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Intel Science Talent Search

Now in its 65th year, the Intel Science Talent Search (STS) is the oldest and most highly-regarded science competition in the United States. Midwood students have a long and distinguished record of superior performance in this "Junior Nobel Prize". In the year 2006, Midwood had three semifinalists.

Semifinalists

• Kerry Li
• Elina Melamed
• Michael Vishnevetsky

Siemens-Westinghouse Science & Technology Competition

The Siemens-Westinghouse Science and Technology Competition is a national research competition in the sciences and mathematics for high school students. Midwood had 3 semifinalists this year, more than any other high school in New York City.

Semifinalists

• Yuliana León
  for her project "Computational Analysis of MyTH4 Domains in Myosin Proteins". She worked with Dr. Shaneen M. Singh of the Biology Department at Brooklyn College.
• Jennifer Lien and Michael Vishnevetsky
  for their team project "Novel Cancer Therapeutics: Genetically Induced Expression of PNC-28, a Potent Antitumor Peptide Derived from the p53 Binding Domain of MDM-2". They worked with Dr. Josef Michl, of the Pathology Department at SUNY Downstate Medical Center.

The Laureates of Tomorrow - Nobel Essay Contest

The Laureates of Tomorrow - Nobel Essay Contest is a collaboration between the Consulate General of Sweden in New York, The New York Academy of Sciences, nobelprize.org, the New York City Department of Education, and the City University of New York.

• Sonal Noticewala
  was awarded Second Place in the Physiology/Medicine catregory for her essay on Earl Sutherland Jr.: Pioneer in the Mechanisms of Hormone Action and Cellular Signaling.
• Anurag Panda
  was awarded Third Place in the Physics category for his essay on Jack St. Clair Kilby: (Co-)Inventor of the Integrated Circuit.

American Chemical Society Research Poster Session

On Saturday October 29, 2005, St. Joseph's College held a High School Science Competition sponsored by the New York Section of the American Chemical Society. Midwood sent 9 students to the competition and brought home 3 awards.

Kerry Li & Jane Yee	Daria Zainullina	Yuliana León

• Jane Yee and Kerry Li
  received a 1st place award for their team project "Identification of Receptor Dimerization of a Novel Platelet Cell Adhesion Molecule in Physiological Platelet Activation". They worked with Dr. Elizabeth Kornecki, of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at SUNY Downstate Medical Center.
• Daria Zainullina
  received a 2nd place award for her project "Biochemical Characterization of a Chromatin-Derived Ternary Complex and Its Implications on HIV-1 Expression". She worked with Dr. Camilo A. Parada of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at SUNY Downstate Medical Center.
• Yuliana Léon
  received honorable mention for her project "Computational Analysis of Myth4 Domains in Myosin Proteins". She worked with Dr. Shaneen M. Singh of the Biology Department at Brooklyn College.

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