During our last few weeks in orgo II with Professor Carrico-Moniz, we studied carbohydrates. It was super cool to hear them taught in a somewhat different perspective than how we approached them in biochem this semester. I appreciated that I … Continue reading
Recently, we’ve talked about good cholesterol and bad cholesterol, and associated them with HDLs and LDLs, respectively. As a reminder, HDLs collect cholesterol from the arteries and transport them back to the liver to be degraded and reused, while LDLs … Continue reading
This is a fairly short post, but it’s just been on my mind: what makes a trans-fat bad? We talked about this in class, but I found the visualization helpful. From this image, we can see that trans fats (e.g., … Continue reading
If we aren’t already, new research suggests we definitely will be by 2050. For some biochemical reason (which is still eluding scientists), heightened levels of CO2 in the atmosphere is significantly reducing zinc, iron and protein content in wheat and … Continue reading
The other day, I noticed that the Google homepage was well decorated with some sort of biomolecule. But upon closer inspection, once can note the faint diffraction signals outlined by small figures behind the elements of the molecule. Once I … Continue reading
I recently read an article that promised high heel wearers freedom from the everlasting pain associated with their favorite shoe. A product, taking form of a liquid spray, called Heel No Pain by a company called Biochemistry sets out to … 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