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Adam Getzler was raised in Plainview, New York. He attended Plainview Old-Bethpage JFK HS and graduated in 2011. During his high school years, Adam devoted his summers doing scientific research in a variety of labs and programs including the High School Honors Science Program. This culminated in the achievement of Intel STS semifinalist for his work with sugarbeets. He started volunteering at AMNH during the summer of 2011 in order to further pursue his interest in genetics. He is working in the scorpionlab to sequence the genes of recent scorpion samples from around the world, focusing on 8 different loci. He will be pursuing a bachelor’s degree at the University of Chicago.
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Michelle Bayefsky-Anand was a student at Ramaz Upper High School, and under the supervision of Lauren Esposito and Lorenzo Prendini
worked in the Molecular Systematics Laboratory learning to extract, amplify, and sequence scorpion DNA in 2008. |
Jianhua Lin and Qiao Rong Huang attended the NSF High School Research Program in Genetics at the AMNH for two academic years
(2005-2007). Both students learned to conduct measurements and record setal counts under the supervision of Jeremy Huff and Lorenzo Prendini
(summer 2006). From fall 2006 they worked in the Molecular Systematics Laboratory extracting, amplifying, and sequencing scorpion DNA. |
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High School Science Research Program in Biodiversity (2004/2005)
Connie Cai and Melanie Ng attended the AMNH High School Science Research Program in Biodiversity
at the AMNH for 10 months (September 2004–June 2005). Both students learned to sort, identify
and database specimens, prepare labels, conduct measurements, record setal counts, and prepare
photographs with visible and UV light, under the supervision of Lorenzo Prendini and Randy Mercurio.
Ng also worked in the Molecular Systematics Laboratory, under the supervision of Rebecca Budinoff
and Tripp MacDonald, where she learned to isolate, amplify, sequence, and edit DNA.
| Melanie Ng (AMNH High School Science Research Program in Biodiversity, 2004–2005) |
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| Connie Cai (AMNH High School Science Research Program in Biodiversity, 2004–2005) |
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After-School Centers in Exploration and New Discovery (ASCEND) Program (2003/2004)
Bernard Laszczower and Boitumelo (Tumi) McCallum attended the NSF After-School Centers in Exploration and
New Discovery (ASCEND) program at the AMNH for 8 months (October 2003–May 2004). Both students worked in
the Molecular Systematics Laboratory, under the supervision of Lorenzo Prendini and Laboratory Assistants
Diana Pietri and Tarang Sharma, where they learned to isolate, amplify, sequence and edit DNA.
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Boitumelo McCallum (NSF After-School Centers in Exploration and New Discovery Program, 2003–2004) |
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Bernard Laszczower (NSF After-School Centers in Exploration and New Discovery Program, 2003–2004) |