The Building Blocks of Aparna's World
My mission in life is to heal others by integrating the building blocks of my world.
-Aparna Sai Gana, 2023
My mission in life is to heal others by integrating the building blocks of my world.
-Aparna Sai Gana, 2023
The hyperlink above leads to my first scientific publication where I am the first and the corresponding author. My work is published in the journal BioMedInformatics. My publication establishes a novel approach to drug discovery by using an evolutionarily conserved core in RNA viruses to develop a broad-spectrum drug against ALL RNA viruses.
The hyperlink above leads to a video presentation of my 11th grade science fair project, which was selected to compete in the Fairfax County Regional Science and Engineering Fair (2022) and won the following awards:
First Place Winner in the Cellular, Molecular, and Computational Biology Category
1st place - Certificate of Merit from Patent and Trademark Office Society (PTO Society)
The hyperlink above leads to a comprehensive database I created on RNA viruses, featuring information on their genomes, structures, pathogenesis, replication cycles, etc.
Explore the many musical activities I pursue, including Indian classical singing, Indian classical dancing, veena (Indian string instrument), and piano. The hyperlink above leads you to a website in which I feature all the musical performances I have given.
Explore the service I do for our community. The hyperlink above leads you to the website I created for the service club I founded in 2020, A Gift 2 Humanity (AG2H).
Explore the two books I have self-published on Amazon - one is a book of 55 poems on nature, morals, and music. The other is a short children's story book written in Spanish on the importance of helping others. The money I raise from selling my books goes to charity. Click on the books above to go to their Amazon page.
Explore the three poems I wrote for the Poetic Power Poetry Competition. All of these poems are published in the hardbound anthology A Celebration of Poets from the Poetic Power Competition.