Chris Martin may have been just guessing at numbers and figures while pulling the puzzles of his mind apart.
While the Coldplay frontman brought forth many questions, the scientifically-inclined—like the rising stars shining bright within the ESMCD community, on the other hand—seek to provide nothing but concrete answers to the many mysteries of our great universe.
Eastport-South Manor Central School District announced this week that students Alex Silbert, Logan Silbert and William Steinacher placed fourth place in the Long Island Science and Engineering Fair (LISEF) held on March 13.
The brothers Silbert plus Steinacher got past four rounds of intensive judges with their impressive “Ballistic Barrage Against Beta Lactamases” project.
LISEF, a renowned regional high school fair, recognizes the exceptional performance of secondary students out of both Suffolk and Nassau County.
Their organization fosters a rewarding culture that encourages students with engineering or natural, physical, behavioral or computer science paths in their future to seize their potential early on, and to the fullest extent.
Additional members of the Jr.-Sr. High School student body like Vincent Cafiso, Brendan Fabian, Lucille Romaine and Olivia Marx also turned out to Brookhaven National Laboratory on March 8 to collect data from two important proteins for their science research coursework.
Beta-lactamase and dihydroorotase—the proteins in question—are highly sought-after commodities within the anti-bacterial antibiotic resistance community. The students deployed X-ray diffraction to determine the 3D structure of these proteins.
This program is supported by the BNL SPARK program and the New York Structural Biology Center in collaboration with the University of Kansas.