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2016-2017

The research project for the 2016/2017 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 2016/2017 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 2016-2017 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
Academy for Enrichment & Advancement  Union City  NJ Ms. Amanda Smith   8
Col Zadok Magruder High School Rockville MD Ms. Donna Considine   33
Columbia High School Maplewood NJ Ms. Amanda Buckely   17
Dougherty Valley High School San Ramon CA Ms. Katherine Huang   30
East Brunswick High School East Brunswick NJ Ms. Anne Sanelli   38
Elmwood Park Memorial High School Elmwood Park NJ Ms. Dolores Gale   51
Fair Lawn High School Fair Lawn NJ Ms.Kathryn Straubel   33
Granada High School Livermore CA Ms. Elizabeth Lopez   23
Hamburg Area High School Hamburg  PA Ms. Melissa Farina   10
Hackettstown High School  Hackettstown NJ Ms. Kristen Jones   13
Hillsborough High School  Hillsborough NJ Dr. Craig Hoppe, Minh Dang   74
Holmdel High School Holdmel  NJ Dr. Josephine Blaha   18
James Caldwell High School  West Caldwell NJ Mr. Paul Marrone   18
JP Stevens High School  Edison NJ Mr. Jay Jones   131
Kinnelon High School Kinnelon NJ Ms. Madelaine Travaille   23
Middlesex Co Academy of SMET Edison MD Dr. Michael Ricketts   20
Modesto High School  Modesto CA Mr. Jeff Austin   26
Monroe Township High School Monroe NJ Mr. Christopher Himmelhber   17
Montville Township High School  Montville NJ Mr. Heather Einstein   15
New Providence High School New Providence NJ Ms. Cheryl Campbell   15
Newark Academy Newark NJ Ms. Caitlin Berkefeld   16
North Brunswick Township High School North Brunswick NJ Dr. Lucille O'Reilly   12
Old Bridge High School Old Bridge NJ Ms. Adelle Cockrill   15
Pascack Hills High School  Montvale NJ Dr. Martin Edelberg   19
Pascack Valley High School  Hillsdale NJ Dr. Marlene Healey   26
Princeton High School Princeton NJ Ms. Jacqueline Katz   39
Rae Kushner Yeshiva HS Livingston NJ Ms. Alina Suarez   10
Robbinsville High School Robbinsville NJ Ms. Stefanie Ucles   24
Rutgers Preparatory School  Somerset NJ Ms. Nishita Desai, Jacque Lamb   9
Science and Math Academy at Aberdeen  Aberdeen MD Ms. Linda McDonough   11
Somerville High School  Somerville NJ Ms. Jessica Pritchard   21
South Plainfield High School South Plainfield NJ Ms. Kathleen Benton   15
South River High School  East Edgewater MD Ms. Eleanor Nulud   21
The Frisch School  Paramus NJ Dr. Mindy Furman   32
The Hun School Princeton NJ Mr. Blair Buck   6
The Pingry School Basking Ridge NJ Mr. David Maxwell   51
Toms River High School East Toms River NJ Ms. Jennifer Fazzini   10
Toms River High School South Toms River NJ Ms. Michele Martini Christine Girtain   10
Tracy High School  Tracy CA Ms. Erin McKay   34
Union City High School Union City NJ Mr. Gregory Campbell   33
Waipahu High School  Waipahu HI Mr. Michael Sana   45
Walter Johnson High Scchool  Bethesda MD Ms. Joan McDermott   18
Watchung Hills Regional High School  Warren NJ Ms. Anne-Marie Johnson   26
West Windsor Plainsboro High School South  Princeton Junction NJ Dr. Meenakshi Bhattacharya   42
Winston Churchill High School  Potomac MD Ms. Ginny Brown   94
Total number of schools 44   Total number of students   1242