October 2026 – Page 5

Optogenetic control in Caenorhabditis elegans: engineering blue-light responsive gene expression for therapeutics

October 26, 2026

Raghav Bajaj, Arush Maridu, Shaun Philip Mathew, Meera Paramagurusamy, Sarvesh Sathiyamoorthi, Ishani Sharma, Mukul Vishwakumar, and Vedanth Vivekanand, South Forsyth High School, Cumming, Georgia, United States of America

Beyond antibiotics: coating sutures in depolymerase to combat surgical site infections

October 26, 2026

Anna Barger, Madison Glass, Collin Si, and Lauren Smeltzer, Western Reserve Academy, Hudson, Ohio, United States of America

Targeting the gut-brain axis: A multi-pathway engineered yogurt for mild depressive symptoms

October 26, 2026

Mitch Hooten, Elisabetta Huff, Josephine Lo, Ben Ross, and Evan Sun, Western Reserve Academy, Hudson, Ohio, United States

Treatment of febrile neutropenia with recombinant hematopoietic cytokine (G-CSF) produced by Escherichia coli

October 26, 2026

Miryam Frost, Sung-tae Hwang, Roque Lavín Delgado, and Valentina Wang, American School of Madrid, Pozuelo, Madrid, Spain