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TRIP@TU'21 Session A

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Diego Asencio

Diego Asencio joined TRIP@TU’21 as a rising senior at Pennsbury High School. Diego loves to play ultimate frisbee in his freetime. He also enjoys playing basketball, video games, and spending time with friends and family. His favorite book is The History of Medicine by Mark Jackson. For his TRIP project, he sought to determine whether omeprazole had any unknown bad side effects.

Blog 1: Introductions
Blog 2: Project Planning
Blog 3: Reflections
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Daniel Johnson

Daniel Johnson joined TRIP@TU’21 as a junior at Methacton High School. He likes reading, jazz piano, and playing tennis in his free time. Daniel is interested in a future career in medicine, hoping to work in its variety of unexplored fields and treatments. This medical interest, as well as his dairy allergy, inspired his TRIP project on the efficacy of poop transplants as a treatment for autoimmune diseases.

Blog 1: Introductions
Blog 2: Project Planning
Blog 3: Reflections
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Bennett Kutikov

Bennett Kutikov joined TRIP@TU’21 as a rising sophomore at Eastern Regional Highschool. He participates in a variety of activities including running his video editing business, swimming, and building computers. Through his high school, Bennett enjoys participating in the Science Olympiad. He is somewhat of a nature documentary fanatic and especially loves shows by David Attenborough. For his TRIP project, he investigated the effects of diet and exercise on energy levels of fruit flies.

Blog 1: Introductions
Blog 2: Project Planning
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Alexandra Piven

Alex Piven joined TRIP as a rising senior at Friends Select School. Alex loves cliff jumping, zip-lining, running, rowing, and almost any other outdoor activity. When she wants something more relaxing to do she enjoys baking, bullet-journaling, and reading. In school, Alex’s favorite class is biology; she especially liked learning about Rosalind Franklin's contribution to the discovery of DNA. In the TRIP lab, Alex studied the effects of GMO and non-GMO cornstarch on the development and activity levels of fruit flies.     

Blog 1: Introductions
Blog 2: Project Planning
Blog 3: Reflections
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Samir Rana

Samir Rana joined TRIP as a rising senior at Garnet Valley High School. Samir loves to play all sorts of sports like basketball, tennis, golf, and most recently, ultimate frisbee. In school, biology and anatomy are his favorite classes so far. For his TRIP project, Samir tested the effects of blue light on energy levels and anxiety.

Blog 1: Introductions
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Katarina Sliwa

Katarina “Kat” Sliwa joined TRIP as a senior at Central Bucks High School South. Kat has been figure skating for nearly 11 years and has now started coaching. She also loves playing viola, wearing quirky earrings, and hanging out with her friends. In late elementary school, Kat started experiencing migraines that persist to this day with no real way to handle them. This is inspired Kat to research if ginger and/or short-term cold exposure could reduce pain for her independent project.

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Blog 3: Reflections

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Maria Wahba

Maria Wahba joined TRIP as a rising senior at Harriton Senior High School. Maria has lived in three states and moved to Pennsylvania six years ago. She is excited about exploring areas of STEM and hopes to be a physician in the future. For her TRIP project, she tested to find out whether or not artificial sweeteners have adverse effects on female fertility or the gut microbiome.

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TRIP@TU'22 Session B​

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Janay Cammock

Janay Cammock joined TRIP as a sophomore at Germantown Friends School. Janay has a great interest in visual arts and draws often in their spare time. They also enjoy reading fiction books and enjoy learning about flora and fauna. In school their favorite subject would be biology. For their TRIP project, they tested how the food contaminants lead and BPA (Bisphenol A) effected fly developmental health and fertility. 

Blog 1: Introductions
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Blog 3: Reflections
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Abraham Eldo

Abe Eldo joined TRIP as a graduate of Council Rock High School North and a freshman at the University of Pittsburgh. In his free time, he enjoys playing volleyball, hiking with friends, and maintaining his fish tanks. Abe has always loved science and hopes to pursue a career in research. For his TRIP project, he sought to determine the effects of varying doses of Kratom on larval fruit fly brain size.

Blog 1: Introductions
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Roman Ferraro

Roman Ferraro joined TRIP as an incoming freshman at the University of Southern California after graduating from Roxborough High School. He is a fan of soccer, lacrosse, and Ariana Grande. Roman has interests in disease transmission, forensic pathology, and environmental health. For his TRIP project, he tested the effect varying water from local schools had on the gut microbiome.

Blog 1: Introductions
Blog 2: Project Planning
Blog 3: Reflections
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Noella Idem

Noella Idem joined TRIP as a rising senior at the Downingtown STEM Academy. Noella lived in Nigeria until 1st grade to which she moved to Downingtown, Pennsylvania where she spends her time hiking and running, in fact she is doing a 10k this September in Philly. She also loves to create and design in free time, publication design being one of her side hobbies. For her TRIP project she decided to study the impact of cephalexin and Prednisone on the stress and anxiety levels in fruit flies. 

Blog 1: Introductions
Blog 2: Project Planning
Blog 3: Reflections
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Carlos Peterson

Carlos Peterson joined TRIP as a freshman at George Washington Carver Highschool of engineering and Science. Carlos Peterson is a huge fan of science fiction books and movies, especially the Gregor the Overlander series by Suzanne Collins. In school, their favorite class is AP Math. For their TRIP project, they tested the impact of Isolation and a high sugar diet  on activity levels of developing individuals.

Blog 1: Introductions
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Blog 3: Reflections
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Conrad Schaumburg

Conrad Schaumburg joined TRIP as a senior at Germantown Friends School.  Conrad enjoys neuroscience and computer science, and won third place at the National Brain Bee in 2021.  For his TRIP project he sought to determine whether Xylitol affects systemic health.

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Nadia Sharifi

Nadia Sharifi joined TRIP as a rising senior at North Penn High School. She has a job coaching gymnastics and loves trying different crafts, including painting, crocheting, and making jewelry. In school, Nadia runs track and is part of her school’s SGA Cabinet, and her favorite subject is psychology. For her TRIP project, she tested the effects of different e-liquid flavors on developing individuals’ memory.

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Blog 2: Project Planning
Blog 3: Reflections
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Esha Singh

Esha Singh joined TRIP as a rising senior at the Downingtown STEM Academy. Esha loves to bake, learn languages, and travel. At school, Esha is very active in her school’s Biology and Science Olympiad clubs and is currently helping to run a camp for middle schoolers to grow their interest in biology. For her TRIP project, Esha investigated the relationship between taking probiotics and sociability.

Blog 1: Introductions
Blog 2: Project Planning
Blog 3: Reflections
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Tina Tian

Tina Tian joined TRIP@TU’21 as a junior at Haddonfield Memorial High School. She participates in various activities outside of school including the environmental club and a student organization, Detox NJ. She also loves birdwatching, piano, and tennis. Tina greatly enjoys different areas of science and she is glad to have a research opportunity with TRIP. For her project, she wants to explore whether antibiotics and yogurt can relieve anxiety when treating intestinal inflammation.

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