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more information, contact:
</i>For
immediate release: April 23, 2008<br>
Jeffrey Brodeur, Communications and Outreach Specialist<br>
(508) 289-2665<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jbrodeur@whoi.edu">jbrodeur@whoi.edu</a><br>
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</span></font></font><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5"><span
style="font-size: 14pt;"><b>Young Scientists Present:<br>
</b></span><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Oceans Alive Series
Concludes Tuesday With Winners of Falmouth Area Science Fairs <br>
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</span><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">From microscopic
bacteria in the Red Sea and sleep-deprived cockroaches to the secrets
of cryptography and some very angry crabs, four of Falmouth’s top young
scientists will gather on Tuesday, April 29, to present their findings
in the conclusion to the 2008 Woods Hole Sea Grant Oceans Alive series.<br>
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The lecture in Redfield Lab on the Woods Hole campus of WHOI begins at
a special time, 4 p.m., and is open to the public. <br>
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Presenting from Falmouth High School are:<br>
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</span></font></font><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><font
face="Wingdings">§ </font><font face="Times New Roman"><b>Neil
Forrester </b>of
Cumlodden Dr., Falmouth. Neil will discuss his project;
“Differentiating Random Sequences with Strongly Typed Genetic
Programming,” which took 1st place overall at the FHS science fair (the
Dr. Mary Sears Award) and at the South Shore Regional Science Fair. In
the project, Kevin used computer analysis to determine how sequences of
random numbers were created, which is crucial to the science of
cryptography. <br>
<b> <br>
</b></font></span></font><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font><font size="4"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;">Neil,
son of Ned and Janice Forrester, is a member of the Varsity Sailing,
Tang-Soo-Do, Math and Mock Trial teams. He will attend MIT next year.<br>
<b> <br>
</b></span></font></font><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><font
face="Wingdings">§ </font><font face="Times New Roman"><b>Kevin Haung
Lin</b>
of Hillcrest Dr., Falmouth. Kevin will present his findings on the
evolution of marine cyanobacteria in the Red Sea, a project that took
second place overall at the FHS science fair. Kevin analyzed DNA of the
cyanobacteria to determine how they have evolved to the
nitrogen-stressed environments of the Gulf of Aqaba and therefore
differ from other strains of cyanobacteria worldwide. <br>
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</font></span></font><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font><font size="4"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;">The
son of Jian and Kelan Lin, Kevin is president of the National Honor
Society and founded the Math Honor Society at the high school. He is a
member of the Math Team, Ecology Club, Model United Nations and Student
Government. Kevin is planning on attending
either Harvard or Yale.<br>
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Winners from Falmouth Academy are:<br>
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</span></font></font><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><font
face="Wingdings">§ </font><font face="Times New Roman"><b>Maia ten
Brink </b>of
Two Ponds Rd., Falmouth. Maia’s project, “The Effect of Sleep
Deprivation on Cockroach Olfactory Memory,” earned her first-place and
the MBL-sponsored Robert B. Gordon Interdisciplinary Award.<br>
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</font></span></font><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font><font size="4"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;">Maia,
the daughter of Drs. Marilyn and Uri ten Brink, trained American
cockroaches to associate reward or punishment with different odors,
then tested their memory retention after sleep-depriving them for 24
hours.<br>
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Maia, a junior, plays soccer and is involved in theater,
sculpture and creative writing.<br>
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</span></font></font><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><font
face="Wingdings">§ </font><font face="Times New Roman"><b>Caroline
Cotto </b>of
Old Jail Ln., Barnstable. “Feeling Crabby: How Serotonin Affects the
Aggressive Behavior of the Invasive (Asian Shore) Crab” won Caroline
the A. Lawrence Peirson III and Robert B. Gordon Interdisciplinary
awards at FA, second place at the South Shore Regional
Science Fair and the U.S. Air Force Award.<br>
<br>
</font></span></font><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font><font size="4"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;">Caroline wanted to see if increasing
serotonin levels in the animals would alter the behavior of the <i>Hemigrapsus
sanguineus </i>and will discuss her results.<br>
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size="4"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The
daughter of Kim and Michael Cotto, the sophomore is class vice
president and member of the FA student council. She is an avid dancer
and volunteer who enjoys photography and painting.<br>
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</span></font><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Parking for
the lecture is available at metered spaces on Water Street in Woods
Hole.<br>
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For more information, contact the Woods Hole Sea Grant Program,
508-289-2398 or <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:seagrant@whoi.edu">seagrant@whoi.edu</a>.<br>
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