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2009 Southern California Regional
Junior Science & Humanities Symposium Winners

1st
Place
Jane Suh
Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, Rolling Hills Estates
“Microscale Platform for Determining Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Fate”
2nd
Place
Jacqueline Sly
Woodbridge HS, Irvine
“Virtual Mechanical Snake Analog Models the Relationship between the Period of the Sine Graph Representative of the Snake’s Movement and Speed”

3rd
Place
Sachin Patel
Troy High School, Fullerton
“Nano Delivers Big: A Novel Approach to Cancer Therapeutics”

1st
Runner-up
David Tang-Quan
Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, Rolling Hills Estates
"Isolation of Kinase Mutant Genes Governing Stress Response of Candida Albicans"
2nd
Runner-up
Ronit Abramson
Canyon Crest Academy, San Diego
"Use of Epilithic Diatoms as Biological Indicators of Pharmaceutical Runoff"

1st
Alternate
Jeongmin (Joanne) Shin
Northwood HS, Irvine
"Biophysical Studies of Cytotoxic Effect of TiO2 Nanoparticles on Human Cervical Carcinoma in Vitro: Experimental Computational Comparative Studies"
2nd
Alternate
Alyssa Chan
Los Costa Canyon HS, Carlsbad
"Synergistic Inhibitory Effects of Metal Ions and EDTA on Peroxidase Activity: Implications in Neurodegenerative Diseases"