outh Plainfield High SchoolPiscatawayThe research project for the 2024/2025 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 2024/2025 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 2024/2025 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgewater High School | Bridgewater | NJ | Ms. Alana Calello | 38 | |||||
| Columbia High School | Maplewood | NJ | Ms. Chasity Tedeschi | 32 | |||||
| East Brunswick High School | East Brunswick | NJ | Ms. Christen Drescher | 42 | |||||
| Elmwood Park Memorial High School | Elmwood Park | NJ | Ms. Dolores Gale | 21 | |||||
| Fair Lawn High School | Fair Lawn | NJ | Ms Kathryn Straubel | 17 | |||||
| Granada High School | Livermore | CA | Ms. Elizabeth Lopez | 23 | |||||
| Hamburg Area High School | Hamburg | PA | Ms. Melissa Farina | 4 | |||||
| Hillsborough High School | Hillsborough | NJ | Mr. Minh Dang | 86 | |||||
| Holmdel High School | Holmdel | NJ | Mr. Kevin Chang | 5 | |||||
| Howell High School | Howell | NJ | Ms. Mary Russo | 5 | |||||
| James Caldwell High School | West Caldwell | NJ | Mr. Paul Marrone | 9 | |||||
| JP Stevens High School | Edison | NJ | Mr. Jay Jones | 103 | |||||
| Jose Marti STEM Academy | Union City | NJ | Ms. Amanda Smith-Dougherty | 8 | |||||
| Kent Place High School | Summit | NJ | Ms. Rebecca Brown | 40 | |||||
| Metuchen High School | Metuchen | NJ | Ms. Samantha Green | 14 | |||||
| Monroe Township High School | Monroe | NJ | Mr. Christopher Himmelhber | 30 | |||||
| Montville Township High School | Montville | NJ | Mr. Heather Einstein | 33 | |||||
| Morris Co School of Technology | Denville | NJ | Mr. Alessandro Pizzo | 28 | |||||
| Mountain View High School | Mountain View | CA | Mr Simon Huynh | 11 | |||||
| New Providence High School | New Providence | NJ | Ms. Jennifer Pasuuit | 30 | |||||
| North Brunswick Township High School | North Brunswick | NJ | Dr. Lucille O'Reilly | 12 | |||||
| Old Bridge High School | Old Bridge | NJ | Ms. Adelle Cockrill | 16 | |||||
| Pascack Hills High School | Montvale | NJ | Dr. Aarti Mallya | 12 | |||||
| Pascack Valley High School | Hillsdale | NJ | Dr. Marlene Healey | 26 | |||||
| Phillipsburg High School | Phillipsburg | NJ | Dr. Megan Genzale | 31 | |||||
| Piscataway High School | Piscataway | NJ | Dr. Craig Lollin | 5 | |||||
| Princeton High School | Princeton | NJ | Ms. Jennifer Smolyn | 17 | |||||
| Rutgers Preparatory School | Somerset | NJ | Ms. Erica Wleklinski | 21 | |||||
| South Brunswick High School | South Brunswick | NJ | Ms. Anthony Grasso | 13 | |||||
| South Plainfield High School | South Plainfield | NJ | Ms. Kathleen Benton | 22 | |||||
| Springbrook High School | Silver Spring | NJ | Ms. Nicole Kellerman | 11 | |||||
| The Frisch School | Paramus | NJ | Dr. Mindy Furman | 30 | |||||
| Tracy High School | Tracy | CA | Ms. Erin McKay | 28 | |||||
| Union County Vocational Technical Schools | Scotch Plains | NJ | Dr. Andrew Colasanti | 19 | |||||
| Waipahu High School | Waipahu | HI | Ms. Tanya Cobbin | 13 | |||||
| Walter Johnson High Scchool | Bethesda | MD | Ms. Aileen Leung | 31 | |||||
| Watchung Hills Regional High School | Warren | NJ | Ms. Anne-Marie Johnson | 58 | |||||
| West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North | Princeton Junction | NJ | Ms Karel Marshall | 22 | |||||
| West Windsor Plainsboro High School South | Princeton Junction | NJ | Dr. Meenakshi Bhattacharya | 40 | |||||
| Total number of schools | 39 | Total number of students | 1006 |