11-03-2025
Rochester students qualify for Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair
Mar. 10—ROCHESTER — Two Rochester high school students have won a trip to participate in the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair in Columbus, Ohio.
The students qualified during The Rochester Regional STEM Fair, which was held Friday, Feb. 28, at Rochester Community and Technical College.
They include:
* Mayo High School sophomore Rathan Duggirala, whose project is "Optimization of Drying Time for Biological Paint with Cellulose Nanocrystals and Chitosan Additives: A Comparative Study with Commercial Paints — Year 4."
* Century High School junior Ana Milosevic, whose project is "Development of an Immunofluorescent Test (IFT) for Detecting Measles Virus (MV) Proteins and Virus-Expressed Transgenes in Clinical Specimens from Patients Treated with Oncolytic Measles Virus Strains."
The first alternate is Century High School senior Dean Wang whose project is "Uncovering the Effect of Shared Gene Modules in Co-occurrence of Autoimmune Diseases using the Latent Dirichlet Allocation
The second alternate is Mayo High School junior Srinidhi Babu, whose project is "Investigating the Role of p19 Arf-A Senescent Regulator Shaping Stromal Regulation in Lung Tumorigenesis."
A number of students have also qualified to take part in the 2025 Minnesota State Science and Engineering Fair, which will be held March 28.
