Three Local High School Students Named Regeneron Science Talent Search 2018 Finalists
Are Also Center for Excellence in Education Alumni
CEE’s Research Science Institute alumni will compete for top awards in March
McLean, VA (January 26, 2018) — A trio of high-achieving DC-area high school students are among 40 Regeneron Science Talent Search 2018 Finalists. The three scholars are also recent graduates of the prestigious Research Science Institute (RSI) program sponsored jointly by DC’s Center for Excellence in Education (CEE) and MIT, where the program is hosted in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Nationwide, a total of ten RSI 2017 alumni were named to the list of 40 Regeneron Science Talent Search finalists.
- Sumathipala, Marissa, Broad Run High School, Ashburn, Virginia, whose research project focused on “Reinventing Cardiovascular Disease Therapy: A Novel Dual Therapeutic with FOXO Transcription Factor and AMP Kinase”
Forty Regeneron Science Talent Search finalists were selected from a pool of 1,800 highly qualified entrants based on their projects' scientific rigor and their potential to become world-changing scientific leaders. The finalists will travel to Washington, D.C., from March 8-14, 2018, where they will undergo a rigorous judging process and compete for more than $1.8 million in awards.
The 7 Other RSI Alumni Named Regeneron Science Talent Search 2018 Finalists
Balachandar, Sidhika Buchholz High School, Gainesville, Florida Picoscale Mechanics of Atomically Engineered Materials |
Singh, Isani Cherry Creek High School, Greenwood Village, Colorado Investigating the Developmental Requirements of Sex Chromosome Genes Affected in Turner Syndrome |
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Hutchison, Charley St. Andrew's Episcopal School, Ridgeland, Mississippi Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Deeply-Supercooled Liquids |
Tian, Grace The Wellington School, Columbus, Ohio Linear Upper Bound on the Ribbonlength of Torus Knots and Twist |
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Patil, Advait Lynbrook High School, San Jose, California A High-Throughput Multi-Omics Framework for Global Identification of Novel Molecular Interactions and Genome-Scale Modeling of Multicellular Ecosystems |
Vale, Vinjai Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire A New Paradigm for Computer Vision Based on Compositional Representation |
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Payra, Syamantak Clear Brook High School, Friendswood, Texas A Smart Bionic Leg Orthosis: The Design, Development, and Evaluation of an Orthotic Device for Comprehensive Restoration of Gait Characteristics Across Everyday Mobility Scenarios |
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