With all the computational modeling of proteins that we have been learning about, I became really interested in the potential applications it has on drug design. How do computational scientists go about designing drugs? How do they evaluate its efficiency … Continue reading
Now that we’ve finished with our introductory (beginning) course to biochemistry, and are off to enjoy the summer, I’ve been feeling a bit nostalgic. So, I figured I’d share something that I found way back in the summer after my … Continue reading
We talked briefly about money and science. How one could have great ideas and brilliant skills but without money be unable to do much. With recent declines in dispensable government funds, other sources of funding, namely really rich people, have … Continue reading
How is it that winter always feels so long and yet in a matter of a few sunny days, all of the dreary, grey colors of winter are happily forgotten, and the landscape returns to its collage of beautiful greens? … Continue reading
I really like the theme that has developed in our blog-pertaining to how to bring science to the public or how to get the public excited about science. So I went to the TED talk website to get some ideas, … Continue reading
We’ve been having lovely sunny weather, and among other dreams of summer days and happiness, being outside has made me wonder about textures, and, specifically, why the warm summer light makes our stone campus look so soft. It’s curious to me … Continue reading
Interestingly, chemical binding on a plate in lab (think: LAL assay for endotoxins) is not the only way to determine substance concentration by fluorescence. A new assay has been developed using the largest plate well (and dilution!) in the world–the … Continue reading
I found this cool picture of a different chromophores and the various colors where they fluoresce! As we talked about in class, aromatic residues play a big part in fluorescence, and the different aromatic residues that form these chromophores … Continue reading
I’m not sure how many of you went to the concert on Friday night, but something happened there that made me think of biochemistry! Ok, it was actually AFTER the concert, which is a little better. I’m not sure how … Continue reading
Having just spent a good few weeks trying to describe biochemical concepts to the general public, I thought I would share this contest with you all: http://www.biochemistry.org/GetInvolved/ScienceCommunicationCompetition.aspx The Biochemical Society has a contest for undergrads to write a 1500 essay … Continue reading