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Five Bergen County Academy Students are Regeneron Scholars!

Regeneron Recognizes Five BCA Student Researchers!

January 2024

Hackensack — Five students from the Bergen County Academies are among Regeneron Science Talent Search's Top 300 Scholars for 2024 for their research involving neurodegenerative diseases in Parkinson’s, honey bee colony disorders, colon cancer tumor organoids, and evaluating brain activity algorithms.

Aanya Gupta – Haworth

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“Initiating Astrocyte to Neuron Transdifferentiation Through MiR-124a: Implications in Neurodegenerative Disease”

Andrea Choo Kim – Edgewater

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“qPCR Assay for the Detection of Varroa destructor in the eDNA of Apis mellifera Colonies”

Reia Lee - Fort Lee

“Analyzing the gKDR-GMM Model's Simulation of C. elegans Brain Activity Data and Its Wider Applications in Time-Series Data Analysis”

Alfardi Nuruzzaman – Teaneck

“SMAD4 Signaling Pathway’s Role on Production of Exosomes and Associated Extracellular Vesicles”

Maggie Zhou - Park Ridge

“The Effect of Calpastatin on an in Vitro Model of Parkinson’s Disease”

Our entire school community is so proud of the hard work these students have done in our research labs. "Their efforts may one day lead to a solution for some of these critical scientific issues", said Donna Leonardi, Research Mentor.

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