Biology

Demonstrate your ability to conduct experiments, analyse and interpret the findings from the experiment.Consider how best to make an impact with your results.

Assessment Brief The aim of this assignment is to demonstrate your ability to conduct experiments, analyse and interpret the findings from the experiment. The purpose of lab experiments is to understand a theoretical concept and see how they can be applied in a practical setting. Presenting the findings of the experiment is done through a […]

How did your life trajectory lead to applying to graduate school at UC San Diego? What drives your interest and passion for neuroscience?”

UCSD Statement of Purpose “From your Statement of Purpose, we hope to get a sense of what drives and motivates your passion for neuroscience research. To that end, writing about how your interest in the field developed can be insightful. In addition, feel free to take this opportunity to discuss both the ups and downs […]

Do some research about a particular genetic diseases. Tell the class about the disease you chose to discuss. What is the mutation that causes the disease?

For this discussion, do some research about a particular genetic diseases. Tell the class about the disease you chose to discuss. What is the mutation that causes the disease? What are the effects of having this mutation (in other words, how does the disease present)? Are there any cures for this disease? Write at least […]

Determine what is the unmet need in your chosen cancer (triple negative breast cancer) and what part of that unmet need you want to address What has been tried so far?

Design a study, using available material from cancer patients, which will help progress research in cancer of unmet need. Type of cancer: triple negative breast cancer Patient material is hypothetical and it could be anything that has a lab based material 2. ABSTRACT (<150 words, not included in word count) Include a brief but clear, relevant […]

What is the structure of tRNA and how does it contribute to the process of translation? Where are the acceptor stem and anticodon loop?

Genes and How They Work Section 15.1 What is the central dogma? What is the significance of the central dogma? What is transcription? What is translation? What are the different types of RNA and what do they do? (p. 307) Section 15.2 How do you interpret the genetic code? Be sure you can give the […]

Explain what techniques might be used in genetic engineering and what types of organisms are genetically engineered and why they have been created.

Biotechnology Your exposure to biotechnology in this course has come through mostly laboratory experiments and the TED talk discussions. This is a large chapter, so the basic information be able to understand is limited to: 1. Definitions of restriction enzymes, recombinant DNA 2. Explain how DNA gel electrophoresis works, DNA fingerprinting 3. What are different […]

Explain how the leading and lagging strands of DNA replication are produced differently. How is prokaryotic DNA replication different than eukaryotic DNA replication?

DNA: The Genetic Material Section 14.1 Understand Griffith’s experiment and how it showed transformation of bacteria occurred in the mice (Figure 14.1). Understand how scientists showed that DNA was the “transforming principle”. Understand the Hershey-Chase Experiment (Viral transformation confirmed DNA was the hereditary information, not protein) Section 14.2 Know the detailed molecular structure of DNA? […]

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