CSEF · 2012
Fishy Fertilizer
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine what effect fertilizers have on aquatic life. Methods/Materials In this experiment I used nine one gallon graduated containers,…
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CSEF · 2012
Going Green with Grey Water
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals My project tested the survival rate of red worms to seven dilutions of 4 dish soaps (2 conventional and 2 eco-friendly)to determine if grey water with eco-friendly soap resi…
CSEF · 2012
Heart Stopping Red Bull
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals This experiment was done to find out how Red Bull effects the heart rate of Daphnia. I found out that Red Bull increases the heart rate of Daphnia. As I increased the concen…
CSEF · 2012
HIV-1 Integrase and LEDGF/p75 Protein Binding
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Using a selective alpha screen assay process, we can identify if certain small molecules can inhibit or disrupt the interaction between the viral enzyme, HIV-1 integrase, an…
CSEF · 2012
Household Cleaning Hazards: Investigating Effects of Chemicals in Windex and Formula 409 on A549 Lung Epithelium
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to test (a) how household cleaning products, such as Windex, and Formula 409, and the carcinogenic chemicals that the aforementioned clean…
CSEF · 2012
How Do Increased Concentrations of Salt and Baking Soda Affect the Repellent of Ants?
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to determine which non-toxic compound, salt or baking soda, is more effective in repelling ants and establish an optimal concentration fo…
CSEF · 2012
How Will Vinegar Damage Vinca major in a Wild Environment?
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to find out if the invasive species Vinca major (V. major) can be damaged in a wild environment using vinegar. Vinca major poses a threat to nativ…
CSEF · 2012
Investigating the Effectiveness of Indigenous Plants in Inhibiting Mosquito Larvae Development
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to determine the effectiveness of indigenous plants as natural pesticides in inhibiting mosquito larvae development. Methods/Materials 600 mosqui…
CSEF · 2012
Investigating the Effects of Various Environmental Conditions on the Degradation of Antibiotics
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to determine how well penicillin, amoxicillin, and septra work after being exposed to different environments. This is important because these an…
CSEF · 2012
Investigating the Inhibitory Effect of Resveratrol on Ovarian Cancer Cells
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The experimental approach was formulated in order to investigate resveratrol#s pharmacologic influence on ovarian ascites cancer and to determine whether resveratrol can be…
CSEF · 2012
Investigating Various Herbs in Stimulating or Suppressing Appetite Level
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to determine if organic herbs can help diets of individuals. The reason I am doing this investigation is to determine if organic herbs will stim…
CSEF · 2012
Mathematical Modeling of Cancer Cell Proliferation after Radiotherapy
Pharmacology/ Toxicology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The main purpose of this research is to obtain a better understanding of optimal radiotherapy that can be used to treat cancer patients. Dedifferentiation is a relatively re…
CSEF · 2012
Melanin-Based Dietary Supplements Promote Pigmentation in Chrysaora colorata
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Chrysaora colorata is a local southern California jellyfish with dark purple stripes on its bell. However, cultured specimens develop coloration that is only faintly reminis…
CSEF · 2012
Natural vs. Chemical Herbicides
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to find which of the herbicides (Roundup, cinnamon oil, lavender oil, or vinegar) was most effective at inhibiting the color, growth, and n…
CSEF · 2012
Nutrition and Its Effect on Horse Glucose Levels
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals This science fair project was done to learn more about the effect of nutrition on glucose levels of horses. The primary types of hay available are thought to have differing…
CSEF · 2012
Osage Orange: Does It Have Antibacterial or Insect Repellent Effects?
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Last year I performed water quality tests on creek water in the Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve. There, I saw a grove of trees that bore lime green, warty balls of fruit. Af…
CSEF · 2012
Perfumes: Detrimental to the Skin or Not?
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The goal of my experiment is to test and compare six different types of perfumes three store bought alcoholic perfumes and three homemade nonalcoholic perfumes to see which…
CSEF · 2012
Repelling Bemisia tabaci through the Infiltration of Natural Extracts into Verbena x hybrida "Babylon White"
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals This project aims to determine if anti-pest environments created by commercial pesticides can also be developed by infiltrating the liquid extracts of companion plants known…
CSEF · 2012
Smart Bomb to the Tumors: Clostridial-Directed Enzyme Prodrug Therapy (CDEPT) Enhanced with Vascular Targeting Agents
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals It has been known that tumor hypoxia is a major setback in standard cancer treatment of radiation therapy and chemotherapy. This project is focused on turning this setback i…
CSEF · 2012
Structural Integrity of the Cytoskeleton in Response to Myosin Inhibitors
Pharmacology/ Toxicology Third Award
Objectives/Goals For cancer, diabetes, and other diseases, myosin inhibitors offer potential prevention and treatment by blocking cell migration and stopping diseased cells from spreading. T…
CSEF · 2012
Tachycardia, Intoxication, and Coma: The Physiological Effects of Caffeine on Daphnia magna and Humans
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals This project was developed to discover how caffeine would affect the physiology and heart rate of organisms. A survey made by Johns Hopkins University shows that 80% of adul…
CSEF · 2012
The Combined Effect of Heat Stress and the Oxidative Stressors Juglone and Paraquat on Caenorhabditis elegans Survival
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals In the environment, multiple environmental stressors interact and challenge an organism#s ability to maintain homeostasis. Little is understood about how an organism maintai…
CSEF · 2012
The Comparison of Common Household Products and Labeled Chemical Pesticides on Mosquito Control
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to compare easily accessible household products and registered pesticides to compare their efficacy as a pesticide for mosquitoes in a backyar…
CSEF · 2012
The Effect of Chemicals on Glial Cell Counts
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals My objective is to determine whether rat glial cell colony formation is decreased when caffeine or kava is added to the growth medium. Methods/Materials I incubated 60 wells…
CSEF · 2012
The Effect of Deer Antler on the Proliferation of Endothelial Cells in vitro
Pharmacology/ Toxicology Second Award
Objectives/Goals Deer antler, an intriguing natural substance, is the only mammalian organ capable of regenerating, and has been extensively used in Traditional Chinese Medicine for over 200…
CSEF · 2012
The Effect of High-Fructose Corn Syrup in Comparison to Sucrose and Water on the Weight Gain of Mice
Pharmacology/ Toxicology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My goal of this experiment to address the obesity dilemma in America and its relation to the artificial sugar HFCS-55. I wanted to test if 30 mice (15 male and 15 female) wo…
CSEF · 2012
The Effect of Non-Native Allelopathic Plant Waters on the Growth of Native California Poppies
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine whether non-native allelopathic plants affect the growth of native California poppy seeds and whether different non-native allelopathic plants…
CSEF · 2012
The Effects of 1,3,7-Trimethylxanthine on Multiple Generations of Drosophila melanogaster
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals This project aimed to observe how 1,3,7 trimethylxanthine affects the population size of D. Melanogaster. It also aimed to observe what percent of caffeine; five, ten, or fo…
CSEF · 2012
The Effects of 17 B-Estradiol on Embryonic Danio rerio Hatching Rates under Elevated Temperatures
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine if rising temperatures in waterways due to climate change could impact fish egg viability when exposed to estrogen, a conta…
CSEF · 2012
The Effects of Curcumin on the Memory Curves of Planaria: A Model of the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my study is to determine whether the Indian herb, curcumin, delays the degradation of neurons demonstrated by the decline in the conditioned response of the f…