Mammalian Biology
First Award
Objectives/Goals With the pressing issue of antibiotic resistant bacteria, anti-virulence therapies have emerged as a non-antibiotic strategy for bacterial elimination through removal of bac…
Animal Sciences
As the human population continues to increase, aggravating mosquito disease transmission, a control measure for mosquitoes is imperative. Mosquito control using sound would be an improvement…
Zoology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The planarian is known for its nearly almighty ability to fully regenerate its missing body parts. The objective is to find out how the animal can survive during regeneratio…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Lung cancer (NSCLC) causes >200,000 deaths in US annually. Mutation detection costs 1000s of dollars and takes days. Rapid, low-cost point-of-care (POC) devices for cancer m…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals To objective of this study is to determine the preferred playtime toy for 3 different dogs. Methods/Materials 3 dogs were individually tested with 12 dog toys of various siz…
Animal Sciences
Research was conducted to determine relationships between fish species growth within three freshwater bodies in agricultural communities in Fulton County, Ohio. The objective was to resurvey…
Animal Sciences
Ranchers want to know what their cows are doing in the day. To know what their cows do, they could put GPS collars on the cows and analyze the data. One of the major reasons they may want to…
Animal Sciences
Second Award
Over 1/3 of the world's crops are pollinated by honey bees. Without them, many wildflowers and trees won't get the pollination they need, and agricultural expenses will skyrocket. Over the p…
Animal Sciences
Both honey bees and bumble bees are frequently used as pollinators for crops around the world. Bumble bees are active at lower temperatures and have smaller hives, increasing their use over…
Animal Sciences
Understanding vocal mothering in sheep is vital to increase lamb survival rates and farm efficiency. Ewes have been observed to vocalize differently before and after giving birth. It is conj…
Mammalian Biology
First Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to create an eye exercising method through the use of easily accessible technology such as smartphones to reduce and measure the symptoms of Comp…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Our worlds medical system has a gap. Acutonics FDA approved tuning forks made of space grade metal can fill that gap. Could sound healing vibration carried through a beginni…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine whether more Purple Sea-Urchin eggs fertilized in 31 ppt, 34 ppt, or 37 ppt salinity levels. Higher salinity water forms when…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective and goals of my project is to see if swimmers or singers would have higher pulmonary functions by testing their resting heart rate, their forced vital compacit…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals This project was designed to test whether dogs, cats or humans have more acid (a lower ph level) in their saliva. Methods/Materials After receiving a signed waiver, saliva s…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to discover more about the California Condor social behavior and hierarchy. We want to know who is the most dominant and why, and how their do…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Can tritones can affect human memory, pulse, and blood pressure Methods/Materials Make an original sheet of music with different tritones Play the tritones on the two clarin…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to find out if sense of taste changes with age and if the sensitivity to a certain flavor is more dominant in any particular age group than ot…
Animal Sciences
Water bears (phylum Tardigrada) are small metazoan animals which live in different environments, for example mosses or soils. Tardigrades have evolved many special adaptations to these speci…
Mammalian Biology
Third Award
Objectives/Goals This study was performed to understand the relationship between exercise and thermogenesis in Brown Adipose Tissue. Many researchers believe that studying BAT in addition wi…
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…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Venom from the sea anemone, Heteractis magnifica, has bioactive and cytotoxic compounds. In this study, cytotoxicity induced by Heteractis magnifica venom was investigated u…
Animal Sciences
Eggs are living things that interact with their environment. Eggshells may appear to be an impermeable layer, but gases and other chemicals are exchanged across the shell. This study investi…
Animal Sciences
The bond between horse and human is a crucial part of equine therapy, as well as various equine activities. This experiment studied the effect of different combinations of talking to and/or…
Animal Sciences
The disease Alzheimer’s is taking over the older generations of the world. Taking this into account, research began. Turmeric was said to be a helpful seasoning that can contribute to the re…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment was to identify whether visuomotor adaptation training, performed on one side of the body, positively affected the contralateral side. It was obs…
Animal Sciences
Monk parakeets are multi-decade inhabitants of Brooklyn that contribute to noise pollution; they make loud social calls in their communal nests atop trees, telephone poles, and utility struc…
Animal Sciences
One of the predominant insect disease vectors, the Aedes aegypti mosquito has been recorded in both fresh and salt water environments. Understanding the relationships between Ae. aegypti and…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to observe and record the behavior of the times bees pollinate and whether temperature and time affect the number of bees throughout the da…
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…