In our final year of Independent Science Research, we have continued to advance the research we have been doing in our labs. Several of us have even gone on to present our work at regional and national competitions. In the classroom, we have continued to deepen our knowledge by reading papers. We have also had the opportunity to be mentors for 10th and 11th graders, helping them with their presentations, papers, and lab searches, just as former ISR students did for us.
Department: Neurology
Research Institution: Columbia
PI/Mentor: Dr. Caghah Kizil (PI), Dr. Elanur Yilmaz (Mentor)
Title of Research: How does ABCA7 and Alzheimer's Impact Zebrafish Behavior?
Department: Synthetic Chemistry & Hormone Care
Research Institution: New York University
PI/Mentor: Kent Kirshenbaum (PI) & Nikunjkumar Vagadiya (Mentor)
Title of Research: Revolutionizing Hormone Care: designing & synthesizing a heterovalent peptoid displaying androgen & estrogen ligands
Department: Department of Cell, Developmental, and Regenerative Biology
Research Institution: Mount Sinai Hospital
PI/Mentor: Dr. Tirtha K. Das
Title of Research: CRISPR-Mediated Integration Cassette (CRIMIC) Based Drosophila Genetic Modeling of Noonan Syndrome
Department: Radiation Oncology
Research Institution: Weill Cornell Medicine
PI/Mentor: Dr. Claire Vanpouillle-Box, Dr. Maria Cecilia Lira
Title of Research: TIMP-1/CD63 Signaling Weakens T-Cell Function in Glioblastoma Brain Tumors
Department: Nanoscience Initiative
Research Institution: The City University of New York Advanced Science Research Center
PI/Mentor: Dr. Xi Chen (PI) & Elma Naranjo (Mentor)
Title of Research: Investigating the Water Responsiveness (WR) of Dipeptide Crystals
Department: Computer Science
Research Institution: NYU Tandon
PI/Mentor: Yang Zhou, PI: Giuseppe Loianno
Title of Research: An Efficient Pipeline for Simulation of Quadrotor Training Using Noise-Based Terrain Generation
Department: Microbiology and Immunology
Research Institution: Weill Cornell Medicine
PI/Mentor: Dr. Laura Kirkman and Dr. Akshay Vishwanatha
Title of Research: Pol-Q Gene Knockout on the Malaria Parasite
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Research Institution: Stevens Institute of Technology
PI/Mentor: Dr. Nicholaus Parziale (PI), Jaden Kokinakos (Mentor)
Title of Research: A Novel Grid Interferometer and Response to Phase Change
Department: Neuroscience and Dermatology
Research Institution: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
PI: (PI) Dr. Hongzhen Hu, (Mentors) Dr. Zili Xie, Dr. Fang Gao
Title of Research: Exploring Changes in the Enteric Nervous System in DSS-Induced Colitis
Department: Gynecological Oncology
Research Institution: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
PI/Mentor: Dr. Britta Weigelt, Laxmi Gusain
Title of Research: Heat Shock Proteins Monitor Ovarian Cancer Cell Growth Under Combined Heat and Chemotherapy Treatment Conditions
Department: Cell Biology
Research Institution: NYU Langone
PI/Mentor: Dr. Jessica Treisman, Dr. Neha Ghosh
Title of Research: Identifying Genes that Control Corneal Lens Curvature in Drosophila