Bioinformatics Science Fair Projects & Experiments

Bioinformatics
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Bioinformatics in Medicine

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A Structural Genomic Approach to Mycobacterial Drug Design Targeting Replicative Synthesis: Structure & Function of dnaQ R

The Effect of EtOH and Antimicrobial Peptide RP-1 on Apoptosis inVarious Pathogenic Microbes R

Bionformatics-based Prediction of Novel Caspase Substrates R

MicroRNA-Oncogene Proximity and Observed Rates of Cancer: A Statistical Study R

Exploring Protein Similarities with Bioinformatics Tools to Establish Reasonable Animal Models for Disease Research R

Use publicly available web-based bioinformatics resources to search for a disease of interest and SNPs, single-nucleotide polymorphisms, associated with that disease. R

Use web-based bioinformatics tools (SAGE Genie) to identify genes that are over-expressed in pancreatic cancer tissue. R

Bioinformatics in Zoology

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Use an online bioinformatics database to find out which animals currently have genome projects, which projects are complete, and which projects are still in progress. R

Bioinformatics in Biochemistry

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The Involvement of Small G-protein ARL-6 in the Formation of Sensory Cilia R

RNA Alignment Scoring Based on Covariance R

Explore functions of an unknown protein using computational methods; the connection between how a protein performs its job(s) and how its corresponding DNA sequence changes throughout evolution; the specific functions of a protein, based only on its amino acid (protein) sequence R

Bioinformatics in Microbiology

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Phylogenetic Comparison of Pacific Coast Marine Algae: Cystoseria osmundacea and Halidrys dioica R

Bioinformatics in Genetics

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Identify T. Rex's closest living relative by using simple bioinformatics tools. R

Build a family tree for the primates, including Homo sapiens, based on the similarity of mitochondrial proteins by using the BLAST bioinformatics tool. R

Characterization of the Arabidopsis Auxin-Response Mutant 4(4,2) and an ARM Gene R

Quantifying Genetic Similarity in Relation to Geographic Distance R

Find how complexity can be produced through Natural Selection and Evolution; will higher mutation rates allow for faster adaptation? R

The Urea Transporter (UT) Family: A Bioinformatic and PhylogeneticAnalysis R

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