Student Spotlight
Congratulations to Sophomores Wali Rifai and Kyle Starost, who participated in the Montgomery County Science Fair (Science Montgomery) as team members their project was titled, "The Use of a Red Fluorescent Protein to Evaluate Gene Expression in Live Zebrafish Embryos." It received three awards: Meritorious Achievement Award from the Public Health Service and the Commissioned Officers Association, Excellence in Scientific Exposition from Science Montgomery itself and Honorable Mention Award at the awards ceremony.
Eileen Holovac.
The Science Department would like to recognize senior Eileen Holovac for her outstanding research work at NIH this school year. Eileen has been published in two research articles with a third publication pending. If you would like to read more about her research you can find the articles on PubMed.gov at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Eileen%20Holovac. Eileen has participated in a year-long internship with a senior research scientist at NIH. Eileen is off to college in the fall in pursuit of a career in pharmacy. Congratulations to Eileen on a job well done and we wish her all the best.
Research Intern at NIH- Currently working on a joint research project with NIH and Harvard Medical School.
- Co-authored a study on Cisplatin-Induced Nephropathy
- The study is titled Mitochondrial-targeted antioxidants represent a promising approach for prevention of Cisplatin-Induced Nephropathy.
- Eileen’s area of focus was cell viability.
- She plans to attend college in the fall to study pharmaceutical research at one of the leading universities on the east coast.