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ISEF · 2020
Microbiology
Antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria, called superbugs, require new strategies to improve infection treatment. In my previous years’ research, I discovered that the Native American herb…
ISEF · 2020
Microbiology
Currently over a million cases of cancer are diagnosed each year, around fifty percent result in death. Cancer only accounts for 2.5% of the 4,000 identified genetic diseases. Genetic diseas…
ISEF · 2020
Microbiology
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are a worldwide public health crisis with the potential of mass casualties due to the overuse of antibiotics. This experiment was conducted to investigate what…
ISEF · 2020
Microbiology
Dental caries occurs as oral bacteria (such as Lactobacillus acidophilus) metabolize sugars and convert them into acid, thus removing calcium from the teeth. Natural herbal plants, such as A…
ISEF · 2020
Microbiology
Endophytes are bacteria and fungi that live inside plant tissues, often acting in mutualistic relationships by producing beneficial compounds. Leaf tissues of Cordyline fruticosa (ti) were o…
ISEF · 2020
Microbiology
The aim of this project was to create qPCR assays for lifestyle determination of Staphylococcus aureus bacteriophage. Bacteriophage are viruses that infect bacteria and therefore have antiba…
ISEF · 2020
Microbiology
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Env subunit gp41, mediates fusion Sciences between the viral envelope and target cell membrane. GP41 changes conformation by inserting the fusion…
ISEF · 2020
Microbiology
Bacteriocins are antimicrobial proteins or polypeptides produced by bacterial cells. Currently, they are being intensively analysed due to their potential as alternatives to chemical food pr…
ISEF · 2020
Microbiology
There is a growing concern worldwide that extensive use of antibiotics is resulting in the development of antibiotic resistance among pathogenic bacteria. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a multidr…
ISEF · 2020
Microbiology
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic bacterium that causes serious infections in immunocompromised patients, such as those who have severe wounds or cystic fibrosis. Although many anti…
ISEF · 2020
Microbiology
The unsustainability and environmental pollution caused by primary energy sources along with issues on the purification of wastewater act as a major impetus for research into alternative bio…
ISEF · 2020
Microbiology
The need to develop antimicrobial therapies is on the rise as antibiotic resistance increases. Drug repurposing is a cost-effective measure and much more efficient than drug development. Nic…
ISEF · 2020
Microbiology
Affecting over 2.4 billion people, dental caries is the most prevalent, global disease. Caries is caused by Streptococcus mutans, a bacteria that produces lactic acid, creating lesions in th…
ISEF · 2020
Microbiology
Solar power is an important green energy, but it is almost impossible to generate electricity using a solar PV panel at night. We thus developed a Bio-photovoltaic “Boxed Micro-Biosphere” (B…
ISEF · 2020
Microbiology
Neurodegenerative disorders affect more than 6 million people in the United States alone. Heavy metal exposure has been implicated in the progression of disorders such as Parkinson’s Disease…
ISEF · 2020
Microbiology
As there are more than a million cases in the United States annually and over 500,000 Americans die each year, cancer can be characterized as the continual unregulated rapid increase in the…
ISEF · 2020
Microbiology
The purpose of this experiment is to determine whether the selected cyanobacteria: Anabaena, Eucapsis, Fischerella, Tolypothrix, Merismopedia, Nostoc, and Spirulina, would prosper in a Mars…
ISEF · 2020
Microbiology
Imagine living in a world where nothing is ever truly clean. A world where diseases and pathogens are basically immortal. Endospores are a bacterial defense mechanism where “stressed '' bact…
ISEF · 2020
Microbiology
Metastatic cancers behave in an extremely aggressive manner. They move and spread all throughout the body and are very hard to predict and treat. The process which metastatic cancer develops…
ISEF · 2020
Microbiology
A previous study indicated that the antimicrobial peptide Cecropin A could be an effective tool against cyanobacterial blooms. Several applications of Cecropin A against these blooms could i…
ISEF · 2020
Microbiology
The researcher aimed to test effects of transdermal iontophoresis treatment consisting of quorum-sensing-targeted siRNA on growth of Staphylococcus epidermidis. Small Interfering RNA(siRNA),…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
Twelve multistate foodborne outbreaks recently occurred in the United States involving leafy greens. Salad vegetables are a potential threat to public health since they are consumed raw. Bac…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
Enterobacter aerogenes is a Gram-negative, facultative anaerobic bacterium that colonizes the human gastrointestinal tract. Because the pineal neurohormone melatonin is directly produced by…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
Bacteria cause numerous issues when they infect water sources, including bacterial disease, which affects billions of people annually, aquarium and aquaculture issues, and environmental issu…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology Third Award
Each year, 2 million Americans acquire antibiotic-resistant infections and 23,000 die. Unfortunately, the scientific consensus is that no new classes of antibiotics are left to be discovered…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
As antibiotic resistance increases, new antibiotics will be needed to combat the older one that can no longer treat a human with a simple, yet resistant bacteria. This project continuation f…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
The United States generates 230 million tons of landfill waste annually and around 20% is biodegradable waste resulting in polluted landfill sites. Reusing or reducing biodegradable waste ca…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
The green salamander, Aneides aeneus, is an endangered species that inhabits moist, rock crevices in the Appalachian mountains. Microflora found on the skin of amphibians have coevolved, for…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
The growing bacterial resistance to antibiotics is a concern of global proportion. It is imperative that novel compounds with antimicrobial properties be identified for therapeutic applicati…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
This project was conducted due to the growing issue of antibiotic resistance. In commercial feedlots animals are often pretreated with antibiotics as a precaution. When an animal is treated…