You could consider a presentation on the extremophiles? These are a group of organisms studied in microbiology that thrive under the harshest conditions on Earth, and sometimes even in the vacuum of space (research the tardigrade (or water bear) for more info).If you wanted more of a culture driven presentation, how about the opening of the world’s first and only microbe museum in the World - Micropia, of Amsterdam, Holland (I’ve been here, it’s brilliant). You could relate it to the popularisation of microbiology leading to potentially wider interest into the subject and thus a greater number of people studying it and possibly an exponential increase in the rate of discoveries within the field of science - many hands make light work.You could even think about the health benefits of some microbes, for example, the Spirulina genus are a form of cyanobacteria that can be consumed by humans and indeed they do contain a great deal of nutrients. I’m pretty sure they’re 63% protein by composition!Seriously though, extremophiles are some of the coolest microbes on Earth, well worth a mention.—These are basic ideas I know, but I don’t know what level of education you will be giving this presentation to!
Epitope prediction - especially modeling of MHC-peptide-TCR complexes. Applications include designing peptide vaccines, cancer immunotherapy and immunogenicity assessment of peptide drugs.
If you are interested in Maths and Physics here is quite new hypothesis, that combine these both and the Chaos theory as well. it would perfectly fit to the Biology Seminar talk! It is rather new and paradigma-breaking hypothesis / A New Physics Theory of LifeJeremy England, a 31-year-old physicist at MIT, thinks he has found the underlying physics driving the origin and evolution of life.Why does life exist?Popular hypotheses credit a primordial soup, a bolt of lightning and a colossal stroke of luck. But if a provocative new theory is correct, luck may have little to do with it. Instead, according to the physicist proposing the idea, the origin and subsequent evolution of life follow from the fundamental laws of nature and “should be as unsurprising as rocks rolling downhill.”A New Physics Theory of Life | Quanta MagazineTalk Having an overarching principle of life and evolution would give researchers a broader perspective on the emergence of structure and function in living things, many of the researchers said. “Natural selection doesn’t explain certain characteristics,” said Ard Louis, a biophysicist at Oxford University, in an email. These characteristics include a heritable change to gene expression called methylation, increases in complexity in the absence of natural selection, and certain molecular changes Louis has recently studied.If England’s approach stands up to more testing, it could further liberate biologists from seeking a Darwinian explanation for every adaptation and allow them to think more generally in terms of dissipation-driven organization. They might find, for example, that “the reason that an organism shows characteristic X rather than Y may not be because X is more fit than Y, but because physical constraints make it easier for X to evolve than for Y to evolve,” Louis said.“People often get stuck in thinking about individual problems,” Prentiss said. Whether or not England’s ideas turn out to be exactly right, she said, “thinking more broadly is where many scientific breakthroughs are made.”Robert Hazen -- The Co-Evolution of the Geosphere and the BiosphereYouTube
To name a few:Human Genome Project - State : The Human Genome Project was declared complete in April 2003. An initial rough draft of the human genome was available in June 2000 and by February 2001 a working draft had been completed and published followed by the final sequencing mapping of the human genome on April 14, 2003. Although this was reported to be 99% of the human genome with 99.99% accuracy a major quality assessment of the human genome sequence was published on May 27, 2004 indicating over 92% of sampling exceeded 99.99% accuracy which is within the intended goal. Further analyses and papers on the HGP continue to occur.Human Brain Project - State: established in 2013 and funded by European Union, it aims to simulate the complete human brain on supercomputers to better understand how it functions.BRAIN Initiative (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) (the US version of HBP) - State: proposed collaborative research initiative announced on April 2, 2013, with the goal of mapping the activity of every neuron in the human brain. Based upon the estimates from Human Genome Project, the initiative has been projected to cost more than $300 million per year for ten years.Research on Stem cell - The classical definition of a stem cell requires that it possess two properties: Self-renewal: the ability to go through numerous cycles of cell division while maintaining the undifferentiated state and, Potency: the capacity to differentiate into specialized cell types. In the strictest sense, this requires stem cells to be either totipotent or pluripotent—to be able to give rise to any mature cell type, although multipotent or unipotent progenitor cells are sometimes referred to as stem cells. Apart from this it is said that stem cell function is regulated in a feed back mechanism.
Any interesting Biochemistry topics ?
well we have a biochemistry exhibition coming up in university and our teacher wants us to hold a corner for metabolic biochem. most students are taking stuff like Diabetes and Obesity to talk about but i want something more interesting and related to daily life. And since we are a group i'm more excited to have some sort of a theme or a main topic and cover many parts about it so is anything popping up to your minds ? any ideas would be great help thanks in advance <3
A term paper topic connecting biology to physics?
Bob W's suggestion, "ergonomics," is an excellent one for HS or even undergrad college. Ergonomics is about man-machine-interfacing (MMI); how to best design the things mankind uses so that those things can be used most effectively. A branch of engineering, called human factors engineering, specializes in ergonomics. One of the most interesting term papers I ever did (and I've done lots) was a MMI study of the aircraft I was flying for the Navy. I tested the lay out of the cockpit instruments I had to fly by for proper ergonomics. Bottom line, the instrument arrangement for my aircraft failed miserably. Grumman, the company that built my aircaft, had done a lousy job of following even the basic rules of instrument lay out. We have all seen examples of bad ergonomics in our daily lives. Shrink wrap that can't be unwrapped, for example. Or, my favorite, a system that is held together by a dozen different sized and styles screws; so you need different screw drivers or heads to get into it for repairs. And, how about this one, the zip top resealable package that will not rip here where it says "rip here." All signs of bad ergonomics...bad MMI. Read up on MMI, there are lots of textbooks out there on the subject. Most of the reading is easy reading; not at all complex. There are lots of rules of thumb (for instance, a screen presentation...like your computer screen...is best located from eye level through down 30 deg from eye level). Then pick something around the house to do an MMI study on. What do you think of the contral panel for your cell phone for example? Is it ergonomically sound? How about your iPod; is it as easy to use as it could be with good ergonomics? There are lots of possibilities. Some of your results and conclusions might even be useful when you go shopping for the next cell phone or iPod for example...you'll know what to look for in the way of an easy to use item.
Biology is an ocean. The term biology can include a lot of domains like Anatomy,Biochemistry,Biophysics,Botany,Cell Biology,Ecology,Evolution,Genetics,Immunology,Marine Biology,Microbiology, phycology , virology and zoology to name a few.All these domains make biology complete.With the advancement in the technology , it wont be surprising even if new domains start to emerge in the field of biotechnology.Every single line in any biology textbook will have a long history about its discovery or invention. For instance, it took 84 years to determine the structure of DNA after its isolation.The discovery of DNA itself led to the emergence of many diverse fields in biology.Every single domain of biology is interesting in its own way.The degree of toughness depends on how close you are with the subject.
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Here are the major research fields comes into my mind where BigData is involved1) Improving Data analytic techniques- Gather all datas,filter them out on certain constraints and use them to take confident decisions.2) Natural Language Processing methods - Use NL-processing techniques on Big Data to find out the current sentimental trend and it can be used on business,politics,finance ...etc3) BigData tools and deployment platforms -Conventional tools are inefficient to handle Bigdata, Lots of research is needed in these fields.4) Better datamining techniques-Data mining is the method to grab data from various platforms.Improved distributed crawling techniques and algorithms are need for scrape data from multiple platforms.5) Algorithms for Data visualization-In order to visualize the required information from a pool of random data, powerful algorithms are crucial for accurate result.6) Lots more...
I would suggest choose your area of interest and specialization because Botany is like nature it gives everything .Based on my 2 years experience in Botany Field and from a farmers family Background . I would suggest below few topics if it is useful to you it will be great.Horticulture and Floriculture which has a good scopeC-4 plants research and acclimatization of Oryza sativa with good yield and less water in tropical land.Taxonomy of Medicinal plants which India has a huge medicinal value related plants.As technology is developed the value of Vegetables and fruits prices are high to protect the natural species genes with High yielding products of the plantsAs in India most of the farmers were illiterates they dint studied agriculture but they know techniques based on their personal experience and experiments in their own land .A agriculture graduate or professional for every village in India should bring the awareness among the techniques and suitability of crops. because Farmer is a Honest person who only believe in his land and whether and dint blame anything else .His entire life is dedicated to farming.Barriers for decrease of farming and making rural lands as cities and role of agriculture professional to handle this.Suitable Agricultural tools and implementing soil test at least for every crop either biannually or perennially. needed.Deforestation and its impact on future agriculture economy.and Finally No want to become farmer because people will feel less status in society but A awareness among youth and employment should started by government to provide basic facilities and .I Feel that all the farmers should be considered as govt representatives and pillars of this nation.