Mammalian Biology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Will performing one set of pushups to failure prior to performing one set of pull ups to failure effect the number of repetitions completed in the one set of pull ups to fai…
Animal Sciences
Second Award
Staining of silk threads and clothes is widely conducted chemically in factories and industry. However, chemically produced stainings of silk threads and clothes are not always fine and exce…
Animal Sciences
Second Award
It has been established that high-, low-, and non-fat dairy may potentially act as driving factors in varying human fertility rates. Given the unprecedented global rate of infertility, this…
Mammalian Biology
First Award
Objectives/Goals Traumatic brain injury (TBI) damages cerebral cells leading to debilitating neurological symptoms. A concussion is mild TBI affecting over 2.5 million people/year. The annua…
Zoology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My project focuses on increasing population of zooplankton(copepods) in the San Francisco Delta to sustain native fish species in these marshes. The delta has been facing is…
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.…
Animal Sciences
Fourth Award
The subterranean brahminy blindsnake (Ramphotyphlops braminus) is among the smallest vertebrate animals on Earth. Snakes in general have small eyes, but the fossorial R. braminus has extreme…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine which colored light is most effective in deterring cockroaches. Methods/Materials In this experiment, six different light bulb…
Animal Sciences
Purpose The purpose of this project is to survey trematodes species present in catfish production ponds, and to determine the effects of temperature on cercariae shedding rates, and to deter…
Animal Sciences
First Award
Combinations of female wingbeat acoustic cues and visual cues were evaluated to determine their potential for use in male Aedes aegypti (L.) traps in peridomestic environments, potentially t…
Animal Sciences
The island apple snail (Pomacea maculata) is one of the world’s most invasive species that poses environmental and agricultural threats. In rice and taro fields, the snails can cause decreas…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to find the ants' preference on sugar by testing two different species of ants with various types of sweeteners. Methods/Materials Two tanks for Harvester a…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is the determine how age affects the ability to hear high pitches. Methods/Materials A quiet environment for testing, 24 8th grade subjects and 3…
Animal Sciences
In Drosophila melanogaster, the development of the compound eye is organized by a network of highly conserved transcriptional regulators called the retinal determination (RD) network, which…
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…
Animal Sciences
A horse’s heart rate and behavior is critical in many aspects of the equine world, e.g. sports events. This experiment studied the effect of different genres of music when grooming a horse o…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Recently, the novel gene DSCAM (Down Syndrome Cell Adhesion Molecule) has been identified in the DS-critical region, which is a region on chromosome 21 thought to harbor gen…
Animal Sciences
Third Award
Degradation of coral reefs due to increasing eutrophication of the Earth's oceans is of increasing global concern. Understanding the effects of nutrient enrichment on corals and their endosy…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if there is a difference in visceral fat lost through three different macronutrient splits: normal (40%carbohydrates/30%fats/30%proteins), high…
Animal Sciences
In the last half decade alone, 30% of the national bee population has disappeared and nearly a third of all bee colonies in the U.S. have perished. One factor contributing to this decline is…
Mammalian Biology
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The incidence of allergies across the U.S. is increasing at an alarming rate. Recent research has suggested the existence of an important connection between allergies and th…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The point of this experiment was to find out if fingerprints are clearer when they are lifted from a hotter or colder surface temperature. It was expected that if a fingerpr…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine if radiation emitted by an X-ray machine had the capability to decrease the natural process of neurogenesis (growth and develo…
Animal Sciences
In insects, oxidative stress is a crucial factor in life expectancy, reproduction, and sexual selection. The preparation for and process of sterilization puts mosquitoes under many forms of…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to determine whether electrolyte supplements had an effect on the performance of the horses at the 2016 Cooley Ranch Ride. The performance was m…
Animal Sciences
Third Award
Scientists have long emphasized the importance of exercise in maintaining a healthy and balanced existence. While exercise may decrease age-related degeneration, few studies have looked at t…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine how different types of foods affect blood sugars. In addition, we were looking at how different types of foods affected a typ…
Animal Sciences
Third Award
Extensive studies have been done on the causes and consequences of aging, but the actual mechanism behind this process is only partially understood. My research on Rpd3, a homologue of mamma…
Zoology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Birds in California salt marshes have become acclimatized to human presence and its effects remain unexamined. The objective of this study is to determine whether difference…
Animal Sciences
This project aims to measure the effects of limited side stream secondhand smoke on Drosophila melanogaster. The researcher looked for changes in reproduction rate and the levels of mutation…