The Intel Science Talent Search named eight Bay Area high school students last month among a total of 40 finalists nationwide. This year 1800 students entered the prestigious contest also known as the nation's "junior Nobel Prize," and among the 300 semifinalists, 48 came from California.
The Bay Area finalists are as follows:
Natalie Ng, Monta Vista High: Developed a prediction model for long-term breast cancer survival.
Vishnu Shankar of Monta Vista: Calculated the 3D structure of a molecule involved in cardiovascular disease.
Angela Kong of Lynbrook High: Determined the role of a specific protein in the spread of breast cancer.
Charles Liu of Gunn High: Found a genetic relationship between lupus and systemic sclerosis, a connective tissue disease, that may lead to new therapies.
Sreyas Misra of The Harker School: Developed a low-cost medical-imaging scanner the size of a hand-held tablet.
Kathy Camenzind of California High: Build inexpensive optical tweezers using a low-power laser and microscope in an undergraduate laboratory.
Esha Maiti of California High: Developed a math simulation to predict secondary tumors in cancer patients.
Emily Pang of Dougherty Valley High: Verified the role of certain molecules in the growth or suppression of malignant tumors.
The finalists will gather in Washington, D.C., March 6-12 to undergo judging, meet leading scientists, display their research at the National Geographic Society and meet with national leaders. The first-place winner will receive $100,000 from the Intel Foundation. In addition, the foundation will award $530,000 in runner-up prizes.
Let's celebrate successes in California education, learn what worked and try to provide this experience to as many students as possible.
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