Midwood Science http://midwoodscience.org The Home of Midwood Science Research Thu, 17 Jun 2010 02:45:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 2010 Midwood Science Fair http://midwoodscience.org/2010/06/09/ http://midwoodscience.org/2010/06/09/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:50:15 +0000 Elert http://midwoodscience.org/?p=536 And the winners are …

Individual

Team
  1. Choi Chao
    Hydrogen, the Combustible Fuel
  1. Amanda Ye & Jacinda Zhou
    There’s No Need to Fear, Garlic is Here!
  2. Joyce Lui & Emilee Yang
    I scream, SUN SCREEN!
  1. Joan Li
    Oh Snap!
  2. Natalya Romanyak
    You Don’t See Me But I Cu
  1. Mert Kemal Keceli & Charli Frankel
    The Secret Is in the Beads
  2. Amy Chen & Sandy Tam
    A Convo to Die For!
  1. Rebecca Khaimova
    Intensifying the Hair Without it Dye-ing
  2. Mitchell Buslovich
    Which Lettuce is the Safer Choice: Organic or Conventional?
  3. Matthew Chin
    Testing the Effectiveness of Different Concentrations of Listerine
  1. Karen Hui Wang & Nicole Almaraz
    Experimenting With Water Wheel Paddle Angles to Generate Energy
  2. Vivian Ng & Albert Murzakhanov
    The Phenomenon of Genetically Modified Organisms
  3. Maggie Lei & Candy Nguyen
    Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice
  1. Dong Hong Liang
    Salty Ice
  2. Brandon Abrams
    Do Free Radicals Affect Cell Division and Survival?
  3. Mohamed Adnan
    Eco Bully
  4. Emanuel Bazov
    The Ultimate Stealth Aircraft Revolution!!
  5. Tammy Jiang
    Never Thought I’d See the Light
  6. Meral Kerim
    Up, Up and Away!
  7. Andrew Dabydeen
    The Evaporation Rates of Alcohols with Different Amounts of Carbon
  8. Andy Zhang
    Caffeinated Plants: Get High or Die?
  1. Irene He & Pinar Nur Kanay
    Heartbeat, Heartbreak…
  2. Faryal Razzaq & Sadia Nusrat
    Ready, Set, Apply: Take Action Against Dandruff
  3. Aneisha Goffin & Chelsea Gill
    The Effect of Temperature on the pH of Juice
  4. Jiayi Li & Xiao Kuang
    Meating Bacteria
  5. Vilanya Arriaga & Stephanie Chen
    99.9% Germs Killed!
]]> http://midwoodscience.org/2010/06/09/feed/ 0 2010 Science Fair Abstract Book http://midwoodscience.org/2010/05/25/ http://midwoodscience.org/2010/05/25/#comments Wed, 26 May 2010 02:34:39 +0000 Elert http://midwoodscience.org/?p=524 Abstract Book Cover

Check it out …

]]> http://midwoodscience.org/2010/05/25/feed/ 0 2010 Brooklyn College Science Day: Midwood Students Bring Home Three Awards http://midwoodscience.org/2010/05/16/ http://midwoodscience.org/2010/05/16/#comments Sun, 16 May 2010 23:54:55 +0000 Elert http://midwoodscience.org/?p=513 Friday, May 14th, 2010 marked the twentieth annual Science Research Day at Brooklyn College. More than one hundred posters created by college and high school students were exhibited in the Brooklyn College Student Center. Three Midwood students received awards in the high school division.

  • Laura Cheng – Second Place
    "Regulation of bone marrow cell differentiation in germfree rats by certain bacteria and bacterial cell wall components." Laura worked with Dr. Helen Durkin and Dr. Seto Chice in the Pathology Department of SUNY Downstate Medical Center.
  • Rabia Iqbal – Second Place
    "Study of the catalytic mechanisms of KatG: an enzyme involved in the virulence and antibiotic resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis." Rabia worked with Dr. Richard Magliozzo in the Chemistry Department of Brooklyn College.
  • Farhana Pinki – Third Place
    "Structural basis for histone acetyllysine readout by DPF3 double PHD finger." Farhana worked with Dr. Dinshaw Patel and Dr. Haitao Li of the Sloan-Kettering Institute.
]]> http://midwoodscience.org/2010/05/16/feed/ 0 2010 NYC ACT-SO: Nafi Shabnam Wins Gold http://midwoodscience.org/2010/05/04/ http://midwoodscience.org/2010/05/04/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 13:05:17 +0000 Elert http://midwoodscience.org/?p=501 Nafi Shabnam was declared a First Prize Winner and Gold Medalist in the 2010 New York City ACT-SO (Academic, Cultural, Technological, and Scientific Olympics) in the Medical & Health category. The award includes a $500 scholarship and the chance to compete in the National ACT-SO in Kansas City, Missouri July 7-10.

]]> http://midwoodscience.org/2010/05/04/feed/ 0 Brooklyn College Science Research Day http://midwoodscience.org/2010/04/23/ http://midwoodscience.org/2010/04/23/#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:11:48 +0000 Elert http://midwoodscience.org/?p=272 Brooklyn College will be hosting its annual Science Research Day on Friday, May 14, 2010. Science students at all levels — graduate, undergraduate, and high school — will compete. The competition consists of a poster presentation that is much like NYCSEF with around 100 total participants. All seniors — especially those who worked at Brooklyn College — should consider entering. Juniors may also enter if their project is far enough along. All that you need to prepare for the competition is a poster. Extra credit will of course be awarded. Registration must be completed by Friday, April 30, 2010. There is no website for this competition, so contact me if you have any questions.

]]> http://midwoodscience.org/2010/04/23/feed/ 0 2010 New York City Science and Engineering Fair (NYCSEF) Awards http://midwoodscience.org/2010/04/22/ http://midwoodscience.org/2010/04/22/#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:30:32 +0000 Elert http://midwoodscience.org/?p=478 NYCSEF Second Award
  • Ying Yao Louie (Biochemistry )
    Project: Provitamin A carotenoid conversion to vitamin A, in the liver, involves different hepatic cell types and their interactions.
    Mentor: Dr. William S. Blaner, Columbia University Medical Center, Department of Medicine
  • Kurnvir Singh (Earth & Planetary Sciences )
    Project: Data on the Faunal Composition of the Bayn Shireh Formation from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia.
    Mentor: Dr. Alberto Prieto-Marquez, American Museum of Natural History, Department of Paleontology
  • Lawrence Tse (Animal Sciences )
    Project: Using a Khepera Robot to model the phototatic behavior of moths.
    Mentor: Dr. Frank W. Grasso, Brooklyn College, Department of Psychology

NYCSEF Third Award

  • Amanda Chan (Microbiology)
    Project: The attempt to clone the activation-induced cytidine deaminase in nurse shark.
    Mentor: Dr. Ellen Hsu, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
    Amanda also won the US Metric Association Award "for the best use of the SI metric system in a science fair project."
  • Laura Cheng (Medicine & Health Sciences )
    Project: Regulation of Bone Marrow Cell Differentiation in Germfree Rats by Certain Bacteria and Bacterial Cell Wall Components.
    Mentor: Dr. Helen Durkin and Seto Chice, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Department of Pathology
  • Rabia Iqbal (Biochemistry )
    Project: Study of the Catalytic Mechanisms of KatG: An Enzyme involved in the virulence and antibiotic resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
    Mentor: Dr. Richard S. Magliozzo, Brooklyn College, Department of Chemistry
  • Nicholas Macaluso & Olga Gulyayeva (Behavioral & Social Sciences )
    Project: Spatial Tagging in Locational Learning Through Memorization.
    Mentor: Dr. John L. Kubie, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
]]> http://midwoodscience.org/2010/04/22/feed/ 0 Upcoming Lecture: Architecture in Nanospace http://midwoodscience.org/2010/04/19/ http://midwoodscience.org/2010/04/19/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:18:09 +0000 Elert http://midwoodscience.org/?p=262
Sir Harold Kroto

The first annual Brooklyn Frontiers in Science lecture sponsored by the the American Chemical Society, Brooklyn Subsection will be held at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University. The speaker is Sir Harold Kroto who won the Nobel Prize for his work on buckminsterfullerenes. The best known of these "buckyballs" consists of 60 carbon atoms arranged in the shape of a soccer ball.

Title: Architecture in Nanospace
Time: 5:30 – 7:00 PM, Wednesday 21 April 2010
Place: Pfizer Auditorium, NYU Polytechnic Institute
5 MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Directions: Google Maps

Let me know if you are interested in attending. This event is free, but the organizers have asked that I tell them the approximate number of students that will attend. Extra credit is available for students who complete the public lecture assignment described at the top of this web page.

]]> http://midwoodscience.org/2010/04/19/feed/ 0 NYU Undergraduate Research Conference http://midwoodscience.org/2010/04/12/ http://midwoodscience.org/2010/04/12/#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:59:48 +0000 Elert http://midwoodscience.org/?p=249 NYU has invited us to observe their Undergraduate Research Conference on Friday, April 16. The plan is to meet in the research room at 9:15 and take the subway to NYU. The conference consists of a poster competition and PowerPoint presentations. Midwood students are expected to interview the NYU presenters in a manner similar to what we did at NYCSEF. You should also ask the NYU students questions about NYU, college life, and the college admission process in general. Lunch will be provided and we may also get a chance to visit one of the science labs. Space is limited to those students who complete their paperwork in a timely fashion. See me for the permission slips.

]]> http://midwoodscience.org/2010/04/12/feed/ 0 雷瑛瑤 interviewed by 宋怡幀 from 世界新聞網 http://midwoodscience.org/2010/03/26/ http://midwoodscience.org/2010/03/26/#comments Sat, 27 Mar 2010 01:42:02 +0000 Elert http://midwoodscience.org/?p=232 紐約科學決賽 逾30華生入圍

]]> http://midwoodscience.org/2010/03/26/feed/ 0 2010 New York City Metro Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS) http://midwoodscience.org/2010/03/20/ http://midwoodscience.org/2010/03/20/#comments Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:56:44 +0000 Elert http://midwoodscience.org/?p=171 JSHS connects talented students, their teachers, and research professionals at affiliated symposia and rewards research excellence. This year’s New York City Metro JSHS was held at York College in Jamaica, Queens. Midwood had 2 award winners and 3 semifinalists.

  • Ying Yao Louie
    was awarded Second Place in Chemistry for her project "Provitamin A carotenoid conversion to vitamin A in the liver involves different hepatic cell types and their interactions." She worked with Dr. William S. Blaner in the Department of Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center.
  • Laura Cheng
    was awarded Third Place in Biological Sciences for her project "Regulation of Bone Marrow Cell Differentiation in Germfree Rats By Certain Bacteria and Bacterial Cell Wall Components." She worked with Dr. Helen Durkin and Dr. Seto Chice in the Department of Pathology at SUNY Downstate Medical Center.
  • Grace Chan
    was a Semifinalist and presented her project "Pattern and Boundaries of Mutations in Nurse Shark Immunoglobulin Genes." She worked with Dr. Ellen Hsu in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at SUNY Downstate Medical Center.
  • Rabia Iqbal
    was a Semifinalist and presented her project "Study of the Catalytic Mechanisms of KatG: An Enzyme involved in the virulence and antibiotic resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis."She worked with Dr. Richard S. Magliozzo in the Chemistry Department at Brooklyn College.
  • Stacey Shulman
    was a Semifinalist for her project "Immunoglobulin E Response to Chlamydia pneumoniae in Children with Asthma." She worked with Dr. Stephen Kohlhoff in the Department of Pediatrics at SUNY Downstate Medical Center.

JSHS competitors at York College
Laura Cheng, Ying Yao Louie, Grace Chan, Rabia Iqbal

]]> http://midwoodscience.org/2010/03/20/feed/ 0 Midwood Robotics Featured in Scientific American http://midwoodscience.org/2010/03/17/ http://midwoodscience.org/2010/03/17/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:13:46 +0000 Elert http://midwoodscience.org/?p=93 ]]> http://midwoodscience.org/2010/03/17/feed/ 0