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ISEF · 2017
Biochemistry
Site-specific mutagenesis, also known as site-directed mutagenesis, is the specific and intentional introduction of mutations into a DNA sequence. This technique has many applications in res…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Life of all organisms is largely regulated by protein-protein interactions. In particular, immune system reactions are provided by those interactions. When our immune system fails, scientist…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
This investigation was based on inducing a major hallmark of Type II Diabetes (T2D), insulin resistance (IR), in Drosophila melanogaster (DM) through high Sucrose diets (HSD) and characteriz…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
Lithium-ion batteries are one of the most popular secondary batteries in modern society. Therefore, electrode materials are actively developed to increase the efficiency and stability of lit…
ISEF · 2017
Embedded Systems
Most computation in electronic devices is performed using transistor based logic gates. However, due to physical limitations on transistor’s size, it will be impossible to develop the transi…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The goal of the research is to develop “live” food products with high biological value, which will be used in the diet therapy of people diagnosed with metabolic syndromes. In order to creat…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Chemical
In this project, sustainable dye sensitized solar cells were optimized by fabrication of a novel organic dye composition which improved the stability and efficiency of the cell. A dye materi…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science
Mutation detection contributes great significance in the early diagnosis, prognosis and monitoring of cancer. Therefore, the emergence of a highly efficient assay for detecting mutation is g…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
China is famous for cooking, but a lot of waste oil is generated in China per year. Traditional separating method cannot isolate oil and water completely, spending much energy and money on i…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
This study of the Jovian system aims to determine the patterns of deviation magnitude produced from the orbital trajectories of the Galilean satellites based on three different parameters: t…
ISEF · 2017
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
This research is developed as a felt need on the importance of providing a tool for people with visual impairment that facilitates communication through the development of teaching and learn…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is the name for a group of developmental disorders. ASD includes a range of symptoms, skills, and levels of disability. According to the Centers for Disease Co…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
Free-space broadband functional near infrared (fNIR) spectroscopy technique has been used to clinically measure the optical properties of ganglion cysts and lipomas tumors. The fNIR system m…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This research examines the hypothesis that intrinsic antibiotic resistance differs according to habitat. I think that the biofilm is creating an environment that is causing the microbes on t…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Pluripotent stem cells have a great potential to proliferate in the lab and differentiate into all cell types. Pancreatic progenitor cells generated from PSCs can be transplanted directly in…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences
Meimuna opalifera, with its characteristic song, is a well-known cicada in Japan. On the mainland of Japan, we always hear its song composed of 4 phrases, while in some isles of the Osumi Is…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
Peripheral neuropathy afflicts 20 million United States citizens and leads to sensory loss in the extremities as well as infection, injury, and amputation. Daily ambulation alone can cause d…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology
FACT is a complex of 2 subunits: SSRP1 and SPT16. Both subunits are required to be present and associated with each other through their dimerization domain (DD) in order for FACT functionali…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science
According to the Centers for Disease Control, hospital acquired infections (HAIs) kill over 100,000 people every year in the United States. Studies have shown that lab coats worn by medical…
ISEF · 2017
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Disability Breaker project can Stop 3 types of the hardest types of disabilities like blind deaf & dumb paralyzed & Deaf dumb About the First Disability my project help them by convert speec…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
This research project aimed to identify the colored substance produced by the reaction of sulfuric acid with a specific type of gold ore that I discovered in Boulder, Colorado. The collected…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that can regulate circadian gene expression. This study investigates the relationship of miRNA and microbiome levels to diurnal variations in hum…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
With over 19,000 genes in the human genome, an effective method to link genes to the progression of cancer is needed. The identification of even one novel significant gene in the progression…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy
Abstract : We present the discovery of the Qatar-6b exoplanet as a result from the Qatar Exoplanet Survey (QES). Qatar-6b exoplanet is a hot Jupiter – a very large gas planet, very close to…
ISEF · 2017
Mathematics Second Award
In this project, Ricci flow and normalized Ricci flow were studied in a discrete 3-dimensional setting, where the manifold of interest is the boundary of a 4-simplex. This manifold is the di…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Antioxidants are known to play an important role in the protection of cells. Laboratory experiments using C-Fern spore cells were conducted to investigate the effect of antioxidants on spore…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Studying the 3D topology of the genome, in which DNA interacts to form loops, has become a promising field for building a better understanding of tumor biology. Although identifying 3D genom…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
The purpose of this project was to investigate the significance of the relationship between the use of modern information technologies and the exacerbation of procrastination among teenagers…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences
The purpose of the project I conducted was to test the short-term effect of changing water pH on pea plant growth. Changing the pH of water was supposed to simulate how polluted water effect…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
The objective of this research was to determine if Eastern Oysters and Hard Shell Clams filtration ability to naturally filter and improve the overall water quality would be affected if the…