Yeah, like bonds inside a ring with N probably require a few more bonds; or you know, maybe that ring on a ring can't have 5 bonds coming off the C.
Shucks. There went my 100%!
Okay, so now I need to regroup. The test was not *that* terrible, it was not *that* hard but it WAS harder than I expected it to be. He did warn me. He did tell me this was not his 100x class. He did say that regurgitating the information on his slides would not be enough.
What I failed to do is count. -1
What I failed to do, was study the lightly touched slide on 2,3 BPG. -1
Praying for partial credit!
Lesson learned: count.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Monday, February 6, 2012
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Midterm #1 - Biochem
20 Amino Acids - structures, names, properties, abbreviations, single letter notation: check!
Molecules of the day - sucralose, cyclamate, aspartame, melamine: check!
Ras - on/off configuration, what protein could cause the mis-function: check!
Hemoglobin & myoglobin - which has what for helices and strands, which does what for which body area, importance of proximal and distal histidine, ligands required for each, how many heme's can be bound, affect of pH/CO/BCG on hemoglobin: check! (need to do more research on the graphs - not quite comfortable explaining them yet)
Carbon bonding - doh! check!
Did I mention drawing all 20 amino acids and naming them along with properties and their abbreviations? Check!
PrPc v. PrPsc - function of the proteins, what happens when the form of the protein changes but overshadows the normal shape, prion diseases including mad cow, scrapie: check!
Henderson-Hasselbach - well? I need to work here. I think my heart with sustain arrhythmia if I were to try and work problems right now without a little more prep work - so that is where I'm focusing tonight - I get the equation; what I want to solidify in my head is what to do with what information; how to group it, how to set up the right numbers
Oh yeah, amino acids - all 20 of them (easy peeeeeeasy!)
Chasing an elusive 100% on the first exam from the biochem prof who has stood behind me for a couple of years now. I do NOT want to disappoint him (or worse, me!)
Oh, and my job?
Love it!
Best part of the last few days?
I got to see my dad, who one year ago sustained a heart attack, subsequently rupturing his spleen (while on coumadin), and getting Pseudomonas infections x3 plus staph x2, and kidney failure + prostate cancer. He's doing awesome - eating well, smiling, happy, thankful, blessed.
My dad... what's better than a 100% on an exam? A healthier 82 year old father!
Molecules of the day - sucralose, cyclamate, aspartame, melamine: check!
Ras - on/off configuration, what protein could cause the mis-function: check!
Hemoglobin & myoglobin - which has what for helices and strands, which does what for which body area, importance of proximal and distal histidine, ligands required for each, how many heme's can be bound, affect of pH/CO/BCG on hemoglobin: check! (need to do more research on the graphs - not quite comfortable explaining them yet)
Carbon bonding - doh! check!
Did I mention drawing all 20 amino acids and naming them along with properties and their abbreviations? Check!
PrPc v. PrPsc - function of the proteins, what happens when the form of the protein changes but overshadows the normal shape, prion diseases including mad cow, scrapie: check!
Henderson-Hasselbach - well? I need to work here. I think my heart with sustain arrhythmia if I were to try and work problems right now without a little more prep work - so that is where I'm focusing tonight - I get the equation; what I want to solidify in my head is what to do with what information; how to group it, how to set up the right numbers
Oh yeah, amino acids - all 20 of them (easy peeeeeeasy!)
Chasing an elusive 100% on the first exam from the biochem prof who has stood behind me for a couple of years now. I do NOT want to disappoint him (or worse, me!)
Oh, and my job?
Love it!
Best part of the last few days?
I got to see my dad, who one year ago sustained a heart attack, subsequently rupturing his spleen (while on coumadin), and getting Pseudomonas infections x3 plus staph x2, and kidney failure + prostate cancer. He's doing awesome - eating well, smiling, happy, thankful, blessed.
My dad... what's better than a 100% on an exam? A healthier 82 year old father!
Friday, February 3, 2012
Help Save Heidi
I love dogs. Remember the doberman who was outside in the very brutal winter, chained to a metal shed and eventually, left for 10 days without water or food?
Let's just say she didn't get to the full 10 days without water and or food. She is safe now and the 10-pronged bark collar she had embedded in her neck is somewhere at the bottom of a river somewhere in the colder part of the country.
Anyway, here is another dobe story. All you have to do is click, read, and sign (if you want). Just a few clicks on the keyboard - no email addy required, no phone number... just a few clicks to help this family save their dog.
http://www.saveheidi.com/index.php/our-blog
Let's just say she didn't get to the full 10 days without water and or food. She is safe now and the 10-pronged bark collar she had embedded in her neck is somewhere at the bottom of a river somewhere in the colder part of the country.
Anyway, here is another dobe story. All you have to do is click, read, and sign (if you want). Just a few clicks on the keyboard - no email addy required, no phone number... just a few clicks to help this family save their dog.
http://www.saveheidi.com/index.php/our-blog
Biochem Amino Acid Memorization
Biochem - exam looming so what does a good student do to reduce the stress?
YOUTUBE videos!
I started drawing amino acids about 2 or 3 weeks ago; fell off the "contract ended OMG" cliff, wandered onto the "spring MCAT looming" bridge, am now settled into a new contract (with physicians as a director of finance - yes, really! I'm baaaaack!) and am now back to having biochem exams (yeay for biochem!!!).
Enjoy - this will help me to retest myself come Monday!
PART ONE
And PART TWO
YOUTUBE videos!
I started drawing amino acids about 2 or 3 weeks ago; fell off the "contract ended OMG" cliff, wandered onto the "spring MCAT looming" bridge, am now settled into a new contract (with physicians as a director of finance - yes, really! I'm baaaaack!) and am now back to having biochem exams (yeay for biochem!!!).
Enjoy - this will help me to retest myself come Monday!
PART ONE
And PART TWO
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