First Place – Renee Rowley | “Medicaid Expansion and State-Level Insulin Copay Caps”
Second Place – Harani Athwale, Dillen-Preetesh Patel, and Sai Puneeth Kothuru | “Modeling the Function of Ryanodine Receptor 2 and its Role in Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia (CPVT) Heart Disease”
Third Place – Indaya Byer, Roman Devlin, Maria Jose Gacharna Ferro, Aashvi Gowrinsankar, Reginald Kempson III, Layla LaCelle, Ainsely Andoscia, Amanda Bogle, and Jasmyn Todaro | “Determining the Differences in Aquatic Community Structure Between Invasive Waterhyacinth and Native Pennywort in the Everglades and Lake Okeechobee”
Honorable Mentions –
Melanie Mendonca, Esperanza Barrios, Chana Vogel, and Victoria Pulido-Correa | “Reproductive Outcomes in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease”
Christopher Joseph, Srujan Miryala, and Alisa Shapsis | “Investigating the presence of persistent organic pollutants (POP) in Alaskan Oncorhynchus keta and Oncorhynchus kisutch”
Srika Saai Talanki, Amaan Khan, Aryan Rathi, Maria Guillen-Mendez, Tasfia Tazri Howlader, and Pierce Canavan | “Olive Oil to Carbon Dots: A Renewable Pathway in Green Chemistry”
Traditional Oral Presentations
First Place – Lauren Nonnenmacher | “Heavy Metal Distribution in Volcanic Hawaiian Sediment from Five Million Years Ago to Present”
Second Place – Taylor Butler | “Investigation and Reclassification of Gordonia Bacteriophage Protein Folding and Function with Google DeepMind’s AlphaFold Artificial Intelligence Software”
Third Place – Saya Seraj | “The Stability of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Salmon Following Gamma Irradiation”
TED-Style Talks
First Place – Bhumika Balani, Jay Matta, Brianna Bourke, and Nitya Punjal | “Modeling Isocitrate Dehydrogenase 2 Mutations in Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Exploring how the drug AG-221 Inhibits 2-hydroxyglutarate Production and Restores Blood Cell Differentiation”
Second Place –
Avisha Thota | “Nutritional Challenges in Children with Down Syndrome and the Use of Early Interventions”
Adam Sadik, Adhvika Saravanan, Amanda Finnefrock, Melody Kim, and Alessandra Coke | “Unraveling the Elasmobranch: A Look at Shark Oral Microbiomes in South Florida”
Third Place – Ella Riddle | “Impacts of early childhood intervention on cognitive development of individuals with Down Syndrome”
Multimedia Presentations
First Place – Julianna Bonetti, Ariana Hernandez, Iliana Uribe, Victoria Pulido-Correa, Chana Vogel, and Natalia Noto | “The Therapeutic Potential of Telmisartan on Male and Female Mice Subjected to a High Fat Diet”
Second Place – Neelima Tyagi | “Women Reclaiming Identity in a Dehumanizing Healthcare System”
Third Place – Lindsey Scherer, Jayleen Spaulding, Charlotte Gifford, and Marissa Langnickel | “Percent Cover of Porifera species on Red Mangrove Roots in Key Largo”
Film
Acknowledgement – Jocelyn Saccucci, Mia Alvarado, and Matthew McCall | “Spend/Thrift”
