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 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…
CSEF · 2004
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals My goal was to find out whether enteric bacteria could be differentiated by biochemical tests. Since enteric bacteria cannot be differentiated by their physical characterist…
CSEF · 2004
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to learn more about fermentation by observing how yeast, a common fungus used in the fermentation process, reacts with different liquids. Methods/Materials…
CSEF · 2004
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study was to find out how many of my relatives have a prothrombin gene mutation that my father carries. Do my relatives and I also carry the mutant gene,…
CSEF · 2004
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Africanized bees have been spreading throughout the United States, and in recent years have arrived in the southwest. These bees are a problem because of their hyper-aggress…
CSEF · 2004
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals At the conclusion of last year#s study, it was found that radiation did have an effect on the genetics of Drosophila, and did cause certain visible genetic mutations. After…
CSEF · 2004
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal is to isolate a long live strain by affecting gene expression with the use of the enhancer promoters (EP) and driver P-element. Then identified the function and fin…
CSEF · 2004
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Alcohol is the most widely abused drug in the United States today and although we know what ethanol can do to the brain, we are barely beginning to understand its molecular…
CSEF · 2004
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals To examine the effect of galectin-7 overexpression in oral cancer cell line. Aim 1. Clone galectin-7/pcDNA3.1 expression vector Aim 2. Transfect into galectin-7/pcDNA3.1 or…