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.
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Neurogenesis, the proliferation of neural cells in the brain, has been shown to correlate with higher rates of epileptogenesis (the progression of epilepsy in the brain). It has been shown t…
CSEF · 2017
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this science experiment was to determine if there were harmful bacteria in popular brands of dry, canned, and wet dog food. If dry, canned, and wet dog food a…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology Fourth Award
Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is an invasive type of skin cancer that lacks expression of lecithin-retinol acyl transferase (LRAT), a protein implicated in wound healing and cancer progressi…
CSEF · 2017
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to identify and quantify anti-cancer alkaloids in the invasive periwinkle, Vinca major. I tested if the habitat, presence of herbivory, or anato…
CSEF · 2017
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to take a novel approach to breast cancer metabolomics in order to reveal biomarkers with the potential to be used in a breast cancer diagnosis t…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Allergies are an important health issue. We want to study the allergy signal cascade by characterizing IgE receptors in mast cells. Mast cells are immune cells. Our project focuses on an IgE…
CSEF · 2017
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Aging-delaying interventions often prevent multiple aging-related diseases (ARDs). My recent studies have characterized EZH2-mediated H3K27me3 as the first evolutionarily co…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology
The purpose of this experiment was to identify molecular mechanisms involved with the regulation of the MAPT gene and the subsequent formation of neurofibrillary tangles in Alzheimer’s disea…
CSEF · 2017
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which natural and nano-antioxidant are the most efficacious in Saccharomyces cerevisiae against oxidative stress. The natural antioxidants stud…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology Third Award
Every minute, a woman somewhere in the world will die of breast cancer. Despite significant advances in the field, breast cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death in women globally.…
CSEF · 2017
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to identify a soluble growth factor secreted by endothelial cells, expression of which is normally suppressed by the presence of vascular end…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology Third Award
Vaccines are the one of greatest health innovations in human history, saving an estimated two million lives annually. They function by exposing the body to an antigen mimicking a pathogen an…
CSEF · 2017
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to develop a diverse library of Light-Oxygen-Voltage sensing (LOV2) domain variants that could permit for more precise protein manipulation…
CSEF · 2017
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine which remedy would work best on skunk spray (n-Butyl mercaptan) to remove it's odor from fur. Methods/Materials Synthetic fur was…
CSEF · 2017
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The Mudgett laboratory hypothesized that WRKY transcription factors bind to the tomato DH1 promoter to regulate DH1 gene expression during pathogen infection and that XopD m…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Although studies have found that inorganic arsenic (iAs), a potent carcinogen and estrogen-mimicking endocrine disruptor, is directly associated with prostate cancer incidence and mortality,…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Infantile spasms (IS) is a neurological condition that generally initiates development of more severe forms of epilepsy along with developmental disabilities. An investigation of the role pl…
CSEF · 2017
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals My goal was to find the best environment to keep produce that usually goes bad quickly edible for long periods of time to save money, stop food waste, and help families use…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology Third Award
Metastasis accounts for ~90% of deaths from breast cancer (BC). This study aims to address the fundamental question of how cancer cells in the primary breast tumor become metastatic. CHD7 is…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Astrocytes, the most abundant cell type in the central nervous system (CNS), have the vital role of keeping homeostasis in the brain. HIV infects the CNS early after primary infection and ca…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) constitute a class of relatively unstudied RNAs whose function is unknown. Recently, studies have shown that circRNAs are more abundant than previously recorded. The…
CSEF · 2017
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Circular RNAs (circRNAs) constitute a class of relatively unstudied RNAs whose function is unknown. Recently, studies have shown that circRNAs are more abundant than previou…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology Second Award
Genome editing technologies have revolutionized our ability to integrate foreign DNA sequences into cells with single nucleotide resolution. A major bottleneck of genome editing today is the…
CSEF · 2017
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of the study was to find a method to detect the onset of Huntington's disease, HD, in its earlier stage. I hypothesized that by using FLIM (Fluorescence Lifetime Im…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Overlapping polymerase chain reaction (O-PCR) is a common technique used in diverse fields to 'stitch' individual strands of DNA together. Previously, STITCHER was created to automate primer…
CSEF · 2017
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my study was to observe how Invertase changes the glucose concentration in foods when sucrose is present. Methods/Materials Tested the glucose concentration…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology First Award
It is evident that the tongue perceives tactile sensation, but little is known about the neurons that mediate this. Since tropomyosin receptor kinase C (TrkC) neurons are mechanoreceptors on…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Chromosome movements during mitosis are orchestrated primarily by the interaction of spindle microtubules with the kinetochore, the site for attachment of spindle microtubules to the centrom…
CSEF · 2017
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals I started doing research on the bark beetle when I found out about the blue stain fungus. Then my father asked me what stops the blue stain fungus? The answer was terpenes.…
CSEF · 2017
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine whether varying the level of acidity in a steak marinade will affect the tenderness of a boneless beef top sirloin cap steak. Met…