You will choose one option from each of the three Research Materials below and design an experiment. First, do a literature search ahead of time and make sure that the process you are interested in studying actually occurs in the organism you select. Then, make sure that the variable you choose for your experiment would have an effect on the process you are studying.
2-slide PowerPoint presentation:

Slide 1: Your name, and the three research options youve selected to study
Slide 2: Your hypothesis statement

Research Materials (You must use these materials unless your TA approves others):
1. Organism (Pick 1):
Escherichia coli
Caulobacter crescentus
Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 (cyanobacterium)
Helicobacter pylori
Staphylococcus aureus
Rhodospirillium rubrum
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Bacillus subtilus
Streptomyces coelicolor
   
2. Cellular Process being Investigated (Pick 1)
DNA replication
Cell morphology
Sporulation
Biofilm
Mutation
Bioremediation
Photosynthesis
Fermentation
Motility
Horizontal Gene Transfer

3. Environmental condition (Pick 1, must include one positive / negative control condition)
temperature
light
oxygen
cell density
nutrient source / concentration
eukaryotic host
antibiotic
chemical / UV mutagen
environmental toxin
gene (of your choice) mutation