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(as
of September 7, 2008)
Two
MRSF Students Win at ISEF !!!!
| Name |
Fair
Represented |
School |
Award
Won |
| Suraj
Mishra |
VA
State Science Fair Winner |
Godwin
High School |
Honorable
Mention:
Endocrine
Society |
| Robert
Brik |
MRSF Winner |
Godwin
High
School |
Third
Place:
Materials
Science & Bioengineering
$1000
award!! |
General
Updates
- Teacher
Workshop Dates
- New
Teacher Workshop: September 22, 2008
(see the Calendar for further
details)
- Online
Sessions: Ask the Expert,
with Martha Vogel, Steve Oden and Jim Lehman
-
Oct. 6th & 20th
-
Nov. 3rd & 17th
-
Dec. 1st & 15th
-
Jan. 12th
- Additional
workshops may be scheduled by special request
(Contact Martha Vogel)
Rules
Updates
- Human
Subjects
- Eating,
drinking, tasting, smelling, application of a substance
or exposure to any potentially hazardous materials have
more than minimal risk. Any experiment involving any
of the above require a Qualified Scientist to review
the Research Proposal and sign Form 2 to show their
approval of the project. This is more of an expansion
of the rules rather than a change. See Human
Subjects Projects for more information.
- Vertebrate
Animals
- Strictly
behavioral observations of vertebrates no longer requires
prior SRC approval. The researcher, however, cannot
have any contact with the animal(s) or change the environment
in ANY way. Changing the type of bird seed to see which
birds prefers or changing the color of the feeder are
both examples of changing the enrivonment. These WOULD
require prior SRC approval. See Vertebrate
Animal Projects for more information.
- Potentially
Hazardous Biological Agents (PHBA)
- Frozen
tissue must be treated the same as fresh tissue.
- Projects
using some types of microorganisms, such as baker's or
brewer's yeast or Lactobacillus, no longer require Form
3 - the Risk Assessment. See the complete list of exempt
organisms in the section on PHBA.
Miscellaneous
Information
- Notice
the difference in submission deadline dates on the Calendar
page. February project submission dates are not on Fridays
this year.
- 15 Steps to
Submitting a Project to the MRSF
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