Katharine presented her research titled “Regulation of microRNA 146a expression by O-GlcNAcylation in T lymphocytes: Unraveling a potential mechanism in Type One diabetes pathogenesis” and came in 2nd place in Health Medicine for Grades 11-12. She also received three special awards for her research:

Julia presented her research titled “Cereblon: A novel mediator of tauopathy in traumatic brain injury” and tied for 2nd place in Health Medicine for Grades 11-12

Eve’s research, titled “Understanding Climbing Knots with Finite Element Analysis” earned 2nd place in Math and Computer Science for Grades 11-12.

In addition, Katharine and Julia both submitted projects to the BEST (Bridging Engineering, Science, and Technology) Medicine Fair that took place on April 26 at Cleveland State. Katharine won gold in the 12th-grade Health and Medicine category for her project, as well as the 12th-grade Cleveland Clinic Special Award. Her project is titled “Regulation of microRNA 146a expression by O-GlcNAcylation in T lymphocytes: Unraveling a potential mechanism in Type One diabetes pathogenesis."