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Microbiology (General)
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Toothbrushes in the bathroom come into contact with many contaminants, including mold, toilet spray, human germs and dust. The objective of this project is to determine whic…
Microbiology (General)
First Award
Objectives/Goals A pandemic outbreak of a highly pathogenic influenza virus such as the avian H5N1 or H7N9 strain could potentially kill millions of people before new vaccines become availab…
Microbiology (General)
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The fungus Candida glabrata is part of the normal human flora. In hospitalized patients with weakened immune systems, the fungus can enter the bloodstream from the GI tract…
Microbiology
By doing quick measurements of the growth of simple Prokaryote bacteria, it should be possible to estimate the relative genome size. This is possible by a simple estimation of the growth rat…
Microbiology
Asteroids that are larger than 200 meters are usually rubble piles, consisting of rocks and ice held together by gravity. If they rotate faster than about ten times per day, they will spin a…
Microbiology
Tidal lock is a phenomenon that gravitationally “locks” the orientation of an orbiting body toward the other body. A good example is the Moon facing the Earth always with the same face. Moon…
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to find whether the inside or the outside of bathroom door handles had more bacteria. Methods/Materials I swabbed the inside and outside…