The 2024 WSSP Summer Institute (SI) was held at the Waksman Institute, Rutgers University from July 8 to July 19, 2024 for 26 students and 3 teachers. The goal of the SI is for students and teachers to learn the background and methods on how to conduct a research project in molecular biology and bionformatics. Students and teachers use this information to lead the research project in a class or club setting at their high schools during the academic year. Participants learned how to purify DNA from a cDNA plasmid library of the duckweed Landoltia punctata. They then analyzed the plasmids by PCR, restriction digests and agarose gel electrophoresis. These DNA clones were sequenced and students performed bioinformatic analyses by searching the scientific databases to determine if their DNA sequences code for proteins and then investigated function of these proteins in the cell. Below is a list of students who participated in the program and the cDNA plasmid clones they isolated, analyzed and published on the NCBI DNA sequence database. Some of these clones are already psoted on the est database and other cloens are bieng processed by NCBI and shoudl be posted shortly.
Images of WSSP 2024 SI students and teachers working in the lab
| School # | SCHOOL NAME | STUDENT NAME | CLONES |
| 002 | Bridgewater-Raritan High School | Saharsh Bangaru | 002SB1.24, 002SB2.24, 002SB4.24, 002SB5.24 |
| 004 | East Brunswick High School | Krupa Shah | 04KS1.24, 04KS2.24, 04KS3.24, 04KS4.24 |
| 004 | East Brunswick High School | Marm Patel | 04MP1.24, 04MP2.24, 04MP3.24, 04MP4.24 |
| 006 | HIllsborough ` | Ishaan Aryan | 06IA1.24, 06IA2.24, 06IA3.24, 06IA4.24 |
| 007 | James Caldwell High School | Anxhi Caci | 06IA1.24, 06IA2.24, 06IA3.24, 06IA4.24 |
| 009 | John P. Stevens | Mahi Mahitcha | 09MM1.24, 09MM2.24, 09MM3.24, 09MM4.24 |
| 011 | Montville Township Highschool | Amina Niazi | 11AN1.24, 11AN2.24, 11AN4.24, 11AN5.24, |
| 011 | Montville Township High School | Giovanni Geraldino | 11GG1.24, 11GG2.24, 11GG3.24, |
| 015 | Rutgers Preparatory School | Nitya Kathiravan | 15NK2.24, 15NK3.24 15NK4.24, 15NK5.24 |
| 018 | Watchung Hills Regional High School | Jason Tsien | 18JT1.24, 18JT2.24, 18JT3.24, 18JT4.24 |
| 019 | West Windsor Plainsboro High School South | Jiya Thakkar | 19JT1.24, 19JT2.24,19JT3.24, 19JT4.24 |
| 070 | Old Bridge High School | Sravya Sankisa | 70SS2.24, 70SS3.24, 70SS4.24 |
| 096 | Holmdel High School | Ava Rosasco | 96AR1.24, 96AR2.24, 96AR3.24,96AR4.24 |
| 104 | Elmwood Park Memorial High School | Rishi Thakkar | 104RT1.24, 104RT2.24, 104RT3.24, 104RT4.24 |
| 105 | North Brunswick Township High School | Arnav Mohanty | 105AM1.24, 105AM2.24,105AM3.24, 105AM4.24 |
| 109 | New Providence High School | Rohan Kulkarni | 109RK1.24, 109RK2.24, 109RK3.24, 109RK4.24 |
| 110 | Princeton High School | Luisa Buss | 110LB1.24, 110LB2.24, 110LB3.24, 110LB4.24 |
| 118 | Monroe Township High School | Sai Saanvi Prathap | 118SP1.24, 118SP3.24, 118SP4.24 118SP5.24 |
| 119 | South Plainfield High School | Irene Jung | 119IJ1.24, 119IJ2.24, 119IJ3.24, 119IJ4.24 |
| 122 | West Windsor Plainsboro High School North | Aliza Borker | 122AB1.24, 122AB2.24, 122AB3.24, 122AB4.24 |
| 130 | Metuchen High School | Aidan Ogborn | 130AAO1.24, 130AAO2.24, 130AAO3.24, 130AAO4.24 |
| 133 | Academy of Information Technology | Abdd Sharma | 133AS1.24, 133AS2.24, 133AS3.24, 133AS4.24 |
| 139 | Morris County School of Technology | Elle Maher | 139EM1.24, 139EM2.24, 139EM3.24, 139EM4.24 |
| 140 | Howell High School | Lisa D'Aiuto | 140LD1.24, 140LD2.24, 140LD4.24, 140LD5.24 |
| 144 | South Brunswick High School | Aliya Ahmad | 144AA1.24, 144AA2.24, 144AA4.24, 144AA5.24 |
| 144 | South Brunswick High School | Shaunak Bhangale | 144SB1.24, 144SB2.24, 144SB3.24, 144SB4.24 |