2023-2024 再生元科学天才奖STSTop40获奖名单公布！

有“中学生诺奖”之称、全美历史最悠久、最负盛名的科创赛事再生元科学天才奖STSTop40获奖名单公布！同时，让我们恭喜两位有方学子入围STS Top40！

作为全美历史最悠久、最负盛名的科创赛事今年共有2162名学生参与了STS，这也是自1960 年代以来参与人数最多的一届。

下面就一起来看看2023-24 STS Top40名单吧！

以下获奖名单来源于STS官网：https://www.societyforscience.org/regeneron-sts/2024-finalists/

2024 STSFinalists

Maryam Abdel-Azim

School: Central Bucks High School East, Doylestown, PA

Project Title: Targeting Signaling Molecules of P. aeruginosa by Using Mucin as an Anti-Quorum Sensing Drug: A Novel Design To Evaluate Efficacy in the Context of Multidrug Resistance

Saraswathy Amjith

School: Tesla STEM High School, Redmond, WA

Project Title: A Novel Integrated Machine Learning Approach Utilizing Radar and Satellite Imagery for Selective Logging Remote Sensing Detection and Accompanying AI-Logging Map-Generating Webtool

Aarav Arora

School: Del Norte High School, San Diego, CA

Project Title: A Mechanistic Basis for the Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant Severity

Aditi Avinash

School: Rock Canyon High School, Highlands Ranch, CO

Project Title: Model Validation and Preclinical Testing of Digestive Enzymes for Gluten Breakdown: A Move To Cure Gluten Intolerance and Celiac Disease

Harshil Avlani

School: BASIS Chandler, Chandler, AZ

Project Title: Analyzing the Effect of Mid-Circuit Measurement (MCM) on Spectator Qubits

Arav Bhargava

School: The Potomac School, McLean, VA

Project Title: Low-Cost, 3D-Printed, Universal-Fit, Transradial Socket for Amputees in Developing Countries

Alan Bu

School: Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH

Project Title: On the Maximum Number of Spanning Trees in a Planar Graph With a Fixed Number of Edges: A Linear-Algebraic Connection

David Lu Cao

School: Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, VA

Project Title: The Implications of ‘Oumuamua on Panspermia

Arnav N. Chakravarthy

School: Homestead High School, Cupertino, CA

Project Title: Leveraging Mitochondrial DNA Mutations for Macrophage Lineage Tracing in Primary Human Tissues

Sophie Chen

School: Caddo Parish Magnet High School, Shreveport, LA

Project Title: Intraoperative Histological Analysis of Squamous Cell Carcinoma Tumor Margins Using a Convolutional Neural Network

Thomas Cong

School: Ossining High School, Ossining, NY

Project Title: Overlooked Covariates in Metabolite Abundance Levels: Systematically Quantifying the Information Overlap Between Gene Expression and Metabolism Across Multiple Cancer Types

Sophie D'Halleweyn

School: Bronx High School of Science, Bronx, NY

Project Title: Alleviating the Energy Crisis: A Novel Multi-Task Machine Learning Algorithm for Designing Efficient Nanocatalysts To Reduce Industrial Energy Impact

Sophie Gao

School: Hunter College High School, New York, NY

Project Title: Uncovering Mechanisms of Action and Resistance for KRAS G12D Inhibitor MRTX1133 Using Drosophila melanogaster Models

William Gao

School: Centennial High School, Ellicott City, MD

Project Title: Designing a Federated Learning-Driven Collaborative Diagnostic System for Metastatic Breast Cancer: Reducing Long Diagnosis Delays and Improving Patient Survival Outcomes in Developing Countries

Sarang Goel

School: Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, Denton, TX

Project Title: IVY – Intelligent Vision System for the Visually Impaired: Innovative Low-Cost, AI-Based Eyeglasses To Help the Visually Impaired Overcome Mobility Limitations Through Navigational Assistance and Object Avoidance Algorithms and an Intuitive Vibration and Audio Guidance System

Jacob Tyler Gross

School: Roslyn High School, Roslyn Heights, NY

Project Title: Investigating Synergistic Interactions Among SARS-CoV-2 Neutralizing Antibodies

Luke Huang

School: New Canaan High School, New Canaan, CT

Project Title: Binary Cellular Analysis: Understanding the Link Between Aging and Mortality Risk

Vincent Weisi Huang

School: Syosset High School, Syosset, NY

Project Title: A Smart Computer Program LauePt4 for Recognizing and Simulating Laue Patterns and Its Applications

Howard Ji

School: University High School, Irvine, CA

Project Title: Development of a Novel Autonomous Column-Climbing Robotic System (AutoBot) for Real-Time Detection and Mapping of Surface Cracks on Bridges

Amanrai Singh Kahlon

School: Sanford School, Hockessin, DE

Project Title: Enhancing Wearable Gait-Monitoring Systems: Identifying Optimal Kinematic Inputs in Typical Adolescents

Gavriela Beatrice Kalish-Schur

School: Julia R. Masterman High School, Philadelphia, PA

Project Title: IRE1 Knockdown Leads to an Anxiety Phenotype in Drosophila and Changes in BiP and BDNF Levels

Zeyneb N. Kaya

School: Saratoga High School, Saratoga, CA

Project Title: MADLIBS: A Novel Multilingual Data Augmentation Algorithm for Low-Resource Neural Machine Translation

Natasha Kulviwat

School: Jericho High School, Jericho, NY

Project Title: The Neurobiology of Suicide: Blood-Brain Barrier Breakdown as a Novel Suicide-Risk Biomarker

Alexis Li

School: Hamilton High School, Chandler, AZ

Project Title: BrainSTEAM: A Practical Pipeline for Connectome-Based fMRI Analysis Toward Brain Disorder Classification

Alexandra Mahajan

School: Cambridge Rindge & Latin School, Cambridge, MA

Project Title: A Novel Method To Determine Precise Stellar Radii and Temperatures of Low Mass Stars Using JWST Transits and Occultations

Ekansh Mittal

School: Westview High School, Portland, OR

Project Title: Harnessing Machine Learning and 3D Spheroid Cultures To Identify Biomarkers for Combating Drug Resistance in Breast Cancer

Ramon Moreno Jr.

School: Thousand Oaks High School, Thousand Oaks, CA

Project Title: The Influence of Isonicotinamide on the Chronological Lifespan of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Strains

Ella Pilacek

School: Oviedo High School, Oviedo, FL

Project Title: Promoting Attraction of Apis mellifera to the Synthetic Scent of the Endangered Orchid Prosthechea cochleate Using Pavlovian Conditioning and Direct Feeding Paradigms for Conservation

Achyuta Rajaram

School: Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH

Project Title: Automatic Discovery of Visual Circuits

Rhea Rastogi

School: Loveless Academic Magnet Program High School, Montgomery, AL

Project Title: Understanding How the Maternal Epigenetic Reprogramming Function of LSD1 Contributes to Inherited Developmental Disease

Kun-Hyung Roh

School: Bronx High School of Science, Bronx, NY

Project Title: Novel Drug Discovery Methodology Using Machine Learning for Gene Expression-Based Virtual Screening Predicts Novel Compounds To Reverse Alzheimer’s Disease With Applications to Cancer and Longevity by Inhibiting CtBP2 Expression

Linus Tang

School: Davidson Academy Online, Reno, NV

Project Title: Extremal Bounds on Peripherality Measures

Riya Tyagi

School: Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH

Project Title: Using Computer Vision To Disentangle Features Enabling AI To Learn Self-Reported Race and Ethnicity From Medical Images

Grant Wang

School: Williamsville East High School, East Amherst, NY

Project Title: MLOffense: Multilingual Offensive Language Detection and Target Identification on Social Media Using Graph Attention Transformer

Michelle Wei

School: The Harker School, San Jose, CA

Project Title: Solving Second-Order Cone Programs Deterministically in Matrix Multiplication Time

Nathan Wei

School: Buchholz High School, Gainesville, FL

Project Title: Novel Elastomeric Polystyrene via Photopolymerization and Post-Functionalization of Durable Ultra-High Molecular Weight Perfluorostyrene Copolymers

Julianne Wu

School: University High School, Irvine, CA

Project Title: Sex-Related Signaling of the Angiotensin II Pathway in Primary Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells

Selina Zhang

School: North Hunterdon High School, Annandale, NJ

Project Title: ArTreeficial: A Novel AI-Integrated Solution to Reducing Invasive Spotted Lanternfly Populations

Christopher Zorn

School: Irvington High School, Irvington, NY

Project Title: The Role of MYC in RET Fusion Tumorigenesis and RET Inhibitor Resistance

Charisse Zou

School: Dougherty Valley High School, San Ramon, CA

Project Title: The Development of a Free-Flying Method To Study the Effect of Neonicotinoids on the Positive Transfer of Learning in the Visual Domain of Honeybees

Top40获奖者将于今年3月6-13日将进一步角逐Top10，争夺高额奖金和国际荣誉！2024-2025 STS新赛季申请通道将会于2024年6月1日开放。

再生元科学天才奖 STS

Regeneron STS 始创于1942年，由再生元冠名赞助，旨在鼓励年轻一代发明创造新科技和方法，改善人们的生活，改变世界。

在含金量和长远价值的双重诱惑下，STS成为了全美高中生乃至华人圈的必争科研赛事之一。

在近两年晋级STS半决赛的500多位学生中，有50-57%的入围者录取哈耶普斯麻，70-76%的学生成功进入TOP15美本！

1、适合学生

在美国及美国所有海外领土高中12年级学生，以及居住在海外的美国公民学生(需提交证明)具备资格申请。

目前就读11年级的同学可以先开始准备项目，在下半年12年级上学期，即高中最后一年的学生进行申报申请。

2、参赛规则

STS必须是单人参赛并完成。

不可用已完成的团队合作项目参赛；

不可将团队项目刻意改成单人项目参赛；

可以与科研导师/大学生共同完成研究项目，但他们不能过多干预/直接影响学生单人完成项目的结果；

每位学生只能提交一个项目；

成果必须充分展示申请学生个人的想法。

3、参赛学科分类

行为和社会科学、生物化学、生物工程、细胞和分子生物学、化学、计算生物学和生物信息学、计算机科学、地球和行星科学、工程、环境科学、基因组学、材料科学、数学、医学和健康、物理、植物科学和空间科学