Browse 41 real Cellular and Molecular Biology projects entered in 2004, with abstracts, awards and links to the original entries.
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…
CSEF · 2004
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Sulfation as a post-translational modification of tyrosine has been shown to influence the physiology of proteins and play a role in protein-protein interactions. Determinat…
CSEF · 2004
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals This Phase II experiment is designed to further develop a new protocol to quantify and track the ATP production rate of mitochondrion and determine the effects of thorium-23…
CSEF · 2004
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Determine if evolutionary trees for turtles, based on morphological characteristics, are as accurate as evolutionary trees made using DNA. Research the DNA similarities of s…
CSEF · 2004
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Oxygen naturally creates free radicals in our bodies and in water. Oxygen free radicals damage DNA and cause disease, cancer and aging. I tested such free radical DNA damage…
CSEF · 2004
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals By recreating the salt conditions, pH, and temperature of the original environment of the organism, Pyrodictium abyssi, the canA encoded polymerizing protein, will produce t…
CSEF · 2004
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Induction of apoptosis by Ras may be mediated by its effector RASSF1, which appears to function as a tumor suppressor. Analysis of another Ras effector Nore1, which is struc…
CSEF · 2004
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of our project is to screen for strong gene promoters from the natural environment that will help protein production in Streptomyces. We are doing this experim…
CSEF · 2004
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals AGAMOUS (AG) is a C-function floral identity gene, which is responsible for stamen and carpal development in the Arabidopsis floral meristem. In addition, AG is also require…
CSEF · 2004
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid is a recalcitrant xenobiotic herbicide widely used as broad-leaf weed control for cereal crop production. The toxin has been accumulating in o…
CSEF · 2004
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Studies have shown low folate is associated with colorectal cancer precursor lesion (adenoma) development. The one-carbon cycle is a folate-dependent biochemical process imp…
CSEF · 2004
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Scientists have found a gene that may play a part in whether an athlete is a sprinter or excels at endurance events. This gene has been named ACTN3 and it makes a protein ca…