Zahra Bhaiwala ’10
Luke Hansen ’11
Not Your Usual Science Fair
Goodwin Gibbons ’11
Oladayo Adewole ’10
Geoffrey Kwok ’10
Nikita Saxena ’10
Allie Hall ’10
Melissa Yan ’10
Zahra Bhaiwala ’10, Luke Hansen ’11, and 14 other advanced students of biology instructor Christine Marshall had spent more than 10 hours a week in intense laboratory work throughout the 2009–2010 school year. All were involved in important and original research that involved the glioma cancer cells responsible for the tumor that took Sen. Ted Kennedy’s life a year ago. In May, Marshall organized their results into a “Night of Scientific Discovery” for the Andover community that included elaborate displays of their work and PowerPoint presentations by Bhaiwala and Hansen, held in Paresky Commons. Bhaiwala discussed her research—and definitive results—into the potential use of genetically modified poliovirus to target brain cancer cells. Hansen explored how to modify bacteria to integrate genes into their genome using a novel method of chromosomal integration. Similarly challenging topics were undertaken by the other science fair students.
Jack Doyle ’10
Valerie Fedyk ’10
Curtis Hon ’10
Jackie Wallace ’10
J.P. Harrington ’10
Gauri Thaker ’10
'Nonye Odukwe ’10
Colleen Flanagan ’10
Christine Marshall, instructor in biology
Spreading the Joy of Music Her concentration keenly, but serenely focused, a young violinist from the Lawrence, Mass., public schools performs in Cochran Chapel in May. She and a dozen other budding musicians are part of the Andover-Lawrence String program, which is taught by PA music students. Instructor in music Christina Landolt advises the group.
Andover | Fall 2010
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