabetes
Advisor: Dr. Bangyan Stiles
School: Newbury Park High School, Newbury Park, Ventura County
- S0507
- Alexander J. Ehrenberg, Grade 10
The Effect of Ultraviolet Light on DNA Degradation
Advisor: Mr. Skip Lovelady
School: Redwood High School, Larkspur, Marin County
- S0508 — Second Place
- Matthew T. Feddersen, Grade 12
Blake C. Marggraff, Grade 12
Treatment of Simulated Cancer Cells with Compton Scattering-Produced Secondary Radiation
Advisor: Mr. Jay Chugh
School: Acalanes HIgh School, Lafayette, Contra Costa County
- S0510
- Sanjna Ghanshani, Grade 10
The Effect of Single Amino Acid Mutations on Engineering Thermally Stable Enzymes for Bioethanol Production
Advisor: Mr. Tim Smay
School: University High School, Irvine, Orange County
- S0511
- Isabel N. Goronzy, Grade 9
Stress Hormones, DNA Damage Repair, and Cellular Aging
Advisor: Dr. Cornelia Weyand
School: Gunn (Henry M.) High School, Palo Alto, Santa Clara County
- S0512
- Emily Aptaker, Grade 12
Alyssa T. Greene, Grade 12
Studying the Link between Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and Adenocarcinoma Esophageal Cancer in Humans
Advisor: Dr. Nikki Malhotra
School: Thousand Oaks High School, Thousand Oaks, Ventura County
- S0513 — Honorable Mention
- Courtney E. Hesse, Grade 11
Manita Singh, Grade 11
Telomerase Processivity in Cervical Carcinoma Cells of Varying Telomere Length
Advisor: Ms. Wendy Slijk
School: Canyon Crest Academy, San Diego, San Diego County
- S0514
- Kevin R. Kaufmann, Grade 12
Aptameric Modulation of Gadolinium (III) Contrast Agents
Advisor: Mrs. Constance Zeeb
School: Clovis High School, Clovis, Fresno County
- S0515
- Eesha Khare, Grade 10
A Novel Method Using Chemically Engineered CYP101 Enzyme and Light to Hydroxylate Camphor
Advisor: Mrs. Amanda Alonzo
School: Lynbrook High School, San Jose, Santa Clara County
- S0516 — Honorable Mention
- Revanth S. Kosaraju, Grade 11
The Future of Tissue Engineering: A Novel Perfusion-Based Protocol for Decellularizing Adipose Tissue on a Bioreactor
Advisor: Mr. Chris Spenner
School: Harker (The) School, San Jose, Santa Clara County
- S0517
- Alexander Lin, Grade 11
Antioxidant Activities of Human Retinal Cell Lines under the Exposure of 2.4 GHz Electromagnetic Field
Advisor: Dr. Phillip Wenzel
School: Stevenson (Robert Louis) High School, Pebble Beach, Monterey County
- S0518
- Breanna N. Lopez, Grade 10
Comparative Analysis of Mutagenic Effects of Ultraviolet Irradiation on D. melanogaster between Males and Females
Advisor: Ms. Marlene Kent
School: River Springs Charter, Temecula, Riverside County
- S0519
- Irving Diaz, Grade 10
Tracy Ly, Grade 10
Optimization of Transfection Efficiency and Cell Viability in Various Cancer Cell Lines for Gene Therapy
Advisor: Ms. Stephanie Moorlach
School: Hector Godinez Fundamental High School, Santa Ana, Orange County
- S0520
- Samir Malhotra, Grade 11
A Model for Water Transport Mediated by Aquaporins in the Inner Ear
Advisor: Dr. Nikki Malhotra
School: Thousand Oaks High School, Thousand Oaks, Ventura County
- S0521
- Merry Mou, Grade 11
Phenotypic and Genotypic Analyses of Oryza sativa T-DNA Lines
Advisor: Dr. John C. Howe
School: Mission San Jose High School, Fremont, Alameda County
- S0522
- Alka Munshi, Grade 10
Regulation of Fibronectin Expression by EGR1 in Prostate Cancer Cells
Advisor: Dr. Veronique Baron
School: Torrey Pines High School, Encinitas, San Diego County
- S0523
- Kristin C. Olson, Grade 11
A Contrasting Quandary: Optimizing the Signal Strengths of MRI Contrast Agents via Oligonucleotide Bridging
Advisor: Dr. Jay Vavra
School: High Tech High, San Diego, San Diego County
- S0524 — Fourth Place
- Shubha S. Raghvendra, Grade 11
Effects of Diabetes Mellitus on Vasculogenesis Capacities of Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Advisor: Dr. Jason Glotzbach
School: St. Francis High School, Moutain View, Santa Clara County
- S0525
- Vishwaesh Rajiv, Grade 10
A Novel Approach to Fighting Cancer: Silencing hif-1 in C. elegans to Study the Resulting Effects of Hypoxic Survival
Advisor: Dr. Ronald Birrell
School: Lynbrook High School, San Jose, Santa Clara County
- S0526
- Allan A. Ramirez, Grade 12
Fluorescent Complexin and Its Role in Cellular Exocytosis
Advisor: Dr. Joyce Rohan
School: Bravo (Francisco) Medical Magnet High School, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County
- S0527 — Honorable Mention
- Vaishnavi L. Rao, Grade 10
A Novel Study of Neurotransmitter Plasticity in the Embryonic Brain
Advisor: Dr. Davide Dulcis
School: Canyon Crest Academy, San Diego, San Diego County
- S0528
- Brooke J. Rothschild-Mancinelli, Grade 11
Caffeine, Chocolate, and Cell Cycle Checkpoints: The Effect of Theobromine on the G1 Checkpoint in S. pombe
Advisor: Dr. Lynn Rothschild
School: Carlmont High School, Belmont, San Mateo County
- S0529 — Third Place
- Moniyka Sachar, Grade 10
Evaluation of Hydrogenase on Hydrogen Production by Cyanobacteria
Advisor: Mr. Wai-Pan Chan
School: Irvington High School, Fremont, Alameda County
- S0530
- Ahon Sarkar, Grade 11
Effect of Three SIRT-1 Inducers on the Production of Alzheimer's Causing Beta Amyloid Plaques
Advisor: Mrs. Belinda Schmahl
School: Leland High School, San Jose, Santa Clara County
- S0532
- Katie S. Shao, Grade 11
Evolutionary Genetics: An Investigation into the Light-Absorbing Property of Variants of Bacteriorhodopsin
Advisor: Dr. Marc Facciotti
School: Davis Senior High School, Davis, Yolo County
- S0533
- Gautam V. Soundararajan, Grade 11
Evolution of a Tryptophanyl tRNA/Tryptophanyl-tRNA Synthetase Pair for Encoding Unnatural Amino Acids in E. coli
Advisor: Dr. Abhishek Chatterjee
School: Parker (Francis) Upper School, San Diego, San Diego County
- S0534
- Aditya V. Sundaresan, Grade 11
An Investigation of the Ice Nucleation Protein from Pseudomonas syringae
Advisor: Dr. Venkatesan Sundaresan
School: Davis Senior High School, Davis, Yolo County
- S0535 — First Place
- Tammy Y. Rubin, Grade 12
Ali N. Tradonsky, Grade 11
A Search for Reliable Molecular Cytogenetic Markers of Prostate Cancer Prognosis
Advisor: Dr. Sharon Mair
School: San Diego Jewish Academy, San Diego, San Diego County
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