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2014-2015 Research Project

The research project for the 2014/2015 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 2014/2015 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 2014-2015 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
Amador Valley High School Pleasanton CA Ms. Heather Pereira, Ms. Cora da Costa 10
Bayonne High School Bayonne NJ Ms. Holly Levin 15
Biotechnology Career Academy Ellicott City MD Ms Jennifer Walker 8
Blair Academy Blairstown NJ Mr. Blair Buck 24
Bordentown High School Bordentown NJ Ms. Karen Harrison 33
Col Zadok Magruder High School Rockville MD Ms. Donna Considine 43
Dougherty Valley High School San Ramon CA Ms. Katherine Huang, Ms. Jennifer Hunau 25
Dundalk High School Baltimore MD Mr. Ron Saul 3
East Brunswick High School East Brunswick NJ Ms. Anne Sanelli 52
Fair Lawn High School Fair Lawn NJ Ms.Kathryn Straubel 8
Frederick High School Frederick MD Mr. Mark Trice 2
Gilman School Baltimore MD Mr. Frank Fitzgibbon 2
Granada High School Livermore CA Ms. Elizabeth Lopez 23
Hackettstown High School  Hackettstown NJ Ms. Patricia Miller 22
High Point Regional High School  Sussex NJ Ms. Madelaine Travaille 35
Hillsborough High School  Hillsborough NJ Dr. Craig Hoppe 27
Holmdel High School Holdmel  NJ Dr. Josephine Blaha 10
James Caldwell High School  West Caldwell NJ Mr. Paul Marrone 16
JP Stevens High School  Edison NJ Mr. Jay Jones 121
Kent Co High Scchool IBALC  Worton MD Ms. Aiesha Brown-Trowers 1
Kenwood High School  Baltimore MD Ms. Alison Maier 3
Modesto High School  Modesto CA Mr. Jeff Austin 20
Monmouth Regional High School  Tinton Falls NJ Ms. Wendy Wolverton 28
Montville Township High School  Montville NJ Mr. Jonathon Henzel 35
New Brunswick Health Sciences Technology H.S.  New Brunswick NJ Mr. Andre Bridgett 33
Pascack Hills High School  Montvale NJ Dr. Martin Edelberg 19
Pascack Valley High School  Hillsdale NJ Dr. Marlene Healey 22
Piscataway High School  Piscataway NJ Dr. Craig Lollin, Jr. 19
Randallstown High School Randallstown MD Mr. Justin Sewell 14
Rutgers Preparatory School  Somerset NJ Ms. Jacque Lamb 11
Science and Math Academy at Aberdeen  Aberdeen MD Ms. Linda McDonough 54
Somerville High School  Somerville NJ Mr. George Mellors 13
South River High School  East Edgewater MD Ms. Tanya Marushak 34
Southern High School Harwood MD Ms. Rachael Morrison 33
The Frisch School  Paramus NJ Dr. Mindy Furman 30
The Lawrenceville School  Lawrenceville NJ Ms. Reem Hussein 22
The Peddie School  Hightstown NJ Dr. Shani Peretz 47
The Pingry School  Martinsville NJ Ms. Deirdre O`Mara 21
Towson High School Towson MD Ms. Christine Roberts 30
Tracy High School  Tracy CA Ms. Erin McKay 21
Waipahu High School  Waipahu CA Mr. Michael Sana 33
Walter Johnson High Scchool  Bethesda MD Ms. Joan McDermott 27
Watchung Hills Regional High School  Warren NJ Ms. Anne-Marie Cannon 26
West Windsor Plainsboro High School South  Princeton Junction NJ Dr. Meenakshi Bhattacharya 76
Westbury Christian School  Houston TX Mr. Wen Zhao 4
Winston Churchill High Scchool  Potomac MD Ms. Ginny Brown 83
Total number of schools 45   Total number of students 1228