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I AGREE! I have put them onto my iPhone, so I can listen to them out and about, or before going to bed. This is a really useful thing for lecturers to do, it often helps having someone speak to you. THANK YOU DR SCOTT! - Matthew Taylor

What a week its been, having gone very fast indeed - The Easter break is now here! I'm pleased that things have been going a bit better both this semester overall and also in the last week of term. I enjoyed this weeks lectures on #BS1006 where we studied the autonomic nervous system (ANS) and how this affects the activity of the Heart. Lectures on Renal physiology were also very much intriguing if I do say so myself, made better with the level of enthusiasm of putting points across by all of my lecturers on this module. I was allocated to do the 1st practical for this module (In addition to the compulsory 3rd) on using the Electromyogram, something which I found initially a bit overwhelming as I'm not used to using such apparatus. However, looking at the bigger picture and the take home message from the practical I feel it was well worth it and has aided in my understanding of Muscle and nerve physiology, also of course providing useful knowledge as to how apparatus as such can be... more... - Ahmed Syed

I just took a big sigh when i handed in my #MB1031 scientific report on colour blindness. That was the last officially marked assignment before the holidays and although i put it off to the last minute (actually yesterday night), i think ive done an ok job..hopefully im right. This week has gone fast too and i am not complaining this time! If the exam timetable comes out tomorrow like Dr Cann said, im going to draw out a draft revision timetable so i dont end up wasting valuable time. Over the holidays i also need to make sure i do my part for the #MB1005 Genes poster presentation we have to do in May. I met up with my group on Tuesday and weve allocated everyone with a subheading to research and wirte up. We will probably meet up again closer to the presentation date to make sure we all undersatnd eveything on the poster and a bit more too as we were told we will be questioned on more than just what weve put on the poster. - Maryam

I can't believe that it is already the last week of term and I'm going to be honest I have been waiting for it. This week has been good, I have just finished the #MB1031 so this is something less for me to be worried about. I need to stock up on books for revision this Easter, hopefully I have learned my mistake of leaving it too late from Christmas. I plan on making my revision time table more spread out, rather than having most of it near the end of the holiday. Today was also my first donating blood! It didn't hurt the slightest and everyone was ever so nice. I really recommend people who are to donate to sign up and give when they can. It is a very good cause and some of the blood even goes for scientific research - Ismahane Messahel

This semester went really fast. I'm really looking forward to having a break, however I have to remind myself that it's actually time to revise for the upcoming exams. At the moment, I'm trying to finish #MB1031 scientific report. I find it difficult to write pretending that you don't know much although there are a lot of information available. I guess the aim of this assignment is to make us think about the data we've collected and come to a conclusion. Based on the modules we've studied so far, I think I can make a decision on what modules I want to study for 2nd and 3rd years. I'm glad that #MB1004 and #BS1006 modules support each other; it is very helpful in learning all the different mechanisms and so on. I think I'll choose physiology modules for the 2nd year because I really do enjoy the #MB1004 membranes and receptors module. :) - Ni Ni Moe Myint

It's almost the end of term two, and although I've had lots of different lectures, the time has flown by. My #MB1031 poster has been submitted and the experience and tips I've used will help me in the #MB1005 posters. I've only got the #MB1031 scientific report to hand in on this week, which I still need to finish editting. Other than that, I think the #BS1006 lectures are the most interesting, next to #MB1004, so I'll be taking the Pharmacology and Physiology module next year. - Pritesh Mistry

People say how quickly uni life moves and i believe them now! With only a week left before the easter holidays its time to start looking at revision planning for the up and coming exams. Im hoping to use my time more wisely for revision this time round as during the Christman holidays i did get distracted quite a lot. Looking at the past week, its been fairly average, interesting lectures and practicals but no 'stand out' moments really...although im looking forward to doing some research on Ostogenesis imperfecta for the #MB1005 poster presentations, as its a completely new topic to me and researching it will be interesting. - Tom Lewis

Overall it has been a good week as the workload has not been as demanding as previous weeks. I was disappointed that we did not have the chance to present our #MB1031 posters although I'll be looking forward to it next term. I was pleased with the grade that I received on my meiosis essay and microbiology practical booklet. Only the scientific report left complete and then I can begin revision :) - Gulshana Choudhury

Going to the last week of before Easter holiday comes. However I rate myself 5/10. I received the #MB1031 exam-style essay result, which is quite bad and also didn’t do well on last #BS1011 blackboard assessment. Perhaps for #BS1011 blackboard test I made quite a lot “careful” mistakes because I am considering too much and going overboard on the questions. I am much worry about the exam style essay. Although I practice a lot on my writing, the efficiency still very slow. Exam style essay always is my weakness and I hope I can improve it before year 2 is coming. - Sha Tim Wai

the student development holds essay writing workshops which you might find useful. Check on their website and it will give you the dates of upcoming workshops - Maryam

So the end of another week has arrived (which I think went pretty quickly!!). I would give this week an 8/10; I got my #BS1009 lab book back and was pleased with the result, I also got my #MB1031 essay back and was pleasantly surprised with the result. I need to finish my scientific report for #MB1031 which I aim to have completed today. I have made a start on research for the #MB1005 poster; our topic is cri du chat which is extremely interesting. There is only one week left before Easter which I think is slightly scary!!! - Shubnum Razak

Dear Diary, only one week left to go :)) ... and the easter vacations are going to begin. Filling really happy about that and a little bit tired from the passed week. Looking forward to return home and give myself rest and also hard study for the June examinations. - Andreas Damianou

I chose this article because it explains how myosin binding proteins are used in the regulation of muscle contraction. In particular it explains the role of the myosin binding protein C in regulation of muscle contraction and how mutations in the gene MyBP-C, coding for the protein can lead to diseases. The article also describes the structure of domains on the myosin binding site. This article relates to the #BS1006 module. - Shubnum Razak

#BS2058 - Dr Chris Willmott

Yey, i've just finished my last #BS1011 assignment so i'm really pleased about that :D. This week has gone super fast even though the workload has decreased by alot. I feel like i've been lulled into not working very hard, so i should start doing more outside reading. My target for this week will be to do at least the intro materials and methods for the science report. I've really enjoyed the latest #BS1006 lecturer Dr Mitcheson, i have really enjoyed his method of teaching :D i'm definatly going to miss his lectures. - Ismahane Messahel

This article relates to the #MB1031 scientific report and #BS1009 lectures. Gene therapy was used to treat the inherited form of colour blindness is monkeys with successful outcomes. The gene therapy used a viral vector to introduce the red-detecing opsin gene into monkeys with red-colour blindness. After a successful therapy, the monkeys were able to pass the modified cambridge colour test and they even retained the ability to distinguish the red colour for more than two years with no serious side effects. At the moment, there are three human gene therapy trials being implemented using a similar type of viral vector; these trials show promising results. - Ni Ni Moe Myint from Bookmarklet

Can't believe we're approaching the end of the 2nd semester now. I'm glad to have submitted the #MB1031 poster and really pleased with the final result. I believe we had great teamwork in our group. Posters are quite difficult to produce but it's interesting to do so as it doesn't just focus on the academic part; the visual presentation is very important and it's nice to try out different combinations. At the moment, I finding it a bit difficult to choose the 2nd and 3rd year modules because reasonably, the 2nd year choices would affect the 3rd year ones and vice versa. The problems is that a lot of 3rd year modules are very interesting. However I'm glad we have got the holiday to think it over. I think I probably end up going either the genetic or physiology route for the extra modules as I find #MB1005 and #BS1006 lectures interesting. Glad to have tomorrow off so that I can make a start on the #MB1031 report. :) - Ni Ni Moe Myint

This article discusses g-proteins which is related to the physiology module. - Ayan Dirir

Which module code please? - Dr Alan Cann

Helpful article, related to the #BS1006 module :) - Mehrine Elahee

So it’s the beginning of another week, I am glad to have completed the #MB1031 poster and #BS1011 assignment. I was pleasantly surprised with my result for the #MB1031 essay. I have made a start on the #MB1031 scientific report which I aim to complete soon. I am really enjoying the physiology lectures. As I am finishing uni early on most days it is giving me a chance to go over my lecture notes which I am finding extremely beneficial. - Shubnum Razak

Finally submitted my #MB1031 poster on haemorrhage. Now to focus on the lab report although I think it will be a lot easier to do as the feeback from tutor help me to understand how to write a good report. The relaxed timetable will also help me review leture notes and understand the content better. I am looking forward to the physiology practical this week :) - Gulshana Choudhury

I'm a few hours late in doing this, but I'd rather that then never :) This is a BBC News article about a new type of hearing aid, called SoundBite, getting approved for use in Europe. Instead of it fitting behind the ear of patients, it can fit inside the mouth. Although it perhaps may not gain very much popularity yet (having braces or a retainer is uncomfortable enough for many people and presumably the patient would have to take it off when he/she eats), I think it does relate to our #BS1006 lectures and practicals in a way because it touches on our sensory perception, in paricular, our sense of hearing. The device sends vibrations through the teeth to the cochlea and does not need to make use of the middle or outer ear which would be neccessary for a hearing person without a hearing aid to detect vibrations in the air. - Zainab Chaudhary from Bookmarklet

This article relates to what we have been learning in the #BS1006 Physiology lectures on nerves, synapses etc. Paralyzed limbs of patients can be treated with grafts which can lead to some degree of functional recovery when a short segment of nerve is damaged. However, it is not as successful when regenerating nerves over distances greater than a few millimeters. Scientists have developed artificial nerve grafts made from hollowed-out pig veins filled with spider silk fibres to get round this problem. Animal experiments have showed that the grafts can enhance the regeneration of peripheral nerves over distances of up to 6cm. Pig veins have been used the regenerated nerve will not function properly unless it is populated by Schwann cells, which produce myelin and this is important for the conduction of impulses (what we learnt about in todays #BS1006 lecture). - Maryam

We are getting so close to finishing term i can't believe how quick it has gone. This week went well. I had my first physiology practical and I quite enjoyed it. It was fun to use all the equipment and try out the tests. Friday was the last of the membrane and receptor presentations and I think they were useful but there was a lot to get through in the amount of time we had which meant it was hard to get everything done. However, i spent some time going over these and so feel that I understand them better. Well, the last thing for this week was finishing our MB1031 posters. I feel our group has worked well and feel the topic was interesting too. - Jaynee Chauhan

This week went well thankfully, I'm pleased to say that I'm really enjoying the #BS1006 module and found the practical (Compulsory - 3rd) this week very helpful. Just need to get the write-up/questions answered ASAP. The lectures on Nerve and Muscle physiology have certainly sustained my interest and I hope that this continues. #BS1008 is also going well, I'm glad that I'm taking in a lot more than before when the lectures on this module started, and also hope I can carry on doing this. Just need to get myself up to speed with this weeks #BS1011 assignment and of course revision for the completed/finished being taught modules. I got back my essay and presentation mark for #BS1013 near the end of the week, wasn't bad but not brilliant either, I'm pleased however I know where I can improve for future essays. I'm glad that I FINALLY managed to apply for Student finance 2011-2012 as it was something which I kept on delaying - quite a relief. I did manage to look over module choices for... more... - Ahmed Syed

This week was pretty hectic, so I was glad for the respite from assignments. We had an #MB1004 group presentation, which is always stressful, but my group made it fun as everyone in my class is pretty awesome :). I had a Japanese exam, which I hope I did well in, and an ED advisory meeting, where we spoke about current problems in our stream, ones that we've solved and university life in general. Next week we have a Student-Staff committee meeting, so I hope everyone remembers to air their grievances to us and we'll try our best to fix them! - Pardina Samson-Fessale

On a side note - I'm looking forward to the BSS ball :D - Pardina Samson-Fessale

Although we were told that we didn't need to research extra information for the #MB1031 scientific report, I found this article on Google Reader and found it interesting to read. The article is about colour vision and how more men are affected by red-green colour blindness than women. It then talks about an experiment that took place involving mice. The mice had a human colour vision gene inserted into them, which allowed them to see extra hues. It was also remarkable that the mouse brain could handle the extra information. This module also relates to #MB1005 as the allele for red-green colour blindness is carried on the X chromosome. - Pritesh Mistry from Bookmarklet

My days are a lot shorter now, but I feel more tired every day, especially on Wednesdays where I have 3 hours non-stop. I'm quite relieved to have the #MB1004 posters out of the way, so I can concentrate on other modules. I need to get a move on with my scientific report for #MB1031 and use the feedback from my first to make sure this one is as good as it can be. Other than that, this week has just been quite normal. It did feel slightly strange not to have a practical at all, I've been used to having one at least once a week. - Pritesh Mistry

This article is related to the #MB1004 module as it discusses how Ca ion concentration is modulated within the cell. There are two ways in which Ca conentration is controlled and this is through primary and secondary active transport. This article disscusses two types of channels which are known as CRAC channels and also SOC channels. Each of these channels are activated in response to a specific physiological change which helps to control the Ca concetration in the cell. - Hamdi Hussain

This week has been a good one although I cant remember much of it for some reason. Maybe its because its jst gone too quick. Just now i had a very constructive meeting with one of my group members for the #MB1031 poster presentation and we got a lot done in a short time which was great. Its a pity the presentations are not going to be held on Tuesday as i was looking foward to getting them over and done with. Oh well. Not having a practical class this week has been a bit weird as ive not had to lug my labcoat all the way to uni (it takes up a suprising amount of space in my bag) but im not complaining! I wish FF had a spell checker that way i wouldnt have to read through my posts to check them- lazy me. I found last weeks #BS1011 to be relatively easy once i read through the information and example given, hope this weeks isnt too bad. - Maryam