I found our study of prions really interesting last week! I had no idea that proteins could be so infectious! The discussion we had about Kuru and other protein diseases reminded me about the media scandal that occurred when we … Continue reading
You knocked on my door Without notice I let you in I had to And two drops later just two drops I am changed The more I resist you the more we collide The more … Continue reading
This is what a wrote during the class on sugar and water dissolving into one another: Sugar had its own way of going about life. She had everything organized, down to having the last grain perfected in her cubical form. … Continue reading
Prions Shaking and trembling she lay Further and further the symptoms progress As others begin to follow suit in her brain, cells work hard to replicate and regenerate amino acids hydrolyzing. The proteins responsible cannot form correctly folding … Continue reading
He appeared out of nowhere, out of fear and resentment and unwanted misery. Slowly but surely they were all convinced: why not go for it? It seems like an easy enough solution. At the beginning, they were all the same … Continue reading
From last week: my short piece on red food coloring / water: red dye we live in fragmented existences. upon first contact, we lose ourselves. the surface breaks, stripping us of our blood black potency as we transform into delicate, … Continue reading
First is the sonnet I wrote about melting ice. I am running to the far finish line the heat quickly chasing me at my tail I was very sure I was doing fine My competitor as slow as a snail … Continue reading
Unfortunately, I missed last week’s class due to a health emergency and missed Professor Radhakrishnan’s lecture on Science and Poetry/Creative Writing. I am really sad that I could not make it – I was looking forward to it because chemistry was … Continue reading
My creative writing piece about prions was good thinking process that extended the workshop we had from last week’s class. I was inspired by the way chemistry was explored to appeal to our everyday life experience, and tried to do … Continue reading
This is my poem on the sugar and water: A love letter, from Sucrose to H2o you were my summer love best together under sunshine with our particles humming together I lost my hydrogens in you and you lost your … Continue reading