Scientific Rigor

Coral reef resilience to climate change: utilizing Arabidopsis thaliana heat shock proteins to improve Symbiodinium thermal tolerance

November 2, 2025

Tucker Marshall, Regina Rubiano, and Hayden Walmsley, Western Reserve Academy, Hudson, Ohio, United States

Runoff remediation of atrazine and chlorobenzene via a novel Pseudomonas putida construct

October 29, 2024

Zhongchen Cai, Junbo Fan, Isabella Haslinger Johnson, Claire Hua, Sofia Kovacevic, Nana Kyei, Chongming Liu, Yihan Ma, Anya Mathur, Ruihan Qin, Carmen Reed, Binita Shaw, Aparajita Shimpi, Lingzhen Wang, Cavin Xue, Mira Zamarro

Chimeric antigen receptor carrying nanoparticles for enhanced and targeted T cell therapies to bypass solid tumor microenvironment

October 16, 2023

Zara Hayat▫ BioBuilderClub, Andover High School, Andover, Massachusetts, United States

A genetically engineered Pseudomonas fluorescens factory for mupirocin and bacterial collagen production for infection prevention and the accelerated healing of burn wounds

October 16, 2023

Alyssa Clark, Agustina Leiva, Sheilla Muligande, Obafemi Osunmakinde, Allison Rozak▫ Western Reserve Academy, Hudson OH

Start-stop assembly: Genetically engineering gut bacteria to produce a flavonoid

October 16, 2023

Danyan Li▫ Western Reserve Academy, Hudson Ohio, United States

Saving horseshoe crabs: Developing a spray for detection of endotoxins using recombinant factor C and Factor B produced in a mammalian expression system

October 16, 2023

Brennan Bhattacharjee, Aarit Chauhan▫ BioBuilderClub, Andover High School, Andover, Massachusetts, United States
Alisa Kolstova ▫ Oak Ridge High School, El Dorado Hills, California, United States
Adrian Luck, Alexander Luck ▫ BioBuilderClub, Bozeman High School, Bozeman, Montana, United States

An Escherichia coli-based formaldehyde detector: An economical and effective solution for safe air monitoring

October 16, 2023

Lujiong Danzhen, Bowen Jiang, Jack Markert, Ethan Tan, Guanlin Wu, Maizhe Yang

Reversing the effects of sickle cell retinopathy using a gene circuit to synthetically dilate blood vessels around the retina

October 16, 2023

Anusheh Hashmi, Shambhavi Jayakumar, Angela Mac, and Emily Packer ▫ BioBuilderClub, Andover High School, Andover, Massachusetts, United States

AliveSCENT: A method for engineering Escherichia coli to produce linalool as a potential mosquito repellent

October 16, 2023

Cavanaugh Brett, Collins Thomas, Collins Yesenia, Fugazzotto Emily, Meyyappan Sudar, and Pelekoudas Themistocles▫ Tyngsborough High School, Tyngsborough, Massachusetts, United States