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2006-2007 Research Project

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The research project for the 2006/2007 WSSP focused on the genomic analysis of the brine shrimp Artemia franciscana, and how the genes in this organism compare to other species. Students in the project isolated and sequenced Artemia genes from a cDNA plasmid library. They then analyzed these sequences using the DNA Sequence Analysis Program (DSAP).  Students in the program compared these sequences with genes from other eukaryotes to determine the evolutionary relationship of these organisms and the sequence conservation of specific genes.  The sequences of these genes had never been determined before and this information was deposited in the NCBI sequence databases for the students and other scientists to use.  The 2006/2007 DSAP is no longer available.  However, sequences analyzed and published by students during the 2006/2007 WSSP project year are listed here

School City State Teacher(s) # of students
Bayonne High School Bayonne NJ Ms. Holly Levin 15
Bordentown High School Bordentown NJ Ms. Karen Harrison 10
Bridgewater-Raritan Regional High School Bridgewater NJ Ms. Stacy Wittig 3
Colonial High School Woodbridge NJ Ms. Chantal Greffer 10
East Brunswick High School East Brunswick NJ Ms. Anne Sanelli 43
Franklin High School  Franklin NJ Ms. Monal Patel 2
High Point Regional High School  Sussex NJ Ms. Madelaine Travaille 5
Hillsborough High School  Hillsborough NJ Dr. Craig Hoppe 15
James Caldwell High School  West Caldwell NJ Mr. Paul Marrone 13
JF Kennedy Memorial High School Woodbridge NJ Ms. Cathryn Crego 15
JP Stevens High School  Edison NJ Mr. Philip Adornato 10
Monmouth Regional High School  Tinton Falls NJ Ms. Wendy Wolverton 2
Montville Township High School  Montville NJ Mr. John Brick 39
New Brunswick Health Sciences Technology H.S.  New Brunswick NJ Mr. Andre Bridgett 2
Pascack Hills High School  Montvale NJ Dr. Martin Edelberg 17
Pascack Valley High School  Hillsdale NJ Dr. Marlene Healey 17
Rutgers Preparatory School  Somerset NJ Ms. Jacque Lamb 16
The Pingry School  Martinsville NJ Ms. Deirdre O`Mara 2
Watchung Hills Regional High School  Warren NJ Ms. Suzanne Fenstemaker 7
West Orange High School West Orange NJ Ms. Georgina Paganelli 1
West Windsor Plainsboro High School South  Princeton Junction NJ Dr. Meenakshi Bhattacharya 21
Total number of schools 21   Total number of students 265