38,465 real projects from ISEF, the Canada-Wide Science Fair, JSHS, AJAS, the Calgary Youth Science Fair and the California Science & Engineering Fair — searchable by meaning, and filterable by fair, year, category and award.
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Genetically modified plants usually contain a gene of interest as well as an antibiotic marker gene, which can be transferred to soil bacteria, causing a myriad of problems.…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals To measure the amount of protein in commercial milk products:cow, goat, soy, almond, rice, and coconut. Methods/Materials Preparation and analysis: 1. If necessary, dilute e…
CSEF · 2012
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to compare the effectiveness of alcohol-based sanitizers and non-alcohol based sanitizers to kill the bacteria, Staphylococcus epidermidis. Me…
CSEF · 2012
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to find out if hand sanitizer is really as effective at killing bacteria when cleaning hands as liquid hand soap. Methods/Materials Materials used:Water,Li…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The title of my project is: Do Healthier Leaves Have More Chlorophyll? I will test the levels of chlorophyll in a few healthy leafy vegetables by extracting chlorophyll from…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals Diabetes mellitus, a carbohydrate metabolism disorder of the endocrine system, affects more than 100 million people around the world and appears in one of two types: Type 1…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals 1. To locate introns and exons within a sequence of DNA using dinucleotide frequencies that differ between the two 2. Calculate gene-specific CpG dinucleotide ratios between…
CSEF · 2012
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Our goal was to determine how common methods of washing affect bacterial counts on organic and conventionally grown Romaine lettuce given concerns about bacteria on produce…
CSEF · 2012
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My project goal is to test my hypothesis, which states that automatic soap dispensers and manual soap pumps are equally effective against bacteria since you wash your hands…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this research is to elucidate the structure and budding mechanisms of the influenza A virus using cryo-electron tomography. This project also aims to compare…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Ion channels and transmembrane proteins are crucial in regulating many physiological processes. Scientific and sensing measurements of ion channel conductance depicting acti…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Fragment-based drug design is used to construct single high affinity drugs from many small, low affinity components. A pervasive problem with such drugs is binding to recept…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine if Reishi Mushroom preparations mutate bacterial DNA. Methods/Materials Dilution 1 (1x) of Reishi Mushroom, Capsules, Tea L…
CSEF · 2012
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Which liquid can break down cat hairballs the best? Hairballs in cats can be a huge problem, so we studied what could break them down. Hairballs can get stuck in their diges…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The main purpose of the project is to determine the nature of malaria resistance and analyze how the differences in the gene affect it. The gene is called the Duffy antigen/…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to identify fruits which had protease enzymes and what treatment methods I could use to break down these fruit enzymes so that the Jello could gel. I expect…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals With this experiment, we wanted to find the effects of temperature on pigmentation. To obtain adequate results and ultimately conduct the most conclusive chromatography test…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine if foods of different glycemic values differentially affect the blood glucose levels of non-diabetic participants. I predict there will be a d…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My project is to evaluate microRNA (miRNA) as a new treatment for pancreatic cancer. I believe restoring tumor suppressor miRNAs in pancreatic cancer cells will make them le…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if milk affects green tea flavonoid concentration, and if so, which milk causes the most change in amount of flavonoids. Flavonoids, which are…
CSEF · 2012
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To determine if organic or conventional milk lasts longer by studying pH, color, odor and Bacterial growth for 3 weeks in refrigerator and room temperatures. I believe organ…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objectives of the project are to: 1) Develop a new method of modeling full-length membrane-bound proteins systems for the application of molecular dynamics; 2) Use molec…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals This model attempts to examine the effects of both angiostatic inhibitors, also known as angiostatins, and mitotic inhibitors on the growth of various attributes of a tumor…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The main goal is to improve the water solubility of resveratrol to prevent it from being metabolized too quickly. By polymerizing resveratrol with polyethylene glycol to mak…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Failures to maintain energy balance contributes largely to obesity. The body produces Leptin,a protein in proportion to food intake and stored adipose mass, and acts on brai…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this research was to define a novel method of detecting hematological malignancies (blood cancers) based on conductivity fluctuations within the blood. This…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals In my research, my goal was to determine if there were nucleotide sequences that are 100% identical between the human cDNA and other organisms. If so, I would determine what…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine whether organic or conventional tomatoes have more nutrients. Along with that, testing will also be conducted to determine which type of tomato…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals To design a novel vaccine that does not lose its potency upon freezing as an alternative to freeze-sensitive aluminum-based vaccines. A lipid blend-complex made of natural,…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The Polymerase Chain Reaction is a process that scientists use to copy DNA. They use a primer and anneal it to a selected piece of DNA, called a template. This experiment re…