Students at Jericho High School are celebrating becoming semi-finalists in the Regeneron Science Competition.
“It means a lot to get recognized for all the work that we all put in. Everyone in this room has put in a ton of work,” said Vedant Balani, a 12th grader at Jericho High School.
The school is also celebrating, as Jericho has the most semi-finalist students in the country – with a total of 10.
Long Island had 33 – the most for any region.
“It’s the oldest and most prestigious science fair for high school students in the United States,” said Alexis Vandergoot, science research coordinator at Jericho High School.
For Jericho High School senior Anchita Agrawal, the win is personal.
“I want to become an oncologist to honor my mom’s experience with breast cancer,” she said.
Her project focused on understanding how cancer cells grow, hoping it leads to a way to defeat the disease
“Just continue doing all these amazing things to improve people’s and patients’ lives,” she said.
Her classmates beat out 2,600 students from 826 high schools across the United States.
Semi-finalists are awarded $2,000 for this achievement.
A total of 40 finalists will be picked at the end of January, and winners will be chosen at the end of March in Washington, D.C.
Full list of Long Island semifinalists:
Aryana Adur, Age: 17
Jericho Senior High School, New York
Project Title: Therapeutic Modulation of a Novel Neuroepithelial Circuit by Larazotide Acetate and Neuregulin-1 Restores Epithelial Barrier Integrity in Food Allergy
Anchita Agrawal, Age: 17
Jericho Senior High School, New York
Project Title: Characterizing Convergent Transcriptomic Impacts of Norepinephrine Across Breast Cancer Grades via “Element AVITI-24”
Vedant Balani, Age: 17
Jericho Senior High School, New York
Project Title: Hurricane Forecasting Using Comprehensive Multivariable Machine Learning Modeling With Atmospheric Temperatures, Polar Motion and Sunspot Numbers
Tessla Chan, Age: 18
Roslyn High School, New York
Project Title: Investigating PELO as a Novel Synthetic Lethal Target Across Multiple Molecular Subtypes of Gastrointestinal Cancers
Darren Chen, Age: 18
George W. Hewlett High School, New York
Project Title: Watching Others, Withholding Self: How Vicarious Embarrassment Relates to Adolescents’ Online Self-Presentation and Willingness To Share
Daniel Hoberman, Age: 18
Saint Anthony’s High School, New York
Project Title: Mapping the Mind: Quantifying the Relationship Between Access to Healthy Foods and Depression in Southeastern Pennsylvania via Measurement Error-Adjusted Poisson Regression Modeling
Benson Lu Huang, Age: 17
Half Hollow Hills High School West, New York
Project Title: BLADE: Bioimpedance-Enabled Laparoscopic Articulated Dual-Purpose Endowrist System for Force Sensing and Anomaly Detection in Robotic Surgery
Yena Hwang, Age: 18
Saint Anthony’s High School, New York
Project Title: Mechanical Activity of Skeletal Muscle Suppresses Lung Cancer Cell Migration Through Myokine-Mediated Pathways
Eli Jacob, Age: 18
Herricks High School, New York
Project Title: Misinformation in Shaping Ethical Attitudes Toward AI-Centered Academic Misconduct via Social Media
Olivia Emma Jacobson, Age: 18
Roslyn High School, New York
Project Title: Parties in the USA: The Impact of Political Party Affiliation Strength and Party Alignment on Perceptions of Bipartisan Candidates
Serin Jo, Age: 17
Roslyn High School, New York
Project Title: Design of a Lightweight Algorithm for Robust Mass Spectrometry Peak Detection
Lucienne Sophie Keyoung, Age: 18
Manhasset High School, New York
Project Title: Tunable Morphology of Zero-Waste Cellulose Nanofiber Hydrogels via a Novel Gelatin-Mediated Ice Inhibition Mechanism for Sustainable Agriculture and Water Remediation
Franklin Lee, Age: 17
Jericho Senior High School, New York
Project Title: Dual-Pathway Fusion of EHRs and Knowledge Graphs for Predicting Unseen Drug-Drug Interactions
Sophia Li, Age: 18
John L. Miller Great Neck North High School, New York
Project Title: Closing the Shade Gap: Advancing Environmental Equity Through Understanding Tree Canopy Disparities in Redlined Communities With i-Tree
Matthew Lin, Age: 17
Roslyn High School, New York
Project Title: Using Bayesian Optimization To Design Conductive PEO-Based Mixed-Graft Block Copolymers
Elaine Liu, Age: 17
Syosset High School, New York
Project Title: The Effects of Apology Strategies on the Spread and Intensity of Cancel Culture Incidents
Grace Chenxin Liu, Age: 17
Syosset High School, New York
Project Title: Evaluating Gender Differences in the Effects of Ambiguity and Misperception on Entrepreneurship in Three Business Development Stages: A Panel Data Analysis
Kevin Liu, Age: 17
Jericho Senior High School, New York
Project Title: Integrative Structural Modeling and Molecular Dynamics Simulations Reveal Novel Insights Into Autism SORCS3 Missense Mutations
Benjamin Drew Moses, Age: 18
Paul D. Schreiber High School, New York
Project Title: Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety Among Survivors of Childhood, Adolescent and Young Adult (CAYA) Cancer
Aarthi M. Palaniappan, Age: 17
Herricks High School, New York
Project Title: Elucidating the Protective Role of Wnt4 Signaling and Gene Suppression in Modulating Fibrotic and Calcific Pathways in Calcific Aortic Valve Disease
Arnav Pemmaraju, Age: 18
William A. Shine Great Neck South High School, New York
Project Title: CRE-LogicSim: A Surrogate Modeling Framework for Interpreting Cis-Regulatory Element Function in Deep Sequence Models
Cynthia Qian, Age: 18
Jericho Senior High School, New York
Project Title: Computational Discovery of Marine Plastic-Degrading Enzymes Enhanced by Deep Eutectic Solvents
Ashka Shah, Age: 17
Jericho Senior High School, New York
Project Title: Selective Dual Inhibition of β-Catenin in Wnt-Driven Cancers via Gid8-Assisted Translocation and a Precision Peptide-Based Gene Therapy
Nikhil Shah, Age: 18
Syosset High School, New York
Project Title: Examining the Impact of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines on Racial Disparities in Federal Sentencing
Kian Daniel Soleymani, Age: 17
John L. Miller Great Neck North High School, New York
Project Title: AI-Powered Conversational Tool for Early Stage Cognitive Decline
Cole Jacob Stern, Age: 17
John F. Kennedy High School, New York
Project Title: Investigating the September 29, 2023, Tri-State Flooding Event: A WRF-Based Analysis of Tropical Storm Ophelia, Elevated Sea Surface Temperatures and Their Role in Enhancing Extreme Rainfall
Emma Elise Su, Age: 17
Herricks High School, New York
Project Title: Developing a Novel Adaptive Tuning Module for Real-Time Frequency Correction in Radiofrequency Coils During Concurrent TMS-fMRI
Abigail Thomas, Age: 17
Herricks High School, New York
Project Title: Examining the Pathway of Rab8-Mediated Trafficking of GluA1-AMPARs in Response to In Vitro Chemical LTP Induction in Wildtype and Lrrk2G2019S Striatal and Cortical Neurons
Julang Wang, Age: 18
Friends Academy, New York
Project Title: Localized Metaresonators for Mid-Wave Infrared Spatial Light Modulators
Tina Shuxin Xing, Age: 17
Ward Melville High School, New York
Project Title: Carbon-Aware Reserve Allocation and Checkpoint Scheduling for GPU Sustainability
Tommy Yuan, Age: 18
Jericho Senior High School, New York
Project Title: A Genetic Algorithm Approach to Automated Strategy Acquisition in 2048
Justin Zhao, Age: 19
Jericho Senior High School, New York
Project Title: Structural Insights Into the Hybrid Infection Strategy of Bacteriophage Peru-2
Liran Zhou, Age: 17
Jericho Senior High School, New York
Project Title: Novel Reconfigurable Straight-Spoke Triwheel Mechanism With Four-Bar Linkage for Optimal Stair Climbing.