Students from the 2006 summer class were awarded medals in various 2007 competitions for
their research projects.
| Project Title |
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Award Received |
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| "Budweiser ads fool college students into thinking they can stay up longer" |
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1st Place Advanced Behavioral Science, District 3*
2nd Place Advanced Behavioral Science, State**
Best in category, State** |
| "Curcumin decreases cell migration in lung carcinoma cells" |
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3rd Place Advanced Biotechnology, District 3*
3rd Place Advanced Biology, State** |
| "Determination of nicotinic receptor subtypes in anxiety: the zebrafish as a model" |
|
N/A |
| "Do religious beliefs guide your opinion about the validity of the abortion pill?" |
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1st Place Behavioral Science, State**
Best in category, State** |
| "Effectiveness of soaps against bacteria on hands and dishes" |
|
N/A |
| "Is OTC echinacea effective in reducing the expression of inflammatory genes?" |
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2nd Place Advanced Biotechnology, District 3** |
| "Sport drinks enhance performance by reducing recovery time" |
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2nd Place Advanced Biology, District 3* |
| "The effects of antibiotic resistance gene copy number on antibiotic resistance to ampicillin" |
|
N/A |
| "The use of zebrafish to model the treatment of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo with antioxidants" |
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1st Place Advanced Biology, District 3*
1st Place, District 5†
2nd Place‡
Ohio Wesleyan University Scholarship ($40,000) |
| "X-Men of the plant world: do herbal drugs cause mutations in the bacteria Serratia marcecans?" |
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N/A |
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* District Competitions, North Carolina Student Academy of Science, CIIT, Research Triangle Park, Raleigh, NC
** State Competitions, North Carolina Student Academy of Science, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Durham, NC
† Regional Competitions, North Carolina State Science Fair, SciWorks, Winston Salem, NC
‡ State Competitions, North Carolina State Science Fair, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC
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