Browse 55 real Microbiology projects entered in 2016, with abstracts, awards and links to the original entries.
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals A thousand year old recipe from Bald's Leechbook, which is an English medical text from the Anglo-Saxon period, contains a remedy for treatment of a "wen" or a lump in the e…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment is to find out what type of ground has the most bacteria while referring to the five second rule. Methods/Materials I am using different grounds…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals My project aimed to determine which species of bacteria are present in the fish meat from store-bought sushi. Methods/Materials I used 3 types of fish meat, salmon, tuna and…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals If algae grew in sixteen ounce galvanized steel, silicone, colored plastic, or ceramic bowls placed in simulated light, shade, or darkness which would have: A higher light a…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to find the best nourishment (in the form of various types of water) for algae to be used to create biofuel. Methods/Materials Homemade grow-…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to test which ratio of amoxicillin and vitamin C is most effective in combating Staphylococcus epidermidis bacteria. Methods/Materials Duri…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Candida glabrata is a fungus that causes life threatening infection in humans. Recently, some strains have become resistant to current antifungal drugs such as caspofungin,…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Better show the effect mucus has on bacterial growth Purify isolate cultures of bacteria found in mucus Extract bacterial DNA and obtain genotypic sequencing Methods/Materia…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to to quantify how good or bad a nutrient is for microbiome health. Methods/Materials Tested how health-promoting nutrients (protein, vitam…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to try and grow Anabaena (blue-green algae) in the atmospheric aspect of a simulated Martian environment, to help determine whether this micr…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General) First Award
Objectives/Goals As strains of bacteria have evolved to acquire resistance against antibiotics, they have also developed mechanisms to evade the immune system. High dosages of antibiotics ha…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals This study examined the effectiveness of Micro-phages versus antimicrobial disinfectants and antibiotics in combating E. Coli B. It was predicted that the antimicrobial & an…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals VP35 is a polymerase cofactor and multifunctional protein that interferes with host-cell antiviral resistance mechanisms and it is essential for viral replication and immune…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective was to develop an effective, low-cost, energy-efficient hospital room disinfection system, to target outbreak-causing Gram-negative bacteria such as CRE. This…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Since 1991 the Monterey Bay has experienced eight algal blooms, one of the largest occurring during the summer of 2015. Many of the phytoplankton in these blooms produce dom…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Shingle Mill Creek is a non-point source of fecal coliform pollution into the San Lorenzo River. Last year, we determined that the coliform originates from an upstream locat…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General) Second Award
Objectives/Goals My project aims to improve the efficiency of efflux pump inhibitor Naphthylmethyl Piperazine (NMP). Methods/Materials I performed my tests in New England Biotech's C2992 E.…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine the effect of specific preservatives on the growth of yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae.) Methods/Materials To set up the experi…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Algae have the potential to rescue mankind from lack of sustainable fuel sources and global warming. Algae absorb 90 percent of surrounding CO2 into their cells and produce…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals To determine whether the source of probiotic bacteria (live culture or commercial freeze dried capsules) differ in their ability to survive the stomach after ingestion. The…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine if human tears can kill an equivalent amount of Staphylococcus aureus as Bactine, Neosporin, Isopropyl Alcohol, and sterile water…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study is to learn how to kill pathogens with heat treatment with as much energy efficiency as possible by determining whether, in a controlled environmen…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General) Third Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to determine the effects of an electromagnetic field on single celled organisms. The experiments involved observing three different types of si…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Antibiotics are commonly used to treat common human bacterial infections. Overuse of antibiotics disturbs human bacterial flora and causes emergence of bacterial resistance.…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General) Third Award
Objectives/Goals Bacterial cells can have DNA damage due to transcriptional error, or through the effect of an antibiotic. The SOS response is a bacterial cell program for coping with DNA da…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Skin cancer rates are continuing to rise in America and are primarily due to UV exposure. The purpose of this experiment is to determine the most effective skin protectant p…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine the effects of various cleaning methods on bacteria growth on cutting boards. Methods/Materials 3 cutting boards (plastic, antiba…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine if the latest artificial intelligence (deep learning neural net) image recognition algorithms had reached a level of sophisti…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals With the increasing problem of antibiotic resistance in bacteria, a different approach is needed to combat bacterial infections beyond the continual overuse of antibiotics.…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals The emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is a global threat. Each year in the US alone, approximately 23,000 people die as a result of antibiotic-resistant bacterial i…