Monthly Archives: April 2014

I’m glycine, and together, we make a peptide!!!! (Actual blog post coming soon.)

Just as I was mentioning that the semester is ending soon while studying biochemistry in Stone D, Zoe “shh”-ed me and I immediately thought of cysteine. (I’m cysteine.)

Today, I was working in Stone D with my lipids group on our exam question re-dos, when I saw three Wellesley students get up from their table holding hands and wind their way through the dining hall tables. Being tired … Continue reading →

This weekend, I was getting a few things from CVS when I came across “natural, aluminum-free” deodorant. I’d never heard of this before and had no idea why it would be a selling point so I looked it up. It … Continue reading →

We’ve talked a lot in both lab and lecture about the importance of considering environmental effects in an experiment. I was thinking recently about two of the major obstacles we have discussed: pH levels and the presence of ions/salts. The … Continue reading →

We have been talking A LOT in class about the “standard” 20 amino acids. Recently, I had a conversation with my dad that got me thinking about one amino acid in particular: glutamic acid. More specifically, we were discussing the … Continue reading →

Spending most of this week learning about proteins and their structures, I am starting imagine little amino acid residues in the food we eat. We are always told that meant has a lot of proteins or egg whites are good … Continue reading →

 Stepping out of Tower on Wednesday, I realized that Wellesley has secretly transformed to Narnia. Snow befell on us during the night and early evening. As I walked to class, snow from the branches that were hyper-extended due to the … Continue reading →