The Food and Drug Administration Chapter of Sigma Xi
has made the following awards for projects entered in the
2009 Regional Science Fairs in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area.

Congratulations to all!

Prince Georges Area Science Fair

• Kelvin Jens M. Moncera
  First Prize Winner
  "Effect of OTC Medications on Daphnia"
  Oxon Hill High School
  
  

Montgomery Area Science Fair

• Sneha Kannan
  First Prize Winner
  "Synthesis of Cathepsin B Degradable Peptide Dendrimers"
  Montgomery Blair High School
  
  
• Re-I Chin
  Second Prize Winner
  "Combating Cancer: Design and Synthesis of [¹¹C]-Labeled DHA-Taxoid for Studies of Drug Pharmacokinetics"
  Walter Johnson High School
  
  
• Rachael Lee
  Honorable Mention
  "Developing A High-Throughput Screen to Identify Small Molecules that Reverse Anti-Cancer Drug Resistance: Bfl-1 as a Molecular Target"
  Walt Whitman High School
  
  

DC Math, Science & Technology Fair

• Caroline Braun and Cornelia Lluberes
  First Prize Winner
  "What have you been smoking?"
  Georgetown Visitation
  
  

Howard County Math, Science & Technology Fair

• Richard Li
  First Prize Winner
  "Novel Applications of Herbal Therapeutics for Inflammatory Bowel Disease: An in Vitro Study with T-Lymphocytes?"
  River Hill High School
  
  
• Ian Duffy
  Second Prize Winner
  "Which Mouthwash Works Best?"
  Hammond Middle School
  
  
• Alex Wang
  Honorable Mention
  "An Age Profile: mRNA 135 Expression During Hippocampal Neuron Development"
  Centennial High School
  
  
• Jessica Manzione
  Honorable Mention
  "The Effect of Blade Pitch on the Amount of Electricity Produced by a Wind Turbine"
  Howard High School