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 · 2003
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the study is to prolong coagulation through the introduction of cholesterol-binding methyl-beta-cyclodextrin (MBCD). It is thought that MBCD, through its know…
CSEF · 2003
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals This experiment was undertaken in order to determine whether proteins of the Urea Transporter (UT) family are similar amongst different species, both eukaryotes and prokaryo…
CSEF · 2003
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Methods/Materials Familial Hypertrophic Myopathy (FHM) is a disease in which the heart is enlarged to compensate for mutations in muscle proteins. Twenty to thirty percent of cases of FHM we…
CSEF · 2003
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Aging is a universal process among organisms in which homeostasis decreases and chance of death increases. Trying to understand aging in a lower organism, such as Drosophila…
CSEF · 2003
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals MHC proteins play a significant role in the immune response as the recognition factor of all foreign antigens. This study is directed to show that because of their similar h…
CSEF · 2002
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects a dominant-negative p53 protein has on the cellular and molecular response of prostate cancer cells to radiation. Th…
CSEF · 2002
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The blood brain barrier is an important structure in the maintenance of brain homeostasis. Protease nexin 1 (PN1) is a 43-kDa serine protease inhibitor (serpin) found predom…
CSEF · 2002
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Given three linked loci, yellow body (y), a rough eye known as echinus (ec), and cut wings (ct), what is their frequency of recombination and thus the distance between them,…
CSEF · 2002
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective is to better understand Alzheimer's disease through fluorescent immunohistochemistry and double labeling. 1) Establish the distribution of BDNF (brain-derived n…
CSEF · 2002
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if plant pigments were distinctive for each species. Methods/Materials Leaves of different plants were obtained. Residue from leaves was applie…
CSEF · 2002
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Professor Mary Williams at Harvey Mudd College has identified a mutant in the plant Arabidopsis, and as a result of past experiments has concluded that it contains an F-Box…
CSEF · 2002
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the ezperiment is to show the basic and at times advanced fucnctions of DNA such as replication, translation, transcription, through the study of DNA sections…
CSEF · 2002
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine if there is a difference between the characteristics of DNA extracted from white onions using laboratory reagents versus household materials.…
CSEF · 2002
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Investigations were performed on two sets of glioma tumors that were generated earlier in the absence or presence of Neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) with a significant difference in s…
CSEF · 2002
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Thymidylate synthase (TS) catalyzes the reaction transforming dUMP into dTMP in cells. In cancer cells, TS is expressed at an increased level. While usual drugs treat cancer…
CSEF · 2002
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if temperature fluctuations in the environment will affect the rate of oxygen produced by the enzymatic activity of the enzyme catalase. Method…
CSEF · 2002
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to accuratly test pears to see if placing them in different conditions would effect their ripening process. Methods/Materials 15 unripe pea…
CSEF · 2002
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals To investigate the effect of ampicillin and kanamycin on the lactose operon induction of Escherichia coli through enzyme assays. Methods/Materials In the experiment, the pro…
CSEF · 2002
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to detirmine how the Hfr-1 resistince gene is affected by the Hessian Fly. Methods/Materials Using TRIzol rna preps I was able to quatify wheat ti…
CSEF · 2002
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of this study is to identify single amino acid mutations in the p53 gene of Drosophila melanogaster. Methods/Materials DNA from several fly strains, some with domin…
CSEF · 2002
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals This study investigated the interaction between integrin a3/b1and its ligand, laminin-5 in modulating alveolar epithelial barrier. Methods/Materials Cell Culture and prepara…
CSEF · 2002
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Our purpose is to monitor the differences in gene expression between a cell line of pulmonary carcinoma (HTB174), a normal cell line (HTB175), and normal tissue using oligon…
CSEF · 2002
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Just like Dr. Frankenstein and his accomplice, Igor, I created mutants. Now, my mutants are a bit different from Frankenstein, but nonetheless they are paving a new path for…
CSEF · 2002
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals How little DNA is necessary to amplify a gene by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)? My objective was to determine the optimal conditions for PCR to amplify the tubulin gene fr…
CSEF · 2002
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The ability to predict protein structure from amino acid sequence alone would be invaluable to scientists everywhere. A pharmacologist working on creating a new drug, for ex…
CSEF · 2002
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to see if the pH of a porous gel had an effect on the the structure of DNA molecules that are running through it. Methods/Materials Gels were…
CSEF · 2002
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals My project mainly focused in testing the effects of antioxidants in slowing the rate of oxidation in a TBA analysis using pure pork, beef, and vegetable oil. In the tests I…
CSEF · 2002
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if by specifically directing a ribozyme to attack the Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen (PCNA mRNA), will the growth of a cancer cell be inhibit…
CSEF · 2002
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals I tested the effects of temperature on the enzyme peroxidase. Methods/Materials In the presence of hydrogen peroxide, peroxidase reacts to produce visible gas bubbles. I use…
CSEF · 2002
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The project objective was to determine if household chemicals other than detergent or bleach would interfere with the reaction of luminol and hemoglobin in a hypothetical cr…