Category Archives: Week 5

On my way to the airport from home, my brother, father and I had actually been talking about 3D printing. While my father was getting gas for the car, my brother and I realized we didn’t really know how it … Continue reading →

After catching a cold this week, I began searching for remedies that could shorten the duration of my symptoms. I found the usual suggestions- sleep, drink water, take vitamin c, and eat a balanced meal. However, I surprisingly came across … Continue reading →

We’ve been talking about thiols and disulfide bonds a lot lately and it’s been super useful for my research. I rely a lot on thiol reactions in my research since thiols stick really well to gold. Sulfur-gold reactions are semi-covalent, … Continue reading →

Having just attended to the Widow’s Spring teaser, their musical talents has inspired me. I looked into the possibility of connecting biochemistry and music. http://www.oregonlive.com/living/index.ssf/2013/01/there_once_was_a_man_from_corv.html According to Professor Kevin Ohern at the Oregon State University, these two very different topics … Continue reading →

So as a biochemistry major, I’m (as I’m sure all of us are) a sucker for finding cool ways to apply advanced chemistry concepts to biological molecules. Right now in Orgo II we’re studying aromaticity, and one of the first … Continue reading →

…speaking of Crystallography’s birthday, I remembered that when Pam Melroy was here she spoke of protein crystals in space, and experiments going on in the space station. A quick google search led me to a UAB Magazine article, with the … Continue reading →

Yesterday in my Women’s and Gender Studies course, we were talking about birthing and delivery methods. Interestingly, C-sections have correlated with higher rates of health problems, such as autoimmune disease and allergies, in babies than those born through other methods. … Continue reading →

After getting sick this week, I’ve been eating poorly and taking medicine, culminating in a period of heartburn last night. Trying to placate my stomach, I turned to the internet and found that it’s probably because I’m eating too many … Continue reading →

Yet another way biochem makes my lab life easier! This week, in order to finally get a better understanding of my lab project, I decided to use PyMOL to look at the binding of biotin to avidin, which are used … Continue reading →

It is always stimulating when classes overlap in material covered. I found our last class on neurotransmitters to be interesting because earlier this week in my BioPsychology class we discussed ways to interfere with/manipulate neurotransmitter activity. Neurotransmitters are chemicals stored … Continue reading →