Just got back from 6 hours of molecular cell lab- ask me anything!

[WindRavenX]

BTW, mitochondria are wicked cute :D

[JohnKleeb]

1. Whats a mitochondria?

and who do you call a person who got a 93% on an element quiz?

[WindRavenX]

3. mitochondria are what power cells

Loooong ass story short, they "make" ATP.

[JohnKleeb]

5. I know that, I was a decent bio student actually

:shrug: so what do you call a person who gets a 93 on a chemistry elements quiz?

[WindRavenX]

6. a genius?

:P
WTG Kleeb! :toast:

[JohnKleeb]

7. hardly

but hey, the funny thing is, a good amount of people failed it so we have to relearn those elements, which basically means I get to ace quizes and notecard assignments. God chem is so easy the second time around, well it will be until I get to those cursed moles.

[bigwillq]

2. What's your favorite article of clothing? (nt)

[WindRavenX]

4. my pink corduroy Gap jacket

Sooo soft :D

[bigwillq]

12. What's your favorite kind of insect? (nt)

[WindRavenX]

15. praying mantis

Very elegant and spiritual looking.

[bigwillq]

17. Yes, they're beautiful.

Do you have a dog?

[WindRavenX]

18. yes, a border collie

His name is Baseball :)

[bigwillq]

23. By your sig line

I can tell who your fave team and player are.

I like the Yanks too!

[Book Lover]

8. How do you annotate your textbooks?

Someone in the company sent me a link to what we are calling our "e-books," but they are nothing more than uneditable PDFs straight from the Quark files - no resizing to fit the screen or anything. That led me to wondering how students annotate their textbooks. Do you keep certain ones clean to sell back? If you had a choice between the more expensive paper book or a cheaper e-book that you couldn't edit (so you'd have to take notes in your notebook or something), which would you chose?

[WindRavenX]

11. I keep all my science texts

Simply because I do use them for reference. I also keep all books I find particularly interesting (I kept a few theology texts from last semester, for example). But if it's a class I do not intend to keep books from, then I take care of them and sell them back.

[Xipe Totec]

9. What's A Prion?

And how do I keep them out of my diet?

[WindRavenX]

13. prions

Are misfolded proteins that also seem to cause other normal proteins to become misfolded as well. This is the mechanism that seems to be behind "Mad Cow Disease".
Prions are usually found wherever there is a high concentration of nerve and brain tissue; so if you eat beef, dont eat anything that comes near the spinal cord...ground beef is also suspect.

[Xipe Totec]

19. Brains are my favorite comfort food

I always order the cabrito head when I visit Mexico.

Sigh ;(

Any truth to the assertion that high heat/high pressure neutralizes them?

[WindRavenX]

20. Probably

Proteins denature at high temperatures, but not a whole lot is known about prions to say for certain. But I would bet it would lower the risk.

[liontamer]

10. Was it a good lab?

[WindRavenX]

16. kinda

I got to see really nifty e.coli bacteriums though :D

[JohnKleeb]

14. Why are the only sciences I like social sciences?

You know what sciencey people call phony science.

[liontamer]

21. You've never had a good science class/teacher

Science is fascinating even if you don't want to devote your life to it

[Lizz612]

22. Better or worse

than my 4 and a half hours of organic chemistry lab? :P