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2005
Otto Burgdorf Student Science Research Competition Winners There were 165 papers from school districts representing Nassau, New York City, Westchester, and Suffolk counties that qualified for judging this year. Although it took a bit longer than anticipated, all papers were scored twice by judges from two different schools. This year, the 2005 Otto Burgdorf Award for Outstanding Research Award was given to Shara Yurkiewicz from Lawrence High School who received a perfect score of 100. First place winners were awarded in categories where students received combined scores of at least 90 points. In addition, highest honors, high honors, and honors were also awarded in each category. Overall and first place winners will receive plaques in honor of their outstanding work. Certificates will be awarded to all other winners. All participants will receive judging sheets indicating their sub-category scores, overall scores, and, in some cases, comments written by their judges. Please note that a few scores were e-mailed or called in via telephone, so those judging sheets are not available to participating students. Plaques, certificates, and awards will be sent to participants' schools within the next few weeks.Congratulations to all participants - you are all winners! LorriLee Geraci Otto Burgdorf Competition Coordinator 2005 Otto Burgdorf
Award for Outstanding Research
Shara Yurkiewicz, Lawrence High School Lovastatin as an Anti-Inflammatory Agent against Alzheimer's Disease Behavioral
Science
First Place: Erica Crane, Roslyn
High School
The Effects of Student Gender, Teacher Gender, and Explicitness of Background Information on Teachers' Perceived Competence of Students in Mathematics Highest Honors: Hyo Teung Choo, Roslyn High School The Influence of Affirmative Action on High School Students' Assessments of College Applicants Highest Honors: Monique Yashaya, Roslyn High School The Effects of Gender and Job Type on Perceptions of Job Competence and Deserved Salary High Honors: Megan Foley, South Side High School The Correlation between Shyness and Negative Risk-Taking in Teenagers High Honors: Nicole Nussbaum, Roslyn High School Truth or Deceit - The Words will Tell: An Automated Linguistic Analysis of Deception in Computer-Mediated Interrogation Honors: Garri Aronson, Roslyn High School A Rose by any other Name: The Impact of Androgynous Names on the Perceived Popularity and Success of High School Students Honors: Brittany LeMonda, Garden City High School The Effect of the Quality of the Early Environment on the IQ of Offspring Biochemistry
First Place: Christopher Hubley, Oceanside
High School
The inhibition of GAD65 using RNAi in Pancreatic Islet Cells: A Novel Treatment for Type 1 Diabetes Highest Honors: Juveria Abdullah, Bronx High School of Science The Interaction between Smad1 and Runx1 in the Context of Bone Morphogenetic Protein Signaling during Hematopoietic Stem Cell Development High Honors: Saroja Bangaru, Roslyn High School The Effect of Retinoic Acids on C-myc Target Genes in Medulloblastoma Honors: Jaclyn Porter, South Side High School, Lead Contaminants in DietarySupplements Botany
Highest Honors: Nahid Shaikh,
Lawrence High School
From Seed to Plant: The Effects of Wounding on the Induction of the A-248virE-gfp Strain of Agrobacterium tumifaciens High Honors: Samreen Nayyer, Forest Hills High School Regeneration Ability in Ceratopteris richardii at Different Developmental Stages Honors: Matthew Randall, Miller Place High School Frost as an Induction Agent of Burls Ecology
Highest Honors: Ravindra Mangal, Robert
F. Kennedy High School
Assessing the Potential for Reworked Teeth by ESR Dating in the Neanderthal Occupation Layer at Pradayrol, France Highest Honors: Ying-Qui-Qi-Lei, Robert F. Kennedy High School Mining the Past: Geochemical Analyses of Fossil Teeth and Sediment Illuminate Ancient Environments High Honors: Jessica Monks, Wellington C. Mepham High School A Comparison of Crassostrea virginica (Eastern Oyster) Growth under Various Aquaculture Conditions in the Hudson River High Honors: Matan Shelomi, Scarsdale High School Extirpation of Dung Beetle Species in NY Bioscape Forest Fragments and its Effects on Dung Flies and Soil Quality Honors: Michael Dolinger, Wellington C. Mepham High School Terrapin Nesting Ecology: The Identification of Cues used by Procyon Iotor in the Predation of Malaclemys terrapin Nests Genetics
First Place: Padmavati Sridhar,
Townsend Harris High School
Computational Indentification of 11 Candidate Small Nucleolar RNAs in the Region of the Human Chromosome 15 Associated with Prader-Willi and Angelman Syndromes Highest Honors: Lauren Waldron, Wellingon C. Mepham High School Genomic Imprinting: The Identification and Location of xlr4 and its Implications in the Expression of Turner Syndrome High Honors: Daniel Shapiro, Oceanside High School The Use of RNAi for the Identification of Genes Necessary for Gonadal Sheath Differentiation in C. elegans Honors: Rachel Elizabeth Randolph, The Chapin School Functional Analysis of Several AP-1 Repeats and SNPs on the Preprodynorphin Promoter Activity and Interaction of GATA-1 and AP-1 Sites Medicine
First Place: Shara Yurkiewicz,
Lawrence High School
Lovastatin as an Anti-Inflammatory Agent against Alzheimer's Disease Highest Honors: Chantal Bruno, Townsend Harris High School Vascular Parameters during Induced Inflammation of the Brain High Honors: Eunie Park, Townsend Harris High School c-Fos Activation by Subthalamic Nucleus Stimulation and Lesioning High Honors: Milaba Zaurova, Bronx High School of Science Gene Therapy meets Chemotherapy: Exposure of Malignant Glioma Cells to Transgenic Embryonic Stem Cells and Temozolomide Honors: Aaron Marden, Sanford H. Calhoun High School Recurrent Inhibitory Connections on Ectopic and Normal Granule Cells after Seizure Microbiology
Highest Honors: Nisha Singh,
Townsend Harris High School
The Effects of FGFR2(S252W) Maturation on Osteoblasts: Implications for Bone Development and the Pathology of Apert Syndrome High Honors: Minghao Liu, Bronx High School of Science Effect of HGF-MET Modulation on Infection of Mouse Hepa1-6 Cells by Plasmodium yoelii Honors: Anna Yakovleva, Bronx High School of Science Elucidating the Potential Roles of Subtilisin-Like Serine Protease PfSub2 and Rhomboid Serine Protease RHO-1 in Malaria and Toxoplasma gondii Invasion Honors: Andrew Zipkin, South Side High School A Search for Antibiotic Metabolites of North Atlantic Marine Organisms Zoology
First Place: Maria Sojakowski,
Townsend Harris High School
Nest Site Influences Nest Temperatures and Offspring Sex Ratio of the Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) Highest Honors: Kelly Wong, Townsend Harris High School Symbiont Diversity in the Giant Clam Tridacna maxima - A Step toward Sustained and Efficient Mariculture High Honors: Carmen Chow, Francis Lewis High School Uneven Distribution of a Chyrsemys picta Metapopulation in Localized Habitat Patches Honors: Sabrina Geraci-Yee, Freeport High School The Effects of Calcium Magnesium Acetate on Lumbriculus variegatus
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