Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Calcium (Ca2+) plays a critical signaling role at the cellular level in our body to regulate important biological processes such as muscle cell contraction, cell division an…
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The focus of my project was to investigate if two of the most widely used brands of fish feeds, Rangen and EWOS, are one of the major sources of Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PC…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals To find a natural substitute for sunscreen from turmeric, beet root, and sandalwood. Methods/Materials Materials: one grinder made of rock for Sandalwood. A kitchen Blender.…
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals This science experiment tests what lip care product would preserve the most moisture in humans# lips over a two hour period. There are so many different types of lip care pr…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals This study's objective is to 1) Discover novel druggable sites absent in the crystal structure of aromatase by incorporating flexibility with molecular dynamics (MD) simulat…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals My goal was to discover which size and type of meat will digest the most in a 24 hour period. Methods/Materials For my experiment I cut up pork, chicken, and beef into both…
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine mercury concentrations in packaged tuna and to see if it is within safe levels to eat. Methods/Materials Tuna samples in cans…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Because metal dysregulation has been linked to the development of neurodegenerative diseases, the objective of this project was to determine: (1)Which metal ion,copper, iron…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals In the US, there are over 12 million people that live with cancer, but in about 90% of these cases, most patients die from the metastasis of the primary tumor. Detecting a m…
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if ginger would be a good natural preservative for home baked bread and its optimal storage condition. Methods/Materials Method: I baked 5 diff…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals In the perpetual fight against disease, it is vital for immunologists and computational biologists to retrieve and process information quickly and efficiently. While the gro…
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Antibacterial solutions, such as alcohol and the chemical triclosan, are found in hand sanitizers and antibacterial hand soaps. These chemicals are potentially dangerous to…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals I did my project to see if the vitamin C content in red bell pepper concentrate would be affected by the growing method {organic, hot house, or conventionally}. I predicted…
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Ultraviolet (UV) light from the sun causes damage to human skin cells that may destroy the ability of the skin cells to control cell division, leading to types of skin cance…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals To validate that agricultural extraction process waste streams (such as that of the paprika oleoresin production process) contain extractable amounts of glucose for ethanol…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The problem was how will the chemical sodium benzoate effect the rate at which the catalase react. My hypothesis is that the chemical sodium benzoate will affect the rate at…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of this study is to establish a model system for screening potential compounds that can selectively inhibit cancer stem cells (CSCs), using the mesenchymal cells ge…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Our objective is to research, design, and build a cost efficient biodiesel processor, utilizing safe and proper materials, to not only to make biodiesel more accessible to e…
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Third Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to design a system that would help people decide which antacid to take when they suffer from occasional heartburn. To do this, I created a six-step system f…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to determine whether there was a connection between the stem cell behaviors, as seen through the regenerative processes, of the brown planari…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Patients with diabetes posses a significantly impaired wound healing potential, due in part to a failure of diabetic tissues to re-vascularize oxygen-deprived areas of injur…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals SUMO, or Small Ubiquitin-like MOdifiers, is a group of proteins essential to life in many eukaryotes, implicated in such processes as the cell cycle and transcription. Altho…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine whether ALKBH5 is a new m6A demethylase in vitro and in vivo and to determine whether its demethylation effects had impacts on cellular proces…
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals If Bush Blue Lake Garden Beans are grown in a controlled environment using different fertilizers, then the results should indicate improved growth when using Roots Organics…
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Data showed one in five adolescents in United States have some form of hearing damage. A previous research showed that listening to personal music players at more than one h…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine if using additives, such as minerals or vitamins, will improve the fermentation of grape juice by creating a more healthy,…
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals In my hypothesis, I believe if I use different types of sugar in a marshmallow recipe then the melting, cutting and density tests will have different results because of the…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to test surfaces to determine which surface is the most protein, sugar, and organic matter free. Methods/Materials There are three tests use…
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to compare the tastes and safety of popular brands of sweeteners and find a non-harmful, but tasty sweetener that the teens will like. My hypothesis is Truv…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to determine if the genetically engineered papaya, has higher or lower Vitamin C content than that of its organically grown predecessor. Metho…