Now in its 60th year, the 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 2001, five Midwood seniors were declared semifinalists.
Semifinalists
- Nadezhda Belova
Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii ) Use Tactile Cues to Detect and Learn Changes in the Spatial Configuration of Their Environment - Angela Lee
Group I Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors in Epilepsy - Rebecca Rudberg
Determining the Active Domains of a Novel Receptor Duplex Involved in Cell Adhesion and Aggregation by Use of Recombinant Proteins - Olga Tkachenko
Induction of Haymaker Gene Expression in Stimulated Human Lymphocytes - Lisa Wu
Demonstration of the Nuclear Localization of the Novel Pancreatic Carcinoma 3D4 Antigen and its Potential Role During Mitosis