Lori Ying
New York
Lori Ying, 18, of South Hempstead, entered the Intel Science Talent Search with
an animal sciences project that may play a role in preventing the spread of
dengue fever, which affects 50 to 100 million people annually. Dengue is spread
by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, and scientists are attempting to control the
spread by releasing genetically altered mosquitoes that cannot carry the
disease. Lori found that the female mosquitoes in her study apparently preferred
genetically modified males over regular males, and already-mated males over
virgin males. She believes that the willingness of female mosquitoes to mate
with mutant mosquitoes is a positive indicator that the transgenic mosquito
program may succeed. President of the engineering club and treasurer of the
forensic club at South Side High School in Rockville Centre, Lori has competed
in the CSI Forensics World Challenge. She plays violin, and as a leader in the
National Art Honor Society, works with a theatre group for the developmentally
disabled. Lori also volunteers at a hospital and in an acupuncturist's office.
The daughter of Danny Ying and Dawn Zhu, she plans to attend the University of
Pennsylvania or Columbia.
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