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2022-2023

The research project for the 2022/2023 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 2022/2023 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 2022/2023 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     5  
Columbia High School Maplewood   NJ Ms. Chasity Tedeschi     24  
Dougherty Valley High School San Ramon   CA Ms. Katherine Huang     34  
East Brunswick High School East Brunswick   NJ Ms. Anne Sanelli     30  
Elmwood Park Memorial High School Elmwood Park   NJ Ms. Dolores Gale     11  
Fair Lawn High School Fair Lawn   NJ Ms Kathryn Straubel     15  
Granada High School Livermore   CA Ms. Elizabeth Lopez     15  
Hackettstown High School Hackettstown   NJ Ms. Kristen Gonzalez     3  
Hamburg Area High School Hamburg    PA Ms. Melissa Farina     7  
Hillsborough High School  Hillsborough   NJ Minh Dang     102  
Holmdel High School Holmdel    NJ Mr. Kevin Chang     4  
Howell High School Howell   NJ Ms. Mary Russo     10  
James Caldwell High School  West Caldwell   NJ Mr. Paul Marrone     11  
JP Stevens High School  Edison   NJ Mr. Jay Jones     119  
Jefferson High School  Jefferson    NJ Ms Sarah Magnuson     20  
Jose Marti STEM Academy Union City    NJ Ms. Amanda Smith-Dougherty     12  
Kinnelon High School Kinnelon   NJ Mr. John Manning     16  
Metuchen High School Metuchen   NJ Ms. Samantha Green     19  
Monroe Township High School Monroe   NJ Mr. Christopher Himmelhber     29  
Montville Township High School  Montville   NJ Mr. Heather Einstein     27  
Morris Co School of Technology  Denville    NJ Mr. Alessandro Pizzo     26  
New Providence High School New Providence   NJ Ms. Jennifer Pasuuit     22  
North Brunswick Township High School North Brunswick   NJ Dr. Lucille O'Reilly     11  
Old Bridge High School Old Bridge   NJ Ms. Adelle Cockrill     16  
Pascack Hills High School  Montvale   NJ Dr. Martin Edelberg     13  
Pascack Valley High School  Hillsdale   NJ Dr. Marlene Healey     8  
Phillipsburg High School Phillipsburg   NJ Dr. Megan Genzale     14  
Princeton High School  Princeton    NJ Ms. Jennifer Smolyn     24  
Piscataway High School Piscataway   NJ Dr. Craig Lollin     19  
Rutgers Preparatory School  Somerset   NJ Ms. Nishita Desai     18  
Severna Park High School Severna Park   MD Ms. Eleanor Nulud     14  
South Plainfield High School South Plainfield   NJ Ms. Kathleen Benton     32  
The Frisch School  Paramus   NJ Dr. Mindy Furman     8  
Toms River High School North Toms River   NJ Ms. Christine Girtain     1  
Toms River High School South Toms River   NJ Ms. Christine Girtain     4  
Tracy High School  Tracy   CA Ms. Erin McKay     19  
Union County Vocational Technical Schools Scotch Plains   NJ Dr. Andrew Colasanti     69  
Waipahu High School  Waipahu   HI Ms. Tanya Cobbin     19  
Walter Johnson High Scchool  Bethesda   MD Ms. Nicole Kellerman     19  
Watchung Hills Regional High School  Warren   NJ Ms. Anne-Marie Johnson     51  
West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North Princeton Junction   NJ Ms Karel Marshall     23  
West Windsor Plainsboro High School South  Princeton Junction   NJ Dr. Meenakshi Bhattacharya     42  
Total number of schools 43     Total number of students     987