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Kaur is trying to target PRAME, a harmful protein that prevents the body from getting rid of abnormal or unneeded cells, and NCL (nucleolin), another protein that is overexpressed in breast cancer tissue.</p> <p>She initially concentrated on investigating how BRCA1 and CUL2 (a protein that helps prevent uncontrolled cell proliferation) interacted. However, in the lab, she quickly discovered that BRCA1 and CUL2 did not directly interact. Through mapping, literature analysis, and studying the proteins' subnetworks, she discovered that they interacted through PRAME, so she expanded her research.</p> <p class="centeredimage"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2025/kaur.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2025/kaur.jpg" alt="Teacher and student"></a><br>Ms. Katzoff and Sukhdeep Kaur '25 display a model of Kaur's research. Photo: Nathanaelle Joseph and Han Xin Ou Yang</p> <p>Kaur's inspiration for this project comes from her teachers and family members. "My grandma had breast cancer, so it was nice to understand what she experienced on a molecular level," Kaur said. "There is not much treatment related to cancer, and even less when it comes to women's health."</p> <p>"I would also like to shout out Mr. [Glenn] Elert, who got me into the lab," she added. "He inspired me to keep doing research and carry it into senior year."</p> <p>Her project has used many bioinformatic tools and literature resources to help model the docking proteins. Currently, Kaur has found a model of PRAME that she is using to try and dock it with CUL2 to find the interactors.</p> <p>Kaur meets with her Brooklyn College professors once a week over Zoom to discuss the project and formulate questions.</p> <p>"Initially, walking in and being with graduate students and undergraduates was overwhelming," Kaur said. "But now I've gotten the hang of it."</p> <p>As Kaur furthers her education, she hopes to "expand her research to greater heights" by working with experienced professionals in pharmaceuticals and therapeutic treatments.</p> <p>Kaur is a part of the Midwood Science Research Program, a three year course offered to Medical Science students, preparing them to design and conduct experiments from their sophomore year on. They also learn real world skills such as writing cover letters and contacting college professors.</p> <p>"Inquiry investigations, writing resumes, writing scientific research proposals, and designing procedures for experimentation are all paramount to success in the Midwood Science Research Program," said Ms. Katzoff.</p> <p>Ms Katzoff has been teaching research at Midwood for seven years She took over Mr. Elert's workload upon his retirement in September. "When I took on Sukhdeep, she was at the data collection and analysis stage of her project," said Ms. Katzoff. "We primarily discussed the output that she was getting from databases and creating the PRAME protein."</p> <p>Throughout the duration of her project, Kaur has faced many setbacks. "It can be challenging to find accurate information when using many models and data," she said. "One program might deviate from the others a lot, so it is hard to come to a consensus on what might accurately reflect the model."</p> <p>Kaur is taking AP Biology and was able to apply concepts like DNA replication and genetic information from her class to her research.</p> <p>"It is an honor and a privilege to learn new information from students," said Ms. Katzoff. "And it's very rewarding to work with research students because they become the experts in the field, and the direction of learning shifts."</p> <p>Kaur will soon display her project for the first time in the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS) and Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS).</p> <p>"Ms. Katzoff has been really motivating me to meet the deadlines for all competitions and to continue the second round of experiments," said Kaur.</p> <p>To aspiring researchers, Ms. Katzoff said, "Follow your heart and choose a topic you're passionate about so that your project has the force to be successful in this program and in life."</p> <p>Kaur added, "Science is always about questioning, so keep questioning everything you see."</p> <p class="source">Written by Nathanaelle Joseph and Han Xin Ou Yang (Class of 2025)<br>This article originally appeared in the online version of <a href="https://www.midwoodargus.com" target="_blank">Argus</a> on <a href="https://www.midwoodargus.com/blog/2024/12/15/senior-looks-for-breakthrough-in-cancer-research" target="_blank">December 13, 2024</a>.</p> </div> </div> </article> <p class="permalink"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=7149" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Senior Looks for Breakthrough in Breast Cancer Research">https://midwoodscience.org/?p=7149</a></p> <article> <div class="post-7118 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-publications" id="post-7118"> <h2>Alumni Anne Li published in International Journal of Radiation Oncology</h2> <p class="posted">Posted on Monday, September 30, 2024 by <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?author=6" title="Posts by Stacy Goldstein" rel="author">Stacy Goldstein</a> for <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=14" rel="category">Publications</a>.</p> <div class="entry"><div class="floater"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/IMG_0766-scaled.jpeg"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/IMG_0766-scaled.jpeg" alt="" /></a></div> <p>Anne Li (class of 2022) has been published in the <i>International Journal of Radiation Oncology</i> with her study <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2024.07.563" target="_blank" rel="noopener">End of Treatment Monocyte and Lymphocyte Counts Predict for Survival over Three Years in Patients with Glioblastoma Treated with Conventional Radiation </a>that she conducted as a Junior Neuroscience student at Johns Hopkins University. Anne presented this work at the 66th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Radiation Oncology (<a href="https://www.astro.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ASTRO</a>).</p> <p>The research examines the changes in leukocytes (White Blood Cells) over the course of a 6 week radiation treatment for patients diagnosed with Glioblastoma, the most commonly diagnosed primary brain cancer. As White Blood Cells are important in the anti-neoplastic immune response, subtypes including lymphocytes and monocytes (a myeloid derived cell) have been identified as promoting tumor suppression and tumor progression in its opposite nature.</p> <p>Since radiation is cytotoxic and does not discriminate against healthy WBCs; we examined these changes pre and post RT and found that elevated monocyte counts >600 and lower lymphocyte counts <800 were prognostic factors that indicated lower disease survival.</p> <p class="centeredimage"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GBM-Poster-pic.001-scaled.jpeg"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GBM-Poster-pic.001-scaled.jpeg" alt="" /></a></p> </div> </div> </article> <p class="permalink"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=7118" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Alumni Anne Li published in International Journal of Radiation Oncology">https://midwoodscience.org/?p=7118</a></p> <article> <div class="post-2629 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-juniors category-seniors" id="post-2629"> <h2>Check the Big Calendar</h2> <p class="posted">Posted on Sunday, September 8, 2024 by <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?author=1" title="Posts by Elert" rel="author">Elert</a> for <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=8" rel="category">Juniors</a>, <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=18" rel="category">Seniors</a>.</p> <div class="entry"><table style="background-image:url(https://midwoodscience.org/pieces/calendar-arrow.png); background-position:center; background-repeat:no-repeat; margin-top:-81px; width:576px; height:324px;"> <tr> <td style="font-size:150%; font-weight:bold; line-height:0px; vertical-align:middle;"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/calendar.shtml" title="Go to the Big Calendar" style="text-decoration:none; color:#000000;">Check the Big Calendar</a></td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> </article> <p class="permalink"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=2629" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Check the Big Calendar">https://midwoodscience.org/?p=2629</a></p> <article> <div class="post-7094 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-seniors" id="post-7094"> <h2>Midwood Science Research, Class of 2024</h2> <p class="posted">Posted on Friday, June 21, 2024 by <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?author=1" title="Posts by Elert" rel="author">Elert</a> for <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=18" rel="category">Seniors</a>.</p> <div class="entry"><p class="centeredimage"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2024/BG_9II05924.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2024/BG_9II05924-small.jpg" alt="Large group photo in the Midwood Auditorium"></a></p> </div> </div> </article> <p class="permalink"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=7094" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Midwood Science Research, Class of 2024">https://midwoodscience.org/?p=7094</a></p> <article> <div class="post-7054 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-awards category-science-fair" id="post-7054"> <h2>2024 Midwood Science Fair Awards</h2> <p class="posted">Posted on Friday, June 7, 2024 by <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?author=1" title="Posts by Elert" rel="author">Elert</a> for <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=24" rel="category">Awards</a>, <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=16" rel="category">Science Fair</a>.</p> <div class="entry"><p>And the winners are…</p> <div style="text-align:left;"><h3>1st Place</h3> <figure style="display:inline-block; vertical-align:top; margin:2px; width:260px;"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2024/sf-11.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2024/sf-11-small.jpg" style="width:256px; max-width:100%; margin-bottom:4px;" alt="Traditional photo of the award winner holding their trophy standing in front of their poster board"></a><figcaption style="line-height:1.25em; padding-bottom:16px; text-align:center;"><b style="white-space:nowrap;">Vivian Li</b><br>Acid Rocks</figcaption></figure> <figure style="display:inline-block; vertical-align:top; margin:2px; width:260px;"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2024/sf-10.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2024/sf-10-small.jpg" style="width:256px; max-width:100%; margin-bottom:4px;" alt="Traditional photo of the award winner holding their trophy standing in front of their poster board"></a><figcaption style="line-height:1.25em; padding-bottom:16px; text-align:center;"><b style="white-space:nowrap;">Akash van Koert</b> & <b>Alexandra Rakhovski</b><br>Berry Badness</figcaption></figure> <h3>2nd Place</h3> <figure style="display:inline-block; vertical-align:top; margin:2px; width:260px;"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2024/sf-9.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2024/sf-9-small.jpg" style="width:256px; max-width:100%; margin-bottom:4px;" alt="Traditional photo of the award winner holding their trophy standing in front of their poster board"></a><figcaption style="line-height:1.25em; padding-bottom:16px; text-align:center;"><b style="white-space:nowrap;">Aziza Ziyadulloeva</b> & <b>Kathy Liang</b><br>Water Quality on Marine Life</figcaption></figure> <figure style="display:inline-block; vertical-align:top; margin:2px; width:260px;"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2024/sf-8.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2024/sf-8-small.jpg" style="width:256px; max-width:100%; margin-bottom:4px;" alt="Traditional photo of the award winner holding their trophy standing in front of their poster board"></a><figcaption style="line-height:1.25em; padding-bottom:16px; text-align:center;"><b style="white-space:nowrap;">Han Xin Ou Yang</b> & <b>Abril Flores</b><br>The investigation of amylase enzyme digestion time on the production of reduced sugar in various fruits and vegetables</figcaption></figure> <h3>3rd Place</h3> <figure style="display:inline-block; vertical-align:top; margin:2px; width:260px;"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2024/sf-7.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2024/sf-7-small.jpg" style="width:256px; max-width:100%; margin-bottom:4px;" alt="Traditional photo of the award winner holding their trophy standing in front of their poster board"></a><figcaption style="line-height:1.25em; padding-bottom:16px; text-align:center;"><b style="white-space:nowrap;">Meerab Chishty</b> & <b>Mariam Gvasalia</b><br>Investigating the Effect of Sucrose and Glucose on Tooth Enamel Decay</figcaption></figure> <h3>Honorable Mention</h3> <figure style="display:inline-block; vertical-align:top; margin:2px; width:260px;"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2024/sf-6.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2024/sf-6-small.jpg" style="width:256px; max-width:100%; margin-bottom:4px;" alt="Traditional photo of the award winner holding their trophy standing in front of their poster board"></a><figcaption style="line-height:1.25em; padding-bottom:16px; text-align:center;"><b style="white-space:nowrap;">Timothy Wong</b><br>Investigating the Influence of Sunlight on Mitosis Rate in Amoeba Proteus</figcaption></figure> <figure style="display:inline-block; vertical-align:top; margin:2px; width:260px;"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2024/sf-5.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2024/sf-5-small.jpg" style="width:256px; max-width:100%; margin-bottom:4px;" alt="Traditional photo of the award winner holding their trophy standing in front of their poster board"></a><figcaption style="line-height:1.25em; padding-bottom:16px; text-align:center;"><b style="white-space:nowrap;">Hafsa Fnu</b> & <b>Sophia Ugazovas</b><br>Spray Away: The Effect of Different Disinfectant Spray Brands on Bacterial Growth on Doorknobs</figcaption></figure> <figure style="display:inline-block; vertical-align:top; margin:2px; width:260px;"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2024/sf-4.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2024/sf-4-small.jpg" style="width:256px; max-width:100%; margin-bottom:4px;" alt="Traditional photo of the award winner holding their trophy standing in front of their poster board"></a><figcaption style="line-height:1.25em; padding-bottom:16px; text-align:center;"><b style="white-space:nowrap;">Lena Li</b> & <b>Saba Khoja</b><br>Comparing the efficiency of various antacid brands on neutralizing pH levels of stomach acid</figcaption></figure> <figure style="display:inline-block; vertical-align:top; margin:2px; width:260px;"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2024/sf-3.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2024/sf-3-small.jpg" style="width:256px; max-width:100%; margin-bottom:4px;" alt="Traditional photo of the award winner holding their trophy standing in front of their poster board"></a><figcaption style="line-height:1.25em; padding-bottom:16px; text-align:center;"><b style="white-space:nowrap;">Leo Ye</b> & <b>Ivan Chen</b><br>Investigating Soil Liquefaction and its Impact on Earthquake-Prone Areas</figcaption></figure> <figure style="display:inline-block; vertical-align:top; margin:2px; width:260px;"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2024/sf-2.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2024/sf-2-small.jpg" style="width:256px; max-width:100%; margin-bottom:4px;" alt="Traditional photo of the award winner holding their trophy standing in front of their poster board"></a><figcaption style="line-height:1.25em; padding-bottom:16px; text-align:center;"><b style="white-space:nowrap;">Queeny Huang</b> & <b>Sanna Ngo</b><br>Mindful for Math</figcaption></figure> <figure style="display:inline-block; vertical-align:top; margin:2px; width:260px;"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2024/sf-1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2024/sf-1-small.jpg" style="width:256px; max-width:100%; margin-bottom:4px;" alt="Traditional photo of the award winner holding their trophy standing in front of their poster board"></a><figcaption style="line-height:1.25em; padding-bottom:16px; text-align:center;"><b style="white-space:nowrap;">Kathryn Otkydach</b> & <b>Luis Olvera</b><br>Investigating the Relationship Between Body Mass and Impact Force in Falls on Different Materials</figcaption></figure> </div> <h3>Bonus photo</h3> <figure style="display:inline-block; margin:2px; max-width:100%;"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2024/sf-0.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2024/sf-0-small.jpg" style="max-width:100%; margin-bottom:4px;" alt="Group photo of all the winners holding their trophies"></a><figcaption style="line-height:1.25em; padding-bottom:16px;">Congrats to all the winners!</figcaption></figure> </div> </div> </article> <p class="permalink"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=7054" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to 2024 Midwood Science Fair Awards">https://midwoodscience.org/?p=7054</a></p> <article> <div class="post-7048 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-alumni-spotlight" id="post-7048"> <h2>Alumni Spotlight: Christopher Ayala (Class of 2014)</h2> <p class="posted">Posted on Friday, June 7, 2024 by <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?author=4" title="Posts by A Student" rel="author">A Student</a> for <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=34" rel="category">Alumni Spotlight</a>.</p> <div class="entry"><p class="floater"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2024/chris2.png" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img alt="" src="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2024/chris2.jpg"></a><br>Selfie of Chris Ayala</p> <p>Chris Ayala is an alumni of the Midwood Science Research program who worked on the project "Encoding Information with Light's Angular Momentum" with Dr. Giovanni Milione. He graduated in 2014, and since then, has continued his interest in research as a PhD candidate at the University of Michigan. He's currently the President of the <a href="https://shpe.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers</a> (SHPE) and the Vice President of the <a href="https://nsbp.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Society of Black Physicists</a> (NSBP). Aside from his passion for physics, Ayala enjoys scuba diving and drone photography in his free time. He also loves to cuddle his cat-daughter Kyoshi. I got the opportunity to interview him and see what he's been up to these past 10 years and what advice he has for current students in the research program.</p> <p><b>Masha</b>: What did you do during your time as a part of Science Research?</p> <p><b>Chris</b>: To encompass what I've done during my time at Midwood Science Research was build a really solid understanding of what I liked and did not like about research.There was a sophomore science research class in which we were able to partake in research projects that we were able to think of ourselves and that helped [kindle] my beginning interest in science research. It wasn't until the summer of sophomore year where I asked Mr. Elert what other options there were to keep my summer occupied. He had given me a connection to a PhD student he knew at City College University. I think just that experience alone helped determine that what I wanted to do was to study lasers.</p> <p class="centeredimage"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=3687"><img alt="" src="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2014/IMG_1269.jpg"></a><br>Chukwunonso Nwasike, Akeem Pinnock, and Chris Ayala at the 2014 National ACT-SO</p> <p>After successfully completing two Bachelor's degrees in Applied Mathematics and Physics at SUNY Stony Brook, Ayala continued his studies at the University of Michigan, but not before taking an opportunity that would further his interests even more.</p> <p><b>Chris</b>: I took a gap year after I graduated and deferred my acceptance to the University of Michigan where I worked in the meantime at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa for a year, working on quantum imaging research for a year. After that I came back and started my PhD at the University of Michigan, where I currently am a 5th year PhD candidate working for the <a href="https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/cundiff-lab" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Steven Cundiff Research Lab</a>.</p> <p class="centeredimage"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2024/chris3.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img alt="" src="https://midwoodscience.org/images/2024/chris3-small.jpg"></a><br>Chris's experimental setup</p> <p><b>Masha</b>: What would your PhD specifically be in?</p> <p><b>Chris</b>: My PhD specifically focuses on the study of interaction of light — mostly visible light, up to infrared — and the interaction of semiconductor materials which are used in your everyday electronics, specifically wide gap materials. Then, that produces high harmonic generation, which is a process which produces higher frequency light after the interaction with the semiconductor metal. So, I'm effectively taking visible light and then changing its frequency to ultraviolet.</p> <p><b>Masha</b>: What do you like most about what you do?</p> <p><b>Chris</b>: I get to shoot lasers and play with lasers. I think that really hasn't changed from when Mr. Elert asked me that as a sophomore in high school. He asked, "Do you want to work with this PhD student who works with lasers?" and as a 14 year old kid, I said, "Yes please!" Now I find myself as a "semi expert in the field of lasers."</p> <p><b>Masha</b>: Did you ever encounter any difficulties throughout your career?</p> <p><b>Chris</b>: Yeah. As an experimentalist, one of the biggest issues you really face is your own experimental setup. Many of my issues have mainly been due to laser error, but, I think, in the long run, these issues have also — in a twist of fate — helped me understand the laser better and my foundational knowledge of it. But, overall, the main challenge of it has been a little bit of motivation in trying to get these things to work and being in school for so long.</p> <p>If you would like to read more about Chris's favorite memories of Science Research or other advice he has for students, <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/cta.shtml">click here</a> to read a transcript of the full interview.</p> <p class="source">Masha Bazilevich (Class of 2024)</p> </div> </div> </article> <p class="permalink"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=7048" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Alumni Spotlight: Christopher Ayala (Class of 2014)">https://midwoodscience.org/?p=7048</a></p> <article> <div class="post-7064 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-24-7-lecture" id="post-7064"> <h2>24/7 Lecture: Identity development in adolescents</h2> <p class="posted">Posted on Wednesday, June 5, 2024 by <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?author=4" title="Posts by A Student" rel="author">A Student</a> for <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=32" rel="category">24/7 Lecture</a>.</p> <div class="entry"><p><b>24 seconds</b>: This project explores the influence of different individuals on the identity development of adolescents. After analyzing responses from 108 surveyed students, parents emerged to be the most influential, followed by friends and grandparents. Additionally, conducting a statistical analysis using paired sample t-tests revealed the importance of parental figures in shaping adolescent identity and self-perception.</p> <p><b>7 Words</b>: Parents carve, friends polish, and others shadow.</p> <p class="source">Areeba (Class of 2024)</p> <p class="centeredimage"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/documents/2024/Areeba.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/documents/2024/Areeba-small.jpg" alt=""></a></p> </div> </div> </article> <p class="permalink"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=7064" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to 24/7 Lecture: Identity development in adolescents">https://midwoodscience.org/?p=7064</a></p> <article> <div class="post-7033 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-24-7-lecture" id="post-7033"> <h2>24/7 Lecture: Researching the mechanisms of actions of 5-fluorouracil in wild-type and ThyA Escherichia coli</h2> <p class="posted">Posted on Tuesday, June 4, 2024 by <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?author=4" title="Posts by A Student" rel="author">A Student</a> for <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=32" rel="category">24/7 Lecture</a>.</p> <div class="entry"><p>This 24/7 Lecture is also available on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C7RoWXtMAls/?img_index=2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a>.</p> <p><b>24 seconds</b>: 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) is a chemotherapy drug used to treat various cancers by inhibiting thymidylate synthetase (TS), essential for DNA synthesis. Our research focused on its mechanisms in wild-type and ThyA mutants of E. coli. We found that minimal thymidine is required for bacterial growth, and deoxyuridine inhibits ThyA mutants while enhancing 5-FU's effectiveness. Additionally, ThyA mutants needed less thymidine than CarAB.</p> <p><b>7 words</b>: Investigating properties of 5-FU on Escherichia coli.</p> <p class="source">Rikza, Devin, Joanne (Class of 2024)</p> <p class="centeredimage"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/documents/2024/5FU.png" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/documents/2024/5FU.png" alt=""></a></p> </div> </div> </article> <p class="permalink"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=7033" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to 24/7 Lecture: Researching the mechanisms of actions of 5-fluorouracil in wild-type and ThyA Escherichia coli">https://midwoodscience.org/?p=7033</a></p> <article> <div class="post-7021 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-24-7-lecture" id="post-7021"> <h2>24/7 Lecture: The correlation between emojis and communication interpretation</h2> <p class="posted">Posted on Monday, June 3, 2024 by <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?author=4" title="Posts by A Student" rel="author">A Student</a> for <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=32" rel="category">24/7 Lecture</a>.</p> <div class="entry"> <p>This 24/7 Lecture is also available on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C7wbMpUs9wa/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a>.</p> <p><b>24 seconds</b>: Two different forms of survey were sent out. One form of the survey had five conversations with emojis present and the other form of survey had five conversations without emojis present. After reading the conversations the participants were asked to rate on a scale from 1–5 about how positive they think the conversation was. Then the participants were asked questions about how they perceived the person's feelings. Both forms of the survey were compared using bar graphs and regression analysis.</p> <p><b>7 words</b>: Use emojis and make communication more meaningful.</p> <p class="source">Sanbina (Class of 2024)</p> <p class="centeredimage"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/documents/2024/sanbina247.svg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/documents/2024/sanbina247.svg" class="icon" alt=""></a></p> </div> </div> </article> <p class="permalink"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=7021" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to 24/7 Lecture: The correlation between emojis and communication interpretation">https://midwoodscience.org/?p=7021</a></p> <article> <div class="post-7001 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-24-7-lecture" id="post-7001"> <h2>24/7 Lecture: The sun’s magnetic activity: Statistics of solar flare and sunspot numbers</h2> <p class="posted">Posted on Sunday, June 2, 2024 by <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?author=4" title="Posts by A Student" rel="author">A Student</a> for <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=32" rel="category">24/7 Lecture</a>.</p> <div class="entry"><p></p> <p>This 24/7 Lecture is also available on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C7VU4YZM0CD/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a>.</p> <p><b>24 seconds</b>: I used Anaconda, a coding platform that enabled me to use Python. Using Spyder in Anaconda, I used programming packages like Numpy and Matplotlib to analyze data on the intensity of solar flares, the number of solar flares, and the number of sunspots. My mentor provided all the data and taught me how to navigate Spyder to create multiple graphs to analyze the relationship between solar flares and sunspots.</p> <p><b>7 words</b>: Analyzing relationships between sunspots and solar flares.</p> <p class="source">Emely (Class of 2024)</p> <table class="gallery2"> <tr> <td><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/documents/2024/image1.png" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" src="https://midwoodscience.org/documents/2024/image1.png" alt=""></a></td> <td><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/documents/2024/image2.png" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" src="https://midwoodscience.org/documents/2024/image2.png" alt=""></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/documents/2024/image3.png" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" src="https://midwoodscience.org/documents/2024/image3.png" alt=""></a></td> <td><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/documents/2024/image4.png" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" src="https://midwoodscience.org/documents/2024/image4.png" alt=""></a></td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> </article> <p class="permalink"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=7001" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to 24/7 Lecture: The sun’s magnetic activity: Statistics of solar flare and sunspot numbers">https://midwoodscience.org/?p=7001</a></p> <article> <div class="post-6914 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-24-7-lecture" id="post-6914"> <h2>24/7 Lecture: Why your favorite lipstick shade may not match your personal color</h2> <p class="posted">Posted on Monday, May 27, 2024 by <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?author=4" title="Posts by A Student" rel="author">A Student</a> for <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=32" rel="category">24/7 Lecture</a>.</p> <div class="entry"> <p><b>24 seconds</b>: Individuals often struggle when selecting cosmetic palettes that best match their personal colors. This experiment examines the impact of wearing the right arrangement of colors on attractiveness. By applying different shades of lipsticks on individuals with varying undertones, data shows a correlation between undertones and suitable colors for those with neutral or warm undertones, but not for those with cool undertones.</p> <p><b>7 words</b>: Save your money on personal color analysis.</p> <p class="source">Xinwei (Class of 2024)</p> <p class="centeredimage"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/documents/2024/XinweiChart.svg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/documents/2024/XinweiChart.svg" alt=""></a></p> </div> </div> </article> <p class="permalink"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=6914" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to 24/7 Lecture: Why your favorite lipstick shade may not match your personal color">https://midwoodscience.org/?p=6914</a></p> <article> <div class="post-6999 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-media category-science-fair" id="post-6999"> <h2>2024 Science Fair on News12</h2> <p class="posted">Posted on Friday, May 24, 2024 by <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?author=1" title="Posts by Elert" rel="author">Elert</a> for <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=30" rel="category">Media</a>, <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=16" rel="category">Science Fair</a>.</p> <div class="entry"><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7ko7VfsvmS/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14" style=" background:#FFF; 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height:594px;"></a><br></span></div> <div style="text-align:center;"><span><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/documents/2023/program.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" src="https://midwoodscience.org/documents/2023/program.jpg" alt="2023 abstract book cover" style="width:153px; height:198px;"></a></span> <span><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/documents/2022/program.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" src="https://midwoodscience.org/documents/2022/program.png" alt="2022 abstract book cover" style="width:153px; height:198px;"></a></span> <span><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/documents/2019/program.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" src="https://midwoodscience.org/documents/2019/program.jpg" alt="2019 abstract book cover" style="width:153px; height:198px;"></a></span> <span><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/documents/2018/program.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" src="https://midwoodscience.org/documents/2018/program.jpg" alt="2018 abstract book cover" style="width:153px; height:198px;"></a></span> <span><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/documents/2017/program.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" src="https://midwoodscience.org/documents/2017/program.jpg" alt="2017 abstract book cover" style="width:153px; height:198px;"></a></span> <span><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/documents/2016/program.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" src="https://midwoodscience.org/documents/2016/program.jpg" alt="2016 abstract book cover" style="width:153px; height:198px;"></a></span> <span><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/documents/2015/program.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" src="https://midwoodscience.org/documents/2015/program.png" alt="2015 abstract book cover" style="width:153px; height:198px;"></a></span> <span><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/documents/2014/program.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" src="https://midwoodscience.org/documents/2014/program.jpg" alt="2014 abstract book cover" style="width:153px; 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height:198px;"></a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </article> <p class="permalink"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=6884" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to 2024 Science Fair Abstract Book (and more from the past)">https://midwoodscience.org/?p=6884</a></p> <article> <div class="post-6912 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-24-7-lecture" id="post-6912"> <h2>24/7 Lecture: Testing methods for identifying and analyzing circumstellar disk structures</h2> <p class="posted">Posted on Wednesday, May 22, 2024 by <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?author=4" title="Posts by A Student" rel="author">A Student</a> for <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=32" rel="category">24/7 Lecture</a>.</p> <div class="entry"> <p>This 24/7 Lecture is also available on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C7RoWXtMAls/?img_index=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a>.</p> <p><b>24 seconds</b>: Protoplanets are typically found within circumstellar disks where they cast shadows. Our project utilizes scattered light data taken from multiple imaging instruments based on the criteria of having previously confirmed shadows. We utilized Python to deproject these images, apply an r<sup>2</sup> correction, and made profiles to construct Normalized Intensity vs. Azimuth and Radius vs. Azimuth graphs to identify shadows and compare these results to those from previous literature.</p> <p><b>7 words</b>: Planets forming cast shadows. We analyze shadows.</p> <p class="source">Ava and Zehra (Class of 2024)</p> <p class="centeredimage"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/documents/2024/HD135344B.png"target="_blank"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/documents/2024/HD135344B.png" alt=""></a></p> </div> </div> </article> <p class="permalink"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=6912" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to 24/7 Lecture: Testing methods for identifying and analyzing circumstellar disk structures">https://midwoodscience.org/?p=6912</a></p> <article> <div class="post-6909 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-24-7-lecture" id="post-6909"> <h2>24/7 Lecture: The effects of omega 3 fatty acids on suppressing ADHD symptoms</h2> <p class="posted">Posted on Tuesday, May 14, 2024 by <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?author=4" title="Posts by A Student" rel="author">A Student</a> for <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=32" rel="category">24/7 Lecture</a>.</p> <div class="entry"> <p>For a video with more information on this project see our <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C4d5UD6uK4f/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a> feed.</p> <p><b>24 seconds</b>: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is a chronic condition that affects children all around the US. This is an attempt to understand if omega-3 fatty acids are an effective way to suppress ADHD symptoms using meta-analytical techniques. Greater consumption of EPA and DHA were seen to lead to a greater chance of reducing ADHD symptoms as a longer duration of the experiment indicates.</p> <p><b>7 words</b>: Natural medication for the suppression of ADHD.</p> <p class="source">Yanhe and Joey (Class of 2024)</p> <p class="centeredimage"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/documents/2024/joey-linda.svg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://midwoodscience.org/documents/2024/joey-linda.svg" alt=""></a></p> </div> </div> </article> <p class="permalink"><a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?p=6909" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to 24/7 Lecture: The effects of omega 3 fatty acids on suppressing ADHD symptoms">https://midwoodscience.org/?p=6909</a></p> <article> <div class="post-6907 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-24-7-lecture" id="post-6907"> <h2>24/7 Lecture: Evidence for the ability of horses to read human emotions</h2> <p class="posted">Posted on Sunday, May 12, 2024 by <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?author=4" title="Posts by A Student" rel="author">A Student</a> for <a href="https://midwoodscience.org/?cat=32" rel="category">24/7 Lecture</a>.</p> <div class="entry"> <p>This 24/7 Lecture is also available on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C7EjqUzsZGt/?img_index=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a>.</p> <p><b>24 seconds</b>: 17 horses were each shown 3 photos; one of a smiling, one of an angry, and one of a sad woman. Horses express body language through putting down their head, reaching toward something, pinning ears, and left-gaze bias. They were shown the photos, and anytime they did those cues, it was recorded. Most horses responded in an expected way – the angry and sad photo caused responses associated with negative horse emotions such as pinning ears and left-gaze bias, while the happy photo caused most horses to reach toward it, which is a sign of comfort. 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