Browse 27 real Animal Sciences projects from AJAS, with abstracts, awards and links to the original entries.
AJAS · 2026
Animal Sciences (inferred)
This study was performed to increase awareness of potential risks of high levels of nitrates. My goal was to determine how sodium nitrate affects the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans (C…
AJAS · 2026
Animal Sciences (inferred)
As humans navigate a renewed digital age, the use of energy-influencing substances like caffeine and melatonin has risen, especially among adolescents. Many teens consume energy drinks with…
AJAS · 2025
Animal Sciences (inferred)
Recent changes in climate have led to ecological changes in many species, on both the local and global levels. One species of effect in the Sandy Hook Unit of Gateway National Recreation Are…
AJAS · 2025
Animal Sciences (inferred)
Background: Environmental disruption of circadian rhythms can have deleterious consequences for human health. The extent to which artificial blue light from LED lighting, smartphones and tab…
AJAS · 2024
Animal Sciences (inferred)
Climate change is rapidly occurring, leading to both warming and cooling in different regions. Ectothermic animals like invertebrates are especially vulnerable to temperature fluctuations be…
AJAS · 2022
Animal Science
Cellular viability relies on the maintenance of normal salt concentrations (tonicity) in the cytoplasm. The loss of water and an increase in intracellular tonicity lead to protein misfolding…
AJAS · 2022
Animal Science
Epigenetics is the study of how organisms are affected by alterations in gene expression rather than base changes in the genetic code. An established epigenetic factor is diet. Food insecuri…
AJAS · 2022
Animal Science
Honey bee (Apis mellifera) pollination is responsible for approximately 80% of all cultivated crops. Unfortunately, reports suggest losses of 30-50% of all bee colonies in the US. The greate…
AJAS · 2022
Animal Science
There is a need for a cost-effective, safe, and accessible treatment for lupus. At least five million people around the world suffer from this disease. Systemic lupus erythematosus is a chro…
AJAS · 2022
Animal Science
"Interactions Between Fatty Acid Metabolism and the ESRE Pathway in C. elegans" This study investigates the mechanisms and expression of a novel stress pathway found in Caenorhabditis elegan…
AJAS · 2020
Animal Sciences (inferred)
Food colorants are common in our diets. They are found in candies, beverages, and medicines. Recent studies suggest a link between artificial food colorants and negative behavioral patterns…
AJAS · 2020
Animal Sciences (inferred)
The connectivity of a species is the ability of its individuals to move, and importantly, to move between populations. We compare the connectivity of American marten (Martes americana), as w…
AJAS · 2020
Animal Sciences (inferred)
Mosquitoes are estimated to kill between 700,000 and one million people per year through disease transmission, which is why effective mosquito control methods are imperative. An often-overlo…
AJAS · 2019
Animal Sciences (inferred)
I focused on how vegetation type, structure, and landscape modification affected the presence and location of California Scrub-Jays (Aphelocoma californica) and Eastern Fox Squirrels (Sciuru…
AJAS · 2019
Animal Sciences (inferred)
There is an increasing amount of evidence showing that the microbiome is a contributor to both immune and stress responses in a variety of organisms. One of these organisms is the nematode C…
AJAS · 2019
Animal Sciences (inferred)
The symbiotic relationship between copepods belonging to the family Porcellidiidae and their hermit crab hosts in the eastern Pacific remains poorly known. The present study marks a two-year…
AJAS · 2019
Animal Sciences (inferred)
Ecological light pollution implicates physiological disruption to individual organisms and the ecosystem structure as a whole particularly with the involvement of keystone species. The major…
AJAS · 2019
Animal Sciences (inferred)
This project was conducted in Merrick County, Nebraska, to compare differences in prevalence of Baylisascaris procyonis (raccoon roundworm) in areas in close proximity to human dwellings and…
AJAS · 2019
Animal Sciences (inferred)
Rockfish support one of the largest fisheries in California. Due to overharvesting, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife began closing the fishery from January to February in 2002…
AJAS · 2018
Animal Sciences (inferred)
One of the most well recognized methods of conditioning in planarian flatworms is light-shock therapy, a form of Pavlovian conditioning where the worm is trained to exhibit a negative respon…
AJAS · 2018
Animal Sciences (inferred)
Consumption of Sodium Nitrite (NaNO₂) can cause elevated blood nitrite levels in humans, induce oxidative stress and disturb metabolic pathways, particularly in infant populations. NaNO₂ is…
AJAS · 2018
Animal Sciences (inferred)
Amino acids are essential to the human diet. However, little is known about how the body senses and perceives amino acids. To study chemosensory and gustatory systems on a smaller, simpler s…
AJAS · 2018
Animal Sciences (inferred)
The purpose of this project was to learn if the herbicide glyphosate negatively impacts the navigational abilities of the western honey bee (Apis mellifera). It was hypothesized that if hone…
AJAS · 2018
Animal Sciences (inferred)
Nearly 20% of the population of the United States suffers from some form of anxiety, and nearly a third of the United States Mental healthcare budget is devoted to treating anxiety. Anti-anx…
AJAS · 2017
Animal Sciences (inferred)
Pollination is essential to global food production and is reliant on both wild and managed insect populations. Among the most important and valuable of these pollinators are honey bees. Rece…
AJAS · 2017
Animal Sciences (inferred)
Efforts like the Human Brain Initiative aim to understand the incredible complexity of our intricate nervous system to solve challenging neurological problems including epilepsy and autism.…
AJAS · 2017
Animal Sciences (inferred)
The purpose was to learn if sugar may serve as an effective treatment for Varroa destructor within an observation beehive. The varroa mite is an ectoparasite that feeds off the hemolymph of…