NUCLEIC ACID CATALYSTS: COMPARING THE MECHANISMS OF DNA AND RNA ENZYMES

Kinjal Desai, Nikita Ekhelikar, Chiraag Galaiya, Jennifer Kasbohm, Parth Kothari, Timothy McAvoy, Mahati Mokkarala, Sheena Rastogi, Lisa Scully, Allen Shih, John Yoo

Advisor: Dr. Adam G. Cassano
Assistant: Tim Howes

Team 1

DEVELOPING PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF PHOSPHONIC ACID

Skanda Amarnath, Matthew Chalkley, Rachel Chen, Reena Clements, Kevin Gu, Gawain Lau, Stephen Leh, Sarvagna Patel, Mark Vander Schaaf, Phyllis Schlafly, Smith Shah

Advisor: Michael Avaltroni
Assistant: Jennifer Cowell

Team 2

THE ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF GREEN TEA (Camellia sinensis ) ON S taphylococcus aureus IN COMBINATION WITH ASCORBIC ACID, ACETIC ACID, AND SODIUM CHLORIDE

Timothy Barnum, Steven Castellano, Annie Chen, Neha Jariwala, Andrew Jug, Kelvin Mei, Christina Sedberry, Margaret To, Heather Tynan, Charles Zou

Advisor: Mrs. Rachel Sandler
Assistant: Danielle Cusmano

Team 3

THE EFFECT OF APPETITIVE AND AVERSIVE OLFACTORY STIMULI ON ACOUSTIC STARTLE RESPONSE IN RATS

Gillian Bradley, Yuchen Feng, Mary Labowsky, Mike Magaraci, Mason McGill, Ronak Mistry, Rupal Parikh, Purvee Patel, Travis Perlee, Rebecca Rosen, Doug Wagner, Jasmine Zhuang

Advisor: Dr. Graham Cousens
Assistant: Jennifer Sissman

Team 4

APPLICATIONS OF RADAR TARGET TRACKING USING COMPUTER SCIENCE

Jay Bhalodi, Jeff Cao, Lily Healy, Wendy Lin, Tuling Ma, Zara Mannan, Brandon Millman, Zachary Purdy, Divya Sharma, Mimi Xu

Advisor: Randy Heuer
Assistant: Zachary Vogel

Team 5

GUANGALA UNEARTHED: USE-WEAR ANALYSIS AND EXPERIMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY IN A STUDY OF ECUADORIAN ARTIFACTS

Stephanie Bohaczuk, Doris Chen, Raj Dave, Christopher Geissler, Shriya Kaneriya, Zachary Maher, Marie Smithgall, Meghan Sosnowski, Peiyi Su, Joanna Venator, Lucas Zavala

Advisor: Dr. Maria Masucci
Assistant: Alison Koser

Team 6

Sarah Bennedsen, David Chen, Woo Chang Chung, Jessica Dzindzio, Rashi Garg, Ashish Gupta, Christine Liu, Debanjan Pain, Saba Qadir, Rafi Shamim, David Zhao

Advisor: Dr. Paul Quinn
Assistant: Sally Warner

Team 7

GETTING THE STAIN IN: A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF DNA AND RNA STAINING WITH VARIOUS DYES

Rupak Bhuyan, Lauren Dai, Tyler Davenport, Bruce Easop, Arka Mallela, Kenneth Pu, Shireen Rudina, Tina Sankhla, and Margaret Yang

Advisor: Dr. Amber Charlebois
Assistant: Jeremy Tang

Team 8