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Published Papers

Student work published in print, on-line, or both.

• Arif Hussain
  • Crystal Structure of the Putative Dephospho-CoA Kinase from Aquifex aeolicus, Northeast Structural Genomics Target QR72 with F. Forouhar, M. Hussain, J. Seetharaman, M. Wu, Y. Fang, K. Cunningham, L.C. Ma, R. Xiao, J. Liu, M. Baran, B. Rost, T.B. Acton, G.T. Montelione, J.F. Hunt, and L. Tong of Columbia University. Published in the Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank (RCSB-PDB), 3 October 2006.
  • Molecular insights into substrate recognition and catalysis by tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase. with Farhad Forouhar, J. L. Ross Anderson, Christopher G. Mowat, Sergey M. Vorobiev, Mariam Abashidze, Chiara Bruckmann, Sarah J. Thackray, Jayaraman Seetharaman, Todd Tucker, Rong Xiao, Li-Chung Ma, Li Zhao, Thomas B. Acton, Gaetano T. Montelione, Stephen K. Chapman, and Liang Tong . Published in the Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences (a.k.a. PNAS). Vol. 104, No. 2 (9 January 2007): 473-478.
  
• Wingyin Lo
  Modulation of larval nutrition affects midgut neutral lipid storage and temporal pattern of transcription factor expression during mosquito metamorphosis. with James T. Nishiura, Cynthia Burgosa, Samuel Ayaa, and Yekaterina Goryachevaa of Brooklyn College. Published in the Journal of Insect Physiology. Vol. 53, No. 1 (January 2007): 47-58.

Siemens-Westinghouse Science & Technology Competition

The Siemens-Westinghouse Science and Technology Competition recognizes remarkable talent early on, fostering individual growth for high school students who are willing to challenge themselves through science research. Through this competition, students have an opportunity to achieve national recognition for science research projects that they complete in high school. Midwood had 1 semifinalist this year.

Semifinalists

• Arif Hussain
  for his project "Molecular Insights into Catalysis by the Tryptophan and Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenases". He worked with Dr. Farhad Forouhar of the by Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium at Columbia University.

New York City Science and Engineering Fair (NYCSEF)

NYCSEF is the New York City Department of Education's annual science and technology research competition, coordinated by the New York Academy of Sciences in partnership with Polytechnic University. In early March, more than a thousand students from public and private high schools throughout the five boroughs met to display their scientific research projects or proposals in an Expo. The top 250 students are selected to participate in the Finals, where they compete for awards totaling almost $2,000,000 in the form of cash, scholarships, and prizes. Midwood had two finalists this year. They were interviewed for the Academy's Science and the City Podcast on March 30, 2007 (listen or download).

• Saad Naeem
  won an Energy and Transportation award and an Air Force award for his project "Identifying and Quantifying Traffic and Traffic Volumes to Reduce Traffic Congestion"
• Amanda Fried
  won a social science award for her project "Analysis of Locus of Control in High School Students Based on Academic Performance"

Additional awards

• April Pruski
  won the Ezra Levy High School Science Award for her project "Isolation and Purification of the Novel Pancreatic Antigen, PaCa-Ag1 (and its Amino Acid sequencing)". This award is sponsored by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry.

New York City Metro Junior Science and Humanities Symposium

The JSHS provides a forum for students to present the results of their original research in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Midwood sent one student from the NYC Metro JSHS on to the National Symposium, which was held this year in Huntsville, Alabama.

Finalists

• Marian Zhen
  was awarded sixth place for her project "Is Visual Memory Verbal?" She worked with Dennis Pelli, Professor of Psychology and Neural Science at New York University.

American Chemical Society Research Poster Session

On Saturday October 21, 2006, St. Joseph's College held a High School Science Competition sponsored by the New York Section of the American Chemical Society. Midwood sent 13 students to the competition and brought home 5 awards.

• Ilana Arabova
  received a 1st place award for her project "Protein Cross-link Between Tyrosyl Radicals in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Catalase-Peroxidase (KatG)". She worked with Dr. Richard S. Magliozzo of the Department of Biochemistry at Brooklyn College.
• Yan Leyfman
  received a 2nd place award for his project "Curcumin Downregulates High Glucose-Induced Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 Expression in Human Aortic Endothelial Cells". He worked with Dr. Theresa Jacob of the Cardiovascular Department at Maimonides Medical Center.
• Michelle Kaufman
  received honorable mention for her project "The Evaluation of D-Dimer in Diagnosing Deep Vein Thrombosis". She worked with Dr. Larry H. Bernstein of New York Methodist Hospital.
• Sonal Noticewala
  received honorable mention for her project "Effects of Diet Composition on Postprandial Plasma Triglyceride Levels in Rats". She worked with Dr. Kathleen V. Axen of the Feeding Behavior and Nutrition Laboratory at Brooklyn College.
• Valeriya Pinkhasova
  received honorable mention for her project "Alternation of NADH/NAD+ Cortical Redox State by Lactate". She worked with Dr. Peter Bergold of 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. Midwood had three finalists this year.

• Victoria Lee
  for her essay on Marshall Nirenberg (Physiology/Medicine 1968).
• Elena Louie
  for her essay on Frederick Sanger (Chemistry 1958 and 1980)
• Michael Dabrowski
  for his essay on Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (Physics 1901).

Air Transportation in 2057

In the fall of 2006, NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate announced a new high school competition for the academic year. As part of NASA's mission to inspire the next generation of engineers, scientists, and explorers, the contest invited students to think about how air and space travel may change over the next 50 years. In this international competition, Midwood was the only school with two winning teams. This accomplishment was recorded in the Weekly Activity Report at NASA's Goddard Spaceflight Center (the official history of NASA events in the northeastern US).

• Garbo Chiu and Ada Lau
  received a cash award of $750 for their second place essay.
• Islam Soliman and Zahid Merchant
  received a cash award of $200 for their honorable mention essay.

Christ Bozes High School Medical Essay Prize

Since 1978, the Hellenic Medical Society of New York has helped Greek-American medical students develop as the leaders in the next generation.

• Demetrios Papazaharias
  won the Christ Bozes High School Medical Essay Prize and received a $500 scholarship.

Ezra Levy High School Science Awards

An award form the American Association for Clinical Chemistry for her entry in the New York City Science and Engineering Fair (NYCSEF)

National Society of High School Scholars Academic Paper Awards

Every year the National Society of High School Scholars identifies the twenty best science essays written by high school students. The paper submitted must be a research paper, original essay, or analytical essay submitted for a science class in the student's junior or senior year.

• Ilana Arabova
  won a $250 award for her paper "Robert Koch: Mastering Tuberculosis".

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