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ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
Hepatitis C is a liver disease caused by the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) which infects over 200 million people worldwide. The HCV produces a nonstructural protein (NS3) that acts as a helicase a…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
The purpose for analyzing the spectra of R Coronae Borealis (RCB) stars and carbon stars is to determine if R Coronae Borealis stars can be identified from spectral analysis rather than from…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
The rapid evolution of viral species complicates the management of chronic infections and the control of other emerging microbiological, infectious agents. The accumulation of these polymorp…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
Hepatitis B virus (HBV), a small partially double-stranded DNA hepadnavirus, is the causative agent of B-type hepatitis. A replication-competent HBV vector bearing a reporter gene (reporter…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology Fourth Award
Introduction: Bacteria develop resistance to ß-lactam antibiotics by synthesizing a ß-lactamase to counteract this. It is vital to examine the genetic elements within the ß-lactamases that c…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
The electromagnetic theory states that magnetic field exerts strong magnetic forces on ferromagnetic materials and weak forces on non-magnetic materials. Based on this theory, combining the…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
To learn more about the origins and evolution of stars and galaxies, astronomers study star clusters, the birthplaces of stars. Our ability to study these clusters can be hampered by the eff…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology Second Award
Biofilms infections show increased antibiotic resistance thus necessitating the search for novel therapeutics. Bordetella pertussis biofilm infections, or whooping cough, have resurged globa…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
There are approximately 10^31 phages in the biosphere, making them the most abundant biological entities known to science. They are genetically diverse and play a primary role in bacterial e…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
Maintenance of genome stability is important for preventing DNA damage, which leads to cancer when unrepaired. One method of DNA repair is homologous recombination (HR), where the Shu comple…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology Second Award
Human Immunodeficiency Virus affects more than 33 million individuals globally and is associated with a progressive decline in CD4+ T cell count. The 3S motif of gp41 on the virus induces an…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
Virus; like smallpox, HIV, and H1N1; have cause millions of deaths, impacted lifestyles, and caused public scares. The best method of attack for a virus is to prevent it from ever happening,…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
This experiment evaluates the proportionality constant between 18 selected galaxies’ distances and recessional velocities from earth. Then, compares that constant to the current accepted val…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
Dinoflagellates are single-celled, eukaryotic, planktonic species. Most dinoflagellates are completely harmless, but a few species have detrimental environmental effects such as the Red Tide…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology Fourth Award
Since the discovery of penicillin, bacteria have developed mechanisms to avoid its effects and, therefore, survive. Furthermore, during the last decades and because of the overuse of antibio…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology Second Award
Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage is a state of subclinical bacterial harboring associated with threefold increased infection risk for ~25% of the healthy human population. The first stag…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology Fourth Award
This research investigated if and why specific proteins in H1N1 are able to inhibit the acidification of endosomes/lysosomes in order to mediate a host cell response favorable to viral repli…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
The aim of this project was to explore the relationship between Coronal Mass Ejections (CME’s) and the Solar Sun Spot Cycle. CME’s and the Solar Sunspot Cycle are both caused by intense acti…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology Fourth Award
The enterohemorrhagic strain Escherichia coli O157:H7 ranks fourth among the agents causing gastrointestinal illnesses in North America. Cattle are the main reservoirs for this human pathoge…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology Third Award
The treatment of tuberculosis requires a minimum of 6 months of multidrug therapy. Antibiotic efficacy is complicated by a bacterial subpopulation of “persisters”. The persisters are genotyp…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
The purpose of this experiment was to determine if Mycoplasma bovis could be isolated from milk fluid, blood, lachrymal fluid, and nasopharyngeal cultures. The veterinarian collected milk fl…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology Fourth Award
On August 14, 2013, Nova Delphini was discovered by Koichi Itagaki. This nova erupted to a maximum brightness of magnitude 4.4 by August 16. The extraordinary brightness of this event allowe…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology Second Award
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) is an opportunistic gram-negative bacterium that causes serious infection in immunocompromised patients. PA becomes much more pathogenic when it develops a biofil…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology Third Award
The purpose of the project was to detect solar g-modes which would consequently confirm existing theories of solar magnetic fields. Viable sunspots were selected based on set criteria, and d…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology First Award
Young supernova remnants (YSNRs) are possible sites of cosmic-ray (CR) acceleration, thanks to which the CRs were observed to reach energies as high as 10e15 eV. However, such acceleration c…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
Asteroid orbits are subject to chaos theory, that is, extremely sensitive to initial conditions. Because of this, it is critical to obtain both accuracy and high precision when generating th…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
Bacterial antibiotic resistance has become a concern following this class of drugs’ widespread adoption and subsequent misuse. New methods to eradicate bacteria must be discovered and perfec…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
The Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) theory for dark matter predicts the production of gamma radiation from WIMP annihilation and decay. To examine the possibility of WIMP dark mat…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
This project focuses on predicting the strength of solar flares based on sunspot characteristics. It was hypothesized that the probability of generating an intense solar flare within a sunsp…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
Detection of disease in humans is primarily based upon symptoms an individual may experience. New research suggests that monitoring the oral microbiome for changes in the normal flora could…