Zoe Collard

Dear diary, this week has been intense but has gone very quickly. I managed to just about finish my #BS1009 practical booklet in time and am now finishing off the lab report for #MB1005. This week has definitely made me realise i need to become more organised and not to leave my work till the last minute. Hopefully I won't be up till stupid o'clock monday morning finishing off my #BS1009 microbiology essay! - Zoe Collard

If you do stay up til stupid o'clock text me, coz i'm such a slow typer I probably won't have finished... - Philip Higgs

Dear Diary, last week and the start of this week has gone well. I've just completed the #MB1031 practical report and #BS1011 assignment. I found the report to be a lot easier than I thought and am looking forward to getting some feedback on it. The #BS1009 practical yesterday didn't go completely smoothly as it's hard to keep up with each of the many experiments. Luckily we finished in time and I am determined that next weeks practical will go better! - Zoe Collard

Dear Diary, this week has gone very quickly and I think I'm getting to terms with the new timetable. As the workload is increasing I'm keeping up to date to make sure I don't fall behind. Started going over the lectures that are more complicated to ensure I understand the material ready for the next lecture. I'm really starting to enjoy the #BS1009 and #MB1005 practicals and finally gotten to grips with focusing the microscope. Bring on next week!! - Zoe Collard

This article is directly linked to #MB1005, it basically describes how genetic screening could provide a method of early diagnosis for prostate cancer. Early trials suggest that men with high levels of Cell Cycle Progression (CCP) genes have the most deadly tumours. Currently the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) test is being utilised however it has been discovered that this could give a worrying result when cancer is not present. The CCP test is already known to predict survival for Breast, Lung and Brain cancers and for this reason it is hoped to do the same for Prostate cancer. - Zoe Collard

Dear diary, I'm back on friendfeed! Very glad to be back at uni although the new timetable is extremely packed and after the first week back, I'm already struggling! I'm sure after a few more weeks and plenty of early starts I'll get into the swing of things. This semester I plan to be a lot more organised and keep up with the workload so I'm not racing to finish things last minute. This weekend I finished my #BS1009 practical write up and am now half way through writing my abstract for #MB1031! - Zoe Collard

Well Done!! - Sam Rowbotham

Thank you for organizing it. It was extremely useful for me and I am now more confident to sit the test. - Feyisayo Fadero

No problem. We should do it more often, it was fun as well as educational! - Zoe Collard

It was really well organised and beneficial for me. Thank you Zoe! - Max Levin

I found this article while carrying out some more research on my #MB1030 presentation. The topic was pain and I was very interested to read about how 50% of variance in pain sensitivity is inherited. Treatment for neuropathic pain is not effective as of yet but with this new research new discoveries in pain relief will hopefully change that. It is also fascinating to see how scientists from different countries can work together on one common project; hopefully in the future I can be involved in such research. - Zoe Collard

A video to show the 3D structure of a ribosome and its tRNA binding site from today's #BS1015 lecture. Shows how elongation factor (EF) Tu and EF G work to bring about polypeptide formation. EF Tu brings an aminoacyl tRNA to bind in the A site of the ribosome to allow a peptide link to be formed between amino acids on the tRNA's from the P and A sites. EF G then pushes (translocates) tRNA to the E site to allow it to exit and another tRNA to be brought in. - Zoe Collard

A simple overview on Professor Schwabe's #BS1015 lecture on DNA replication. It especially helped me to understand the complex mechanism of replication more. - Zoe Collard

It was a lot easier than I orginally thought after some help at the help session today :) - Zoe Collard

i think i should of gone to the help session, ive struggled with a few questions - kristina littlewood

It's because 25 mmoles = 25 x 10^3 umoles and 1 litre = 1 x 10^3 mlitres. So the increase by 10^3 for both quantities cancel each other out to give 25 umoles/ml. It's hard to explain cos I can't write out proper equations here so sorry if it confuses you more. - Ni Ni Moe Myint

Thank you ni ni, it's hard to get my head around, but I think by doing some more calculations it will definitely help. Thanks for the link as well, will give it a read. - Zoe Collard

Are you coming to the #BS1010 help session tomorrow? (Don't know if you're one of the Medical Sciences degrees because your haven't put it in you friendfeed description (Settings)). - Dr Alan Cann

There's just one question I'm struggling with so I'll have to go to the help session tomorrow. I think this module's a really good tool alongside our course because no one has ever really shown me how to look for good resources, how to cite work etc. Although in the test the articles I found were really interesting which distracted me a little... - Rachel Nolloth