CSSF Category Awards: 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology

Junior Division

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J1730 — First Place

Allyson M. Rosenblum, Grade 7
Can Your Mind Play Tricks on You?
Advisor: Mr. Mark Hobbs
School: Fairmont Private - Edgewood Campus, Santa Ana, Orange County

J1720 — Second Place

Sophia M. Hewitt, Grade 8
Inducing Cellular Senescence in Tetrahymena Thermophila Using Epigallocatechin Gallate to Shorten Telomeres
Advisor: Mrs. Darshana Shah
School: Portola (Gaspar de) Highly Gifted Magnet Middle School, Tarzana, Los Angeles County

J1713 — Third Place

Trevor B. Frisbee, Grade 7
Can Sodium Bicarbonate Fix Viscous Cystic Fibrosis Mucus?
Advisor: Ms. Michele Solem
School: Murray Middle School, Ridgecrest, Kern County

J1735 — Fourth Place

Audrey Q. Webb, Grade 7
Frankenfood, Fertility, and the Food Chain: The Effects of Secondary Consumption of GMO
Advisor: Mr. Christopher Nestlerode
School: Pacific Collegiate School, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County

J1711 — Honorable Mention

John P. Drain, Grade 8
BPA: Safe or Not? The Long Term Effects of Exposure to Bisphenol A (BPA) from Canned Food on the Spatial Memory of Mice
Advisor: Ms. Christina Fisher
School: Raney (Letha) Intermediate School, Corona, Riverside County

J1721 — Honorable Mention

Genevieve M. Jackson, Grade 6
Silkworms and Colored Silk
Advisor: Mrs. Sharon Escalona-Olsen
School: American Martyrs School, Manhattan Beach, Los Angeles County

J1728 — Honorable Mention

Patcharada Promprasert, Grade 8
Speed of Heart
Advisor: Mr. Mark Hobbs
School: Fairmont Private - Edgewood Campus, Santa Ana, Orange County