The Food and Drug Administration Chapter of Sigma Xi has made the following awards for projects entered in the 1998 Regional Science Fairs in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area.

Congratulations to all!


District of Columbia:

Charles Luckett
First Place Winner
Gonzaga College High School
Which Antacid Works the Best

Charles Withers
Honorable Mention Winner
Benjamin Banneker High School
The Comparative Activity of Ampicillin-Sulbactam & Pipracillin-Tezobactan Against Common Clinical Isolates


Fairfax County:

Christina A. Twyman
First Place Winner
Thomas Jefferson High School
The Role of Cyclin D in Raf-mediated Events in Breast Cancer

Kristina Buenafe
Honorable Mention Winner
Thomas Jefferson High School
Genetic Regulation of Shigella Pathogenesis by a Novel Negative Regulatory Factor


Montgomery County:

Helen M. Blake
First Place Winner
Walt Whitman High School
Geldanomycin and its Effects on Multi-drug Resistance (Mdr1) in SW6 Colon Cells

Melanie E. Peters
Honorable Mention Winner
Holton-Arms School
Does Antibacterial Soap Really Work?


Northern Virginia:

Lisa Shontell
First Place Winner
Yorktown High School
The Effect of SPF# on UV Protection.

Andrea Gousen
Honorable Mention Winner
Washington/Lee High School
Can the Harm of Smoking be Reduced?


Prince George's County:

Olivia Shammas
First Place Winner
Eleanor Roosevelt High School
Understanding an EKG Signal

Diane Kang
Honarable Mention Winner
Eleanor Roosevelt High School
The Effect of MPP+ on PC12 Cells


Last updated on 05/14/99 by Fred Fry