October 2026 – Page 2

Oat-shield: sustainable cellulose bandages with integrated antimicrobial peptides for wound treatment

October 26, 2026

Amira Bach, Autumn Fisher, Rui Li, Dana Omar, Hiraj Patel, and Raafae Rasool, Chinook High School, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

Testing a scalable qPCR chip for early genetic screening of rare diseases

October 26, 2026

Anika Abbott, and Kaveri Dole, Andover High School, Andover, Massachusetts, United States of America

Comparative phytochemical profiling and therapeutic properties of three Cananga odorata varieties: GC-MS/MS analysis of biofunctional compounds

October 26, 2026

Thomas Gunawan, Ye Sung Han, Daffa Hidayat, Daffi Muhammad Hidayat, and Melody Regina Wijaya, Sinarmas World Academy, South Tangerang City, Banten, Indonesia

The Gut-Guardian: A probiotic pill for localized celiac relief

October 26, 2026

Shreya Soni, Andover High School, Andover, Massachusetts, United States

Inducible expression of ACC deaminase in Bacillus subtilis to mitigate drought-induced plant stress

October 26, 2026

Jerry Hu, Eason Wang, Joe Yang, and Justin Yin, Western Reserve Academy, Hudson, Ohio, United States

Degradation of viral NS5 polymerase mRNA from mosquito-borne diseases with engineered RNAi

October 26, 2026

Anish Anumakonda, Chethas Chittipiralla, Andrew Jiang, Sanel Lathiya, Sarah Manoj, Nila Prabhu, Smyan Reddy, Rochan Saireddy, and Raghavan Swaminathan, Lambert High School, Suwanee, Georgia, United States of America

Combating second-degree burn conversion: a curcumin-releasing bioengineered hydrogel bandage

October 26, 2026

Julian Guevara Castellanos, Thanat Jarukulvanich, Tanya Jay, Tasheen Kashem, Lakshya Kesanakurti, Yeseo Kim, Nathaniel Lawrence, Aarav Phadnis, Charvi Talupuru, and Annabel Volpe, Lexington High School, Lexington, Massachusetts, United States of America

Early detection of KRAS G12D mutation using CRISPR-Cas12a and REA-RPA to increase survival rates of pancreatic cancer patients

October 26, 2026

Swetha Anand, Shreeansh Bommoju, Sai Jaggannagari, Hyowon Kim, Bhargavi Ladekar, Aleena Rasheed, Aarna Ravikanth, Nitya Shool, and Rachel Weitz, Alpharetta High School Biotechnology Club, Alpharetta, Georgia, United States of America

Enhancing experimental conditions for increased PETase and LCC activity and thermal stability in the enzymatic hydrolysis of PET

October 26, 2026

Ella Hu, Siri Jayaprakash, Tomas Kruecker-Green, and Keerthi Shome, Andover High School, Andover, Massachusetts, United States

Engineering Pseudomonas abietaniphila for the Constitutive Production of Chitinase to Combat Pine Wilt Disease

October 26, 2026

Jack Baron, and James Collins, Andover High School, Andover, Massachusetts, United States of America

Peer Reviewed High School Synthetic Biology

Month: October 2026

Oat-shield: sustainable cellulose bandages with integrated antimicrobial peptides for wound treatment

Testing a scalable qPCR chip for early genetic screening of rare diseases

Comparative phytochemical profiling and therapeutic properties of three Cananga odorata varieties: GC-MS/MS analysis of biofunctional compounds

The Gut-Guardian: A probiotic pill for localized celiac relief

Inducible expression of ACC deaminase in Bacillus subtilis to mitigate drought-induced plant stress

Degradation of viral NS5 polymerase mRNA from mosquito-borne diseases with engineered RNAi

Combating second-degree burn conversion: a curcumin-releasing bioengineered hydrogel bandage

Early detection of KRAS G12D mutation using CRISPR-Cas12a and REA-RPA to increase survival rates of pancreatic cancer patients

Enhancing experimental conditions for increased PETase and LCC activity and thermal stability in the enzymatic hydrolysis of PET

Engineering Pseudomonas abietaniphila for the Constitutive Production of Chitinase to Combat Pine Wilt Disease