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I found this article and thought it was a good example of showing how new things are found everyday and how our knowledge is being widened all the time - kristina littlewood

This article relates to #BS1006 and how we have inate reactions that we can't control and just how these affect us - kristina littlewood

#This article relates to #BS1006 and how we have inate reactions that we can't control and how these affect us - kristina littlewood from Bookmarklet

i found this article and thought it was a good example of how new things are found everyday and how science develops on a day to day basis - kristina littlewood from Bookmarklet

Must be the busiest week ever! Cheer practises every day morning or night and sometimes both, cheerleading competitions at the weekend, football varsity last night! my word. Luckily we havent had much work over the last few week, due to our better timetable. Only 2 week left :) can't wait. - kristina littlewood

But it must be great at the same time - not worrying TOO much about uni work and finally getting to do other uni stuff, because that's exactly how I feel too haha :D. - Aneeka Ul-Haq

I saw this article and thought that it would be an interesting read in relation to the #BS1008 lectures. This also links in to the past module of genetics. - kristina littlewood

Same here! - Rachel Bell

:) - kristina littlewood

This article relates to the genetics module #BS1005, it shows an example of how mutations can occur in silence due to the different combinations of the triplet code that can code for one amino acid. - kristina littlewood from Bookmarklet

This week has been really packed. Just glad to get the majority of the work out of the way. Need to catch up on lectures notes and revision notes though, which will be a task for next week when our hours go down. Just completed this weeks #BS1011 task and achieved 75% which isn't too bad. Looking forward to next weeks easier timetable. - kristina littlewood

what you got so far? - Max Levin

good work - Max Levin

What a busy week we have ahead of us, so many deadlines. Definitely going to have to organise my time keeping to make sure i use it efficiently. Really wish we had a half term, don't really feel like we get a good enough break atm. Had a really nice weekend back home in Leeds thought :), managed to get a good plan/start to my #BS1005. Plans for tomorrow, lectures, gym, work, asda :) - kristina littlewood

This article strongly links to lecture 9 of #BS1013. The article goes on to explain the different methods carried out in 1990 on the Limnetic and the Benthic species. This also links into the #BS1013 practical carried out on friday as it talks about the foraging succes of both of these species living in different habitats. I thought this would be a useful article for anyone wanting to do some extra reading in this area. - kristina littlewood from Bookmarklet

21/2/11 Well i've had a productive day so far, went to the #BS1005 lecture then handed in my #BS1013 practical report and essay. Still at uni now, thought id make the most of the gap between the #BS1009 quiz and the lecture. Realised from the results of that quiz that i need to read over the lecture notes and start revision as i hardly new any of them. Started my genes lecture notes, so progress else where has begun :) Still two more essays to go though, going to be a busy few week ahead. - kristina littlewood

Good luck :D. - Aneeka Ul-Haq

Great job :)) !!!!! - Persefoni Ioannou

Well done :) - Lyndsey Wright

16/2/11....What a busy week this has been, three essays, and a tonne of lectures to read over and understand. Finding this #BS1005 essay a bit strange, although the lectures are thoroughly interesting and the lecturers are enthusiastic and friendly. I'm also enjoying the #BS1009 practicals, its helping me understand a great deal about microbiological techniques and about the different types of bacteria around us. I think my gram stain technique is improving also :). The #BS1011 tasks are a lot different to last year, i must say i prefer them, especially the layout as work booklets. Really glad to start the animals section in #BS1013, never been the biggest fan of plants. The presentations for the tutorials today for this were really interesting, hopefully everyone enjoyed the penguins :). It's been an extremely busy week, and i'm struggling to find time to catch up on reading lectures and making revision notes :/ hopefully will find some time soon. That's all for now, bye :) - kristina littlewood

I found this source explaining the sex linked eye colour alleles in drosophilia. This relates to todays lecture for #BS1005. It also shows how a punnit square is layed out which i thought would be usefull for anyone who hasnt come across them before and needs an example for the #BS1005 practicals - kristina littlewood from Bookmarklet

Just finished the #BS1011 assesment, finished it this morning but it didn't save on the version of excel i have, so couldn't submit it :( now to start the report for tuesday for #BS1013. The weeks are going really fast, can't wait for the timetable to get easier. - kristina littlewood

Found this video on microbiologybytes relating to the practicals carried out last week in #BS1009. Thought it would be useful for anyone who may have forgot what the samples looked like with gram positive and negative staining. :) enjoy - kristina littlewood from Bookmarklet

Has had a really nice birthday :) shame about the work we have to do. Not really sure how my lab report for #BS1013 :S think ive not evaluated enough but we shall see when it comes back :). Not really sure that im keen on #BS1009 but i'm sure once we fully get going it'll grow on me. The #BS1005 lectures are really interesting and the tutorials. Not looking forward to the long thursday this week though, think a packed sandwich will be in order :) - kristina littlewood

Just finished doing the first assignment for #BS1011, took me a while to understand what i was meant to do, but i finally got the hang of it. Hopefully i've not done too bad. The thursday 9-6 was a killer, especially with cheerleading practise after till 8, 11 hours in uni is not good :P. I quite enjoyed the #BS1013 practical today and was suprised at how much i understand due to physical work. Plants isn't usually my favourite topic. My essay assignment for #BS1013 is really interesting; animals adaptations to cold climates. The presentation on penguins is going to be interesting to research for the tutorials too. - kristina littlewood

For my animal and plant physiology presentation i was given a topic on penguins to cover. After reading about this today, i thought it would be a rather interesting topic to share :). Here are a few random facts about penguins, 1) Using melanosomes we know that ancient penguins had red and grey fur, 2)Some extinct penguins had remarkable long beaks which they used as spears, 3)Penguins didn't evolve from cold climates, at the time when the penguins species thrived the polar ice caps had not been formed, it was more likely they lived in warmer conditions, 4)Some extinct penguins were giants, when swimming they are about 5ft, which is nearly my height! eeek! 5)The oldest fossils found from penguins are 61 million years old! - kristina littlewood