Massapequa High School senior and science research student Joseph Boroda has been granted the opportunity to work in the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory through the selective “Partners for the Future” program. He was one of 14 students that were chosen to participate in the program.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is a private, nonprofit institution with research programs focusing on cancer, neuroscience, plant genetics, genomics and quantitative biology, and is a world-renowned institution that played a central role in the development of molecular genetics and molecular biology.
Through the selective “Partners for the Future” program at the laboratory, students have the chance to apply to work in the laboratory under the guidance and supervision of a mentor. Since June of this year, Boroda has been performing lung cancer research on the expression of the P53 gene and its role in tumor suppression in Dr. Raffaella Sordella’s Lab under the supervision of science researcher Dr. Nitin Shirole. He will continue his research throughout the school year and will present his findings at the Long Island Science and Engineering Fair in February 2016.
“Joseph is a dedicated and diligent science research student,” said Lisa Caputo, the district’s curriculum associate for science, K-12. “We are extremely proud that he has earned a spot in the highly selective ‘Partners for the Future’ program and has the opportunity to conduct his research under the watchful eyes of some of the most respected scientists in our area.”
