• Feedback
  • RSS Feed
  • Sitemap
Ommcom News
  • Home
  • Odisha
  • Nation
  • World
  • Sports
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Videos
  • Science & Tech
  • Photo Gallery
  • ଓଡ଼ିଆରେ ପଢନ୍ତୁ
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Odisha
  • Nation
  • World
  • Sports
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Videos
  • Science & Tech
  • Photo Gallery
  • ଓଡ଼ିଆରେ ପଢନ୍ତୁ
No Result
View All Result
Odisha News, Odisha Breaking News, Odisha Latest News || Ommcom News
Home World

Indian-Origin Teen Wins $250K US Science Prize

OMMCOM NEWS by OMMCOM NEWS
March 15, 2023
in World

New York:  An Indian-origin teen has won a prestigious high schoolers’ science prize of $250,000 for developing a computer model to predict the structure of RNA molecules that can aid in quickly diagnosing diseases.

Neel Moudgal, 17, was announced the winner of the Regeneron Science Talent competition on Tuesday.

Ambika Grover, 17, was ranked sixth for an $80,000 award and Siddhu Pachipala, 18, placed ninth for a $50,000 prize.

About 2,000 high school students competed in the Science Talent Search with 40 selected for the final round.

According to the Society for Science that ran the competition sponsored by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Moudgal’s computational biology and bioinformatics project “can rapidly and reliably predict the structure of various RNA molecules to facilitate the development of novel diagnostics and therapeutic drugs for diseases such as cancer, autoimmune diseases and viral infections”.

Grover developed an injectable microbubble to break up blood clots and treat stroke victims by restoring the blood flow to the brain.

Pachipala used machine learning to assess a patient’s suicide risk.

By analysing a patient’s journal entries the semantics in an individual’s writing could be correlated with their psychological health and risk of suicide.

Pachipala, who was chosen by the finalists as most exemplifying them, also was given the Seaborg Award.

The winners of the Science Talent Search programme originally sponsored by Westinghouse and now associated with the current sponsor Regeneron have gone on to win 11 Nobel Prizes and two Fields Medals for mathematics.

George Yancopoulos, the co-founder and president of the New York State-headquartered Regeneron, was himself the Science Talent Search winner in 1976.

That experience convinced him to work on curing diseases and added: “I can only hope this year’s students will be similarly inspired to become the next generation of scientists, engineers and innovators that will develop and advance solutions for the world’s greatest challenges”.

(IANS)

ShareTweetSendSharePinShareSend
Previous Post

Cops Seize 1259 Kg Of Ganja In Odisha’s Koraput

Next Post

Nonagenarian NRI Duped Of Money By Cyber Thug In UP

Related Posts

World

PM Modi Meets Ghana President Mahama, Discuss Ways To Expand Cooperation In Key Sectors

July 3, 2025
World

Army Chief Lauds Indian Military Team For ‘Focused’ Joint Training In Bhutan

July 3, 2025
World

Russia Expects 3rd Round Of Talks With Ukraine Soon: Kremlin

July 3, 2025
EAM S Jaishankar
World

Pakistan Doesn’t Impinge On India-US Relations: EAM Jaishankar

July 3, 2025
Narendra Modi
World

Terrorism Is Enemy Of Humanity, Thank Ghana For Supporting India In Fight Against Terror: PM Modi

July 3, 2025
Narendra Modi
World

Prime Minister Modi Conferred Ghana’s Highest National Honour

July 3, 2025
Next Post

Nonagenarian NRI Duped Of Money By Cyber Thug In UP

heart attack

Two UP Officials Die Due To Silent Heart Attack

Oppn Gives Notices In Parliament On Freedom Of Speech, Adani Row

khimji
OMC
  • Feedback
  • RSS Feed
  • Sitemap

© 2025 - Ommcom News. All Rights Reserved.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Add New Playlist

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Odisha
  • Nation
  • World
  • Sports
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Videos
  • Science & Tech
  • Photo Gallery
  • ଓଡ଼ିଆରେ ପଢନ୍ତୁ

© 2025 - Ommcom News. All Rights Reserved.