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 · 2019
Microbiology (General)
Objectives D-limonene, a known neurotoxin to the worm Eisenia fetida, can be used to model neurodegenerative diseases in annelids. When exposed to acute d-limonene, the worms exhibit physica…
CSEF · 2019
Microbiology (General)
Objectives The goal was to see if a substance world be dirtier if it stayed on the ground longer. Methods Bananas, saltine crackers, petri dishes, swabs, and a heat lamp. I put a banana on t…
CSEF · 2019
Microbiology (General) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives Several organisms exhibit survival and adaptation to a harsh environment. Selection of candidates that has the potential to withstand and adapt to a diverse set of harsh condition…
CSEF · 2019
Microbiology (General)
Objectives My partner and I know how many people all over the world wear makeup and that their applicators contain bacteria that they don't know they put on their face daily. In this experim…
CSEF · 2019
Microbiology (General) Third Award
Objectives The fungus, Candida albicans grows on the skin and in the GI tract of healthy people as part of the normal microbiota. However, in hospitalized patients, the fungus can enter the…
CSEF · 2019
Microbiology (General)
Objectives The increasing incidence of antibiotic resistance in bacteria necessitates the development of a new approach to target such infections without the constant overuse of antibiotics.…
CSEF · 2019
Microbiology (General)
Objectives My object was to determine if there was microbial growth in a stainless steel straw after it was used and washed correctly. My goal was that if proper washing instructions were us…
CSEF · 2019
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives Antibiotic resistance is thought to be one of the greatest public health crises of the future. Microparticles possess unique properties that may lend themselves to inhibiting the…
CSEF · 2019
Microbiology (General) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives Every year, there are 6,700 multidrug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections and 440 deaths. Yet, medical professionals have no immediate way of determining the best antibiot…
CSEF · 2019
Microbiology (General) Fourth Award
Objectives The objective of this project was to identify which substances in manuka honey give it its anti-bacterial properties. It was also to determine if the same beneficial effects of ma…
CSEF · 2019
Microbiology (General)
Objectives Our goal is to determine if there is a fungi exacerbating the effects of the densovirus driven disease, Sea Star Wasting Syndrome, attacking Ochre Sea Stars, Pisaster ochraceus, a…
CSEF · 2019
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives My goal was to find out if there were more antibiotic-resistant bacteria inside the home or outside the home. I hypothesized that I would find more resistant bacteria inside the h…
CSEF · 2018
Microbiology (General) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals There are no drugs to treat galactosemia, a life-threatening genetic disease in which patients can't metabolize galactose, a sugar found in food. As a result, galactose buil…
CSEF · 2018
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Biofilms infecting orthopedic implants, catheters, and pacemakers pose a significant healthcare risk due to their resistance to antibiotics and phagocytosis. Every year, 1.7…
CSEF · 2018
Microbiology (General) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Algal blooms cause major environmental damage. The bloom zones have increased rapidly in recent years. Total number of dead zones in the world went from 4 in 1910 to 400 in…
CSEF · 2018
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The experiment was to measure which soccer playing surface (artificial turf, grass) cultured the most bacteria in a petri dish containing nutrient agar. It was expected that…
CSEF · 2018
Microbiology (General) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Synthesis of a CRISPRi plasmid to silence the ampicillin resistance gene in Escherichia Coli. Methods/Materials Constructed a gRNA scaffold inside the CRISPRi plasmid encodi…
CSEF · 2018
Microbiology (General) Third Award
Objectives/Goals Previous studies of microbiome metagenomic datasets have relied on linear models (PCA, SVM, and RF, etc) and known species and biomarkers in reference databases and ignored…
CSEF · 2018
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Candida albicans have been recognized as the most prevalent fungal species in humans. When C. albicans form a biofilm they become resistant to typical antifungal treatments.…
CSEF · 2018
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to investigate how different quantities of Aloe vera (A. Barbadensis miller) gel applied on different types of fruits affect the growth of mol…
CSEF · 2018
Microbiology (General) First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine if Equisetum hyemale can inhibit the growth of Penicillium italcium fungi. Methods/Materials Potato agar was mixed with Equisetum…
CSEF · 2018
Microbiology (General) First Award
Objectives/Goals The identification of new antibiotics and new methods for antibiotic testing can fight the antibiotic resistance crisis. The goals of this project are to (1) find antibacter…
CSEF · 2018
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine if common antibiotics have the same effect in different temperatures and beyond their expiration date on Bacillus subtilis. Metho…
CSEF · 2018
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to study the effect of combination antifungal agents on the treatment of candidiasis and the yeast cellular structure to develop a treatment. Methods/Materi…
CSEF · 2018
Microbiology (General) Third Award
Objectives/Goals In my experiment, I wanted to test the effects of UVC light on bacteria. I decided to test two non pathogenic strains, known as Bacillus subtilis, and Micrococcus luteus, to…
CSEF · 2018
Microbiology (General) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Non-caloric artificial sweeteners (NAS) are among the most commonly used food additives in the world. These artificial sweeteners can actually lead to obesity indirectly by…
CSEF · 2018
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to determine whether exposure to nitrogen fertilizer will decrease the number of beneficial mycorrhizal fungi that grow into the root systems…
CSEF · 2018
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine a cheap, efficient, effective, and easily accessible way to filter out water for those in developing countries. Methods/Materia…
CSEF · 2018
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine if naturally occurring antibacterial agents can be derived from plants and soil-dwelling microorganisms in the Sierra Nevada Foot…
CSEF · 2018
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was to see what kind of light supported the most growth of Chlorella algae inside of a homemade, inexpensive photobioreactor. Methods/Materials…