NSB 2023 High School Competition

The high school competition came down to Lexington High School and University High School of Irvine, California, with Lexington prevailing by correctly answering the question, “In the Calvin cycle, regeneration of RuBP begins with the conversion of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate to dihydroxyacetone phosphate. Which of the following types of enzymes is needed for this reaction?” (The answer: Isomerase.) The members of the Lexington High School team are Anuprabha Dandapat, Shreyas Ekanathan, Damon Gurvich, Evin Liang, and David Zhou. They are coached by Nick Gould. The champion and runner-up teams at both the high school and middle school levels each won $5,000 for their schools’ science departments, while the teams finishing in 3rd through 16th place won $1,000.