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 · 2005
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Good health requires that we eat high quality foods and produce. Fresh Produce and fruits are an important source of minerals, vitamins and fiber. To prevent fruits from rot…
CSEF · 2005
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals This experiment investigated the effectiveness of various manganese salts (MnCl(2) and MnSO(4)) and complexes (salen-manganese complexes, EUK-189 and EUK-8) in mimicking the…
CSEF · 2005
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine if all species of Monera were able to express the pGLO gene(originally derived from the jellyfish, Aequora victoria) with the…
CSEF · 2005
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals 1) Create an online web service for statistically calculating the impact of geographic distance on genetic distance (http://phage.sdsu.edu/~jensen/). 2) Get allelic data for…
CSEF · 2005
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Graves# Disease is a form of hyperthyroidism often accompanied by Thyroid Associated Ophthalmopathy (TAO), an autoimmune-mediated inflammation of the extraocular connective…
CSEF · 2005
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals To determine which solution, acidic, neutral, or basic, will affect the growth of Daytona (Bush) Beans most positively. Methods/Materials Daytona (Bush) Beans were exposed t…
CSEF · 2005
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals To determine if it is possible to dysfunction a gene through gene silencing, or in our case virus induced gene silencing. We believe that gene silencing will occur. Methods/…
CSEF · 2005
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals There are two objectives: 1. To determine if the HT-lo/diss (45a) and the HT-hi/diss (47a) tumor cells are in fact different in extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling and 2.…
CSEF · 2005
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to use electrophoresis to see if there is an evolutionary relationship between birds that fly, fly short distances, and birds that do not fly.…
CSEF · 2005
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals This project will attempt to establish cultures of human fibroblasts and example Gram negative Escherichia coli and Gram positive Staphylococcus epidermitis, subculture the…
CSEF · 2005
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals To optimize the PCR process and sequence my successfully amplified DNA. Methods/Materials PCR was performed with standard reagents and thermal cycling parameters. MgCl(2)con…
CSEF · 2005
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The NAP1 protein is the protein that assembles nucleosomes and organizes DNA inside the nucleus of cells. The aim of this experiment is to determine whether the GST-Y10 prot…
CSEF · 2005
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals My goal in this experiment is to determine whether O2- causes damage to proteins, which are essential to all forms of life. Hopefully, this can lead to further research on t…
CSEF · 2005
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment is to test the efficiency of lactase enzyme, with varying concentrations and temperatures of lactose. Methods/Materials The materials used were:…
CSEF · 2005
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Compartmentalized cilia play an essential role in mechanosensory transduction and perception of the environment. The aim is to identify and verify highly-conserved proteins…
CSEF · 2005
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of the project is to impliment the luc gene of the firefly into a plant using Ecoli splicing and microinjection, protoplast fursion, and the use of the plant pathog…
CSEF · 2005
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals In the Copenhagen Male Study and NHLBI Family Heart Study, the Lewis blood group Le (a-b-) phenotype was found to put patients at an increased risk for cardiovascular diseas…
CSEF · 2005
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCMB) is a simple device. The adsorption of a compound on the quartz surface causes a decrease in the resonance frequency that is proportion…
CSEF · 2005
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals This project was done to determine the contents of Sialic Acid present in human milk and infant milk formulas. Sialic Acid is an important sugar for the development of a bab…
CSEF · 2004
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study was to analyze the expression of the iron-storage protein heavy-chain ferritin in various cancer cell lines. A correlation was predicted to be the…
CSEF · 2004
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to see how much Apo2L and Fas Ligand protein it takes to kill Jurkat cells by apoptosis in culture. If the Jurkat cells are not very sensitive t…
CSEF · 2004
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Multidrug resistant tuberculosis has emerged as a major public health threat; thus, new strategies are needed for mycobacterial drug development. The ultimate goal of this o…
CSEF · 2004
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to determine whether wild yeast starter contributes to a better loaf of homemade bread,comparing the results to a homemade loaf of bread made wi…
CSEF · 2004
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The Mus81/Mms4 heterodimer is a highly conserved member of the XPF endonuclease superfamily and part of the Rad52 epistasis group, which is known to serve a large role in re…
CSEF · 2004
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Research has shown that even temporary inactivation of the oncogene c-MYC can induce osteosarcoma tumors to regress. Surprisingly, when MYC is reactivated in these different…
CSEF · 2004
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals For my project, I recreated the digestive system and digestive enzymes. I wanted to see if starch could break down and combine with glucose. If this does happen then it prov…
CSEF · 2004
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The hormone receptor, PPAR, functions to regulate the differentiation of adipocytes (fat cells). This receptor functions as part of a heterodimer with another receptor, RXR.…
CSEF · 2004
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment is to determine whether snakes have detectable leg muscle regions still existent from past legged ancestors. Methods/Materials I took tissue sam…
CSEF · 2004
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals It is commonly known that fish oil, rich in n-3 PUFA (polyunsaturated fatty acids), is beneficial to the living body, and that safflower oil, rich in n-6 PUFA, is not. The h…
CSEF · 2004
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of my experiment was to determine the relative efficiencies of ATP production of mitochondria in different body segments of Drosophila melanogaster. Methods/Materia…