The research project for the 2021/2022 WSSP focused on analysis of the mRNA population of Landoltia punctata, a duckweed. The goal of the research was to determine which genes are expressed in this organism, and how they compared with expressed genes from other species. Students in the project used molecular biology and bioinformatic techniques to isolate and sequenced genes from a cDNA library (a collection of mRNA's copied into DNA's). Students used the DNA Sequence Analysis Program to analyze the gene sequences. These sequences have never been determined before. If a student successfully analyzed a sequence, it was published in GenBank, the international repository of all known DNA sequences, for other scientists to study. Each published sequence bears the student's name and his/her teacher's name. A complete list of the schools, teachers and number of students that participated in the 2021/2022 WSSP can be found below with links to their published sequences.
Below is a list of the schools, teachers, and number students involved in the 2021/2022 WSSP Research Project. Links to the School name will connect to the school's home page. Links to the number of students will connect to the DNA sequences published by these students.
| School | City | State | Teacher(s) | # of students | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aiea High School | Aiea | HI | Ms. Mary Peterson | 17 | ||||
| Columbia High School | Maplewood | NJ | Ms. Chasity Tedeschi | 7 | ||||
| Dougherty Valley High School | San Ramon | CA | Ms. Katherine Huang | 32 | ||||
| East Brunswick High School | East Brunswick | NJ | Ms. Anne Sanelli | 36 | ||||
| Elmwood Park Memorial High School | Elmwood Park | NJ | Ms. Dolores Gale | 20 | ||||
| Fair Lawn High School | Fair Lawn | NJ | Ms Kathryn Straubel | 14 | ||||
| Granada High School | Livermore | CA | Ms. Elizabeth Lopez | 11 | ||||
| Hamburg Area High School | Hamburg | PA | Ms. Melissa Farina | 3 | ||||
| Hillsborough High School | Hillsborough | NJ | Minh Dang | 118 | ||||
| Holmdel High School | Holmdel | NJ | Dr. Josephine Blaha | 6 | ||||
| James Caldwell High School | West Caldwell | NJ | Mr. Paul Marrone | 15 | ||||
| JP Stevens High School | Edison | NJ | Mr. Jay Jones | 116 | ||||
| Jackson Memorial High School | Jackson | NJ | Ms. Mary Russo | 6 | ||||
| Jefferson High School | Jefferson | NJ | Ms Sarah Magnuson | 4 | ||||
| Jose Marti STEM Academy | Union City | NJ | Ms. Amanda Smith-Dougherty | 31 | ||||
| Kinnelon High School | Kinnelon | NJ | Mr. John Manning | 11 | ||||
| Modesto High School | Modesto | CA | Mr. Jeff Austin | 8 | ||||
| Monroe Township High School | Monroe | NJ | Mr. Christopher Himmelhber | 19 | ||||
| Montville Township High School | Montville | NJ | Mr. Heather Einstein | 20 | ||||
| Morris Co School of Technology | Denville | NJ | Mr. Alessandro Pizzo | 16 | ||||
| North Brunswick Township High School | North Brunswick | NJ | Dr. Lucille O'Reilly | 12 | ||||
| Old Bridge High School | Old Bridge | NJ | Ms. Adelle Cockrill | 10 | ||||
| Pascack Hills High School | Montvale | NJ | Dr. Martin Edelberg | 17 | ||||
| Pascack Valley High School | Hillsdale | NJ | Dr. Marlene Healey | 14 | ||||
| Phillipsburg High School | Phillipsburg | NJ | Dr. Megan Genzale | 17 | ||||
| Princeton High School | Princeton | NJ | Ms Jacqueline Katz | 49 | ||||
| Piscataway High School | Piscataway | NJ | Dr. Craig Lollin | 29 | ||||
| Rutgers Preparatory School | Somerset | NJ | Ms. Nishita Desai | 12 | ||||
| South Plainfield High School | South Plainfield | NJ | Ms. Kathleen Benton | 14 | ||||
| South River High School | East Edgewater | MD | Ms. Eleanor Nulud | 11 | ||||
| The Frisch School | Paramus | NJ | Dr. Mindy Furman | 27 | ||||
| Toms River High School North | Toms River | NJ | Ms. Christine Girtain | 6 | ||||
| Tracy High School | Tracy | CA | Ms. Erin McKay | 23 | ||||
| Union City High School | Union City | NJ | Mr. Gregory Campbell | 5 | ||||
| Union County Vocational Technical Schools | Scotch Plains | NJ | Dr. Andrew Colasanti | 46 | ||||
| Waipahu High School | Waipahu | HI | Mr. Michael Sana | 30 | ||||
| Walter Johnson High Scchool | Bethesda | MD | Ms. Joan McDermott | 23 | ||||
| Watchung Hills Regional High School | Warren | NJ | Ms. Anne-Marie Johnson | 37 | ||||
| West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North | Princeton Junction | NJ | Ms Karel Marshall | 27 | ||||
| West Windsor Plainsboro High School South | Princeton Junction | NJ | Dr. Meenakshi Bhattacharya | 42 | ||||
| Total number of schools | 43 | Total number of students | 1060 |