Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals My goal in this experiment was to test the effect of glucose on tilapia. The effect of glucose was taken into consideration because tilapia belong to a sub-species of fish c…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells are located outside the neuro-sensory retina that nourishes photoreceptor cells in the human eye. Transformed RPE plays an important r…
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals By conducting this experiment I am trying to find the average strengths of five different colors of hair after being treated with the highlighting solution. These hairs incl…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to compare the effects of human salivary amylase enzymes versus microbial enzymes on starch hydrolysis. Methods/Materials Subcultures of…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals To build an inexpensive, non-invasive device that detects iron deficient anemia. Hopefully, it will pass WHO field trials later this year in Africa (Dakar, Senegal). Methods…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Prostate Cancer is defined by the uncontrollable proliferation of prostate cells. When growth factors bind to their receptors, a transactivation signal is sent to EGFR and u…
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to show that drinks with more additives will cause the most tooth decay. Methods/Materials I used "Monster" energy drink, Diet Coke, Sprite, S…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Second Award
Objectives/Goals In patients with Huntington's Disease (HD), the transcription of several genes is altered. One emerging notion is that the down-regulation of genes may be due to the formati…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Tamm-Horsfall protein (THP) is the most abundant urinary glycoprotein that has a protective function in the bladder mucous layer. THP has anionic properties due to the prese…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Antioxidants help defend our body against free radicals from damaging our cells by donating their electrons to the free radicals. Lycopene and Vitamin C are two potent antio…
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Abstract The purpose of my science project is to determine which material blocks the most amount of germs when sneezing. Everyone is concerned about health and no one wants…
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My project is determining which orange juice has the most vitamin C, freshly picked and squeezed or store bought juice. My hypothesis is that the freshly picked and squeezed…
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective was to identify how the temperature of the milk influences the time it takes for the milk to turn into yogurt. My goal was to solve my mother's problem in iden…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
First Award
Conclusions/Discussion Ovarian cancer is a debilitating disease lacking effective treatments. A key feature of the disease is elevated levels of the mitogenic lipid lysophosphatidic acid (LP…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to explore and optimize a dry preservation technique for the storage of DNA. It was designed to correspond with the forensic analysis and to…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if proteins, when compared to carbohydrates and fats, will produce the most heat energy. I believe that proteins will produce the most heat ene…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Through the use of triglyceride assays and protein assays, we intend to isolate new genes that will cause both an increase and decrease in triglyceride levels in the fruit f…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals My project was divided into 3 different experiments. Experiment 1- the effects of pectinase, cellulase, and amylase on apple juice production. Experiment 2- the effects of e…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals To study the effect of abscisic acid root drench on levels of expression of different cold tolerance genes. If transcription increases with addition of abscisic acid then it…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals To determine the stage in cancer in which there is a loss of BRCA1 expression, what the loss of this expression is due to. And what the effects of this loss are on the devel…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine if solar radiation levels are high enough to damage healthy DNA. Specifically I tested to see whether a super-coiled plasmid (…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Last year I found multiple DNA mutations in my dogs tumor p53 growth control gene. This year I looked for mutations in the critical GM-CSF immune cancer fighting gene in my…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
First Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to investigate the use of Liquid Crystals (LC's) as a method for biological staining. The unique properties of these pigments cause them to ch…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals What is the glycosyl (sugar) composition of cell walls from lower land plants? Answering this question was the purpose of this project because little research has been done…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals To use 1 Dimensional SDS-PAGE along with 2 Dimensional SDS-PAGE to separate proteins in order to see which of the two methods yields a higher resolution of protein. Methods/…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to confirm that DNA Fingerprinting can really uncover the perpetrator of a crime. I will see if DNA Fingerprinting can distinguish between ver…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Biomolecules are not rigid; they fluctuate and participate in a variety of motions. A common protein or peptide secondary structure is an alpha-helix. Certain amino acids, l…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Third Award
Objectives/Goals Vitamin C or Ascorbic acid is an important nutrient that keeps your body healthy. Ascorbic Acid is a water soluble vitamin that can be destroyed. The way foods are stored co…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to test if ribulose 1, 5 bisphosphate (RuBP) would act as a universal gene for eelgrass and its close genetic relatives. Success would be determined by biog…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine whether the egg protein would coagulate in saline solutions and whether there would be a difference in rolling time as a result of this coagul…