30 Alachua County students shine at Science Fair
Published: Monday, February 6, 2012 at 8:28 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, February 6, 2012 at 8:28 p.m.
More than 30 Alachua County students are headed to the state science fair after winning prizes and scholarships during Thursday’s Regional Science and Engineering Fair held at Santa Fe College.
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State science fair
Cornerstone Academy
Noah Goodall
Eastside High School
David Liu
Hope Pan
Alexandra Sourakov
Howard Bishop Middle School
Pierre Angibaud*
Olivia Jaeger
Camilo Moraga-Lewy
Adrian Renne
Tyler Staab
Thor Stead
Kanapaha Middle School
Jake Bates
Mary Kai Patterson
Olivia Schneider
Lincoln Middle School
Christopher Fregly, Brandon Kim & Zhao Li
Noah Hagen
Agurah Humphreys
Mariel Mellott
Isaac Mirti & Nicholas Koenig
Collin Oi
Eve Rowland
Delaney Rua
Risham Sidhu
Jacquelyn Siegel
Miette Simpson
Sanika Subhash
Mebane Middle School
Jarrod Sanders*
Oak Hall School
Weilin Cai
Ashley Gillen
Alexander Ponzio
Santa Fe High School
Andrew Geelhoed
Leah Irwin*
Vrinda Shah
Westwood Middle School
Sadie Shireman
*Denotes alternate
Two of those, both Eastside High School students, will also head to Pittsburgh in May for the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.
Alexandra Sourakov’s project “Life is Short When Sweet: The Effect of Dietary Sugars on the Physiology and Longevity of Caenorhabditis elegans” earned her a trip to Pennsylvania.
Her project entailed testing glucose and fructose on a type of roundworm, determining that despite prevailing thoughts that the two sugars are similar, fructose has a more deleterious effect on lifespan and overall health.
David Liu, also a student at Eastside, will take his project, “Synthetic Nanoparticle-Based Nanozymes for Pancreatic Cancer Therapy,” on the trip as well.
More than 240 students participated in the regional science fair. Award recipients were honored during a Monday night ceremony.
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