Several Palm Beach Central High School students participated in prestigious scientific internships over the summer.
Junior Alayna Garland recently completed a six-week summer internship at UF Scripps. She was one of 15 students selected from Palm Beach and Martin counties to participate. Garland was in the lab of Dr. William Ja and used Drosophila to study the effects of socialization on sleep patterns. She plans to continue her research at Scripps, and as part of the experimental science program at Palm Beach Central.
Meanwhile, senior Alexa Karatzas recently completed a six-week summer internship at the Max Planck Institute of Neuroscience. She was one of seven students selected from Palm Beach and Martin counties to participate. Karatzas was in the lab of Dr. Jenny Yu and performed genetic modification of HEK cells to better understand memory formation.
