#genetics student

[hellsitegenetics]

hello hellsitegenetics I have decided to try my luck here. I'm a marine science student and a general fanatic of the ocean so if I don't get some sort of Ocean Beastie I will be very sad. blast please don't do me dirty I'm on my knees begging you. please.

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Closest match: Agriotes lineatus genome assembly, chromosome: 10 Common name: Lined click beetle

[elinalives]

This genetics exam will be the death of me, I can’t keep learning about fly larvae

I wonder how you guys do it, I just have to keep going for a few more days 😭

[briteenystudy]

cafe studying with friends 🍵

[carbon-cyanide]

☆ Just Another Manic Monday ☆

Had a long lab meeting today preparing for the fall quarter to begin. Our wet lab is officially up & running and we can start doing experiments soon! After the meeting, I did some prep for an interview on one of our projects tomorrow. I'm trying not to let my nerves get me too much on that. Then I had lunch with a friend before watching the sunset over the ocean. All in all it was a pretty great day, I know the next few months will be super challenging but it's nice to remember the good days in between.

The quarter hasn't even officially started yet & I'm already exhausted 🫠

[miyatalksshit]

okay, this post is in reference to the previous post i made about ft genetics (i am gonna try to post the entire thing as a post instead of adding things in tags)

lucy: no matter who you ship her with, this girl's first child is gonna be a carbon copy of her. if you've noticed all the heartfilia women are almost the same. i don't care what mashima created nashi as, she's gonna be a carbon copy of lucy for me. maybe her second child (if she can have a second one after her daughter) might have features from the father or her own father. lucy has dominant as fuck genes. her child is 100% getting her magic too. the heartfilia women (in my hcs) can only birth one child. due to the dominant nature of their magic, their child is gonna have celestial spirit magic and the rarity of means to perform celestial spirit magic causes them to birth only one child.

natsu: he has recessive as fuck genes. due to the first generation dominant nature of his dad's genes, he got his pink colouring, his child's gonna have a higher probability of looking like zeref with some of his features than looking like him. i hc that all the first gen dragon slayer magic users do not have an innate type of magic. like all the people in earthland, they can hold etharino in their body. but due to the era they come from, their bodies aren't evolved to store less amount of etharino, making it easier for them to learn dragon slayer magic. his child is 100% gonna be having the mother's magic. and they're gonna be part demon, causing their body to store higher amounts and different types of etharino, so they're gonna be insane strong no matter what type of magic they're gonna be having.

gray: his colouring is dominant, but his physique is recessive. his children are gonna like the men of his partner's side of family. his magic can be learnt by his children, but it'll most probably blend in with his partner's magic when it comes to their child. his type of magic depends on who is partner is, unlike lucy who's magic is 100% gonna transfer and natsu's who's magic is 100% not going to.

juvia: her colour palette is 100% recessive, unless her partner has hidden recessive genes, her colour palette isn't gonna show at all. her magic is dominant though. like lucy's magic, her magic also alters a gene in the body. (other magic types depend of the type of etharino they surround themself with at a younger age)

erza: girl has insane dominant genes. idc idc what you say. her body is as devolved as natsu's and other first gen dragon slayers. she was carried in her (dragon) mother's womb for 400 years, causing her to have an upper hand in the amount of magic present in her body. she has insane reserves and they're 90% gonna pass to her kids. her magic isn't gonna pass to her kids either. her magic needs insane amount of reserves, which her children aren't going to have. is she's gonna have children w ppl that aren't 1st gen dragon slayers, their magic is gonna be insane wonky in the first few years. her child is also gonna be a ¼ part dragon. i hc that irene blocked her dragon characteristics, which was lifted for her children. she'll probably carry her child for 15 months (longer time due to extreme intelligence evolved crossbreed mammal reptile incubation). she is gonna want to 100% have kids btw. i also hc that her first child is gonna look like her dad rather than her or her partner.

jellal: boy's genes are insane dominant. so is his magic. his children are 100% gonna get his magic. his physique too. his hair colour though... also his tattoo is linked with his magic, causing his children to have the entire tattoo.

gajeel: his magic isn't gonna be passed down. at all. his children are gonna be strong though. his altered genes due to usage of magic is gonna cause a difficult pregnancy for his partner. unlike natsu, he isn't a part demon, causing his child to have difficulty in absorbing magic from his mother. he's also going to be drawing high amounts of magic due to the etharino absorbtion of the older unevolved human. his child will get his physical featured though. his body is also kinda related to his wife's genes. his child will get his physique if his wife's genes are recessive, or blend with them if any other.

levy: her genes are average. her magic is a learned magic. anyone whose body can store higher than usual amounts of etharino can learn her magic, causing her kids to be able to learn her magic if they want to. her physique is regressive. her colour palette will blend in with her partner's in their children.

[tyunningcore]

i’ve been obsessed with TMA to the point i dug out my old ‘ artsy journal’ from ninth grade that i only used 5 pages of to make a gerard keay family tree…

also made a lil silver worms thingy, will update as i listen to more episodes!!

excuse the handwriting i made this in a HURRY.

( also i’m still only on MAG 29 so no spoilers please !!!!)

[aleksei-arts]

[autonomic-neuron]

feb 2024, 1/100

lectures began:

- reviewed lectures

- prepared for tomorrows lectures

- began lab preparation

- added assessment dates to calendar

- introduction modules completed

tomorrow:

- lecture revision

- lab prep

it has been a productive start to the semester! although there is not much to go over yet i am determined to stay on track. let’s keep this productivity going~

[girl-please-study]

Things I learnt this week : Always have a lip balm around.

[neverquiteedenstudyblr]

Call me a laboratory Drosophila melanogaster the way that any increased stress in my environment is going to decrease my survival rate

[hellsitegenetics]

Hi, This is sooo so very cool, I’m in the middle of my final exams right now and every so often I forget why I love biology, and chemistry and then I think dammit I should have just picked languages as my high level courses. But whenever I see your blog, I am reminded of why I want to study biochemistry. It’s just so insanely cool. Anyways, you don’t have to answer, but I just wanted to let you know. Many thanks!!!!

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Closest match: Globicephala melas genome assembly, chromosome: 19 Common name: Long-finned pilot whale (dolphin)

[larstudy]

🖥️ 28.06.2023 // It was my first day of internship at the Marie Curie Institute! I did mostly administrative tasks as trying to pick up my entry badge (I will only have it tomorrow *sob*) and code to have access to the intranet. I also read some genetic papers about a constitutional mutation on breast cancers as it's what I will be working on for the next two month! I'm so so excited to discover this field! 🩵🩵

I left my internship early to eat with some friend and have a picnic with other friends. It was so nice to see all of them after studying that much for my finals 🩷

Also, tomorrow there will be a meal with all the unit on the balcony! I can't wait for it even if I'm a bit anxious about meeting everyone in one go ahah

[buggbuzz]

my gender is like meat leaf i think. boy materials in the structure of girl. like im a girl made out of boy things but not in a transman way like i like being female im just. a girl-leaning boygirl. maybe??

[katiajewelbox]

Plant Immune System Part 3

The plant immune system is the topic of my PhD thesis, which I'm currently writing following several years of lab-based research as a PhD student at Imperial College London under the supervision of Professor Colin Turnbull.

Here's an introduction to my research, which focused on how certain plants defend themselves against aphids.

Aphids are an important insect pest that threaten agriculture worldwide. As we learned in the previous post, plant resistance (R) genes control resistance to specific pests and pathogens through interaction with effectors from the invaders. Since examples of R gene-dependent aphid resistance have been documented in different plant species, aphid-specific R genes may enable the development of resistant crops.

In the model plant Medicago truncatula, there are some varieties that are resistant to aphids and other varieties that are susceptible to Pea Aphids (Acyrthosiphon pisum). Whether the plant is resistant also depends on the variety of aphid. In my project, the A17 plant is resistant to PS01 aphids but not to N116 aphids, while the DZA plant is susceptible to both aphid varieties.

What is the key difference in the resistant versus susceptible plants? Resistant A17 plants have a portion of their genome “Resistance to Acyrthosiphon pisum 1” (RAP1) which determines resistance to PS01 aphids, but the genes controlling the defence response and physiological defence mechanisms remain unknown. Two candidate R genes located in RAP1, designated “RAP1A” and “RAP1B”, may control resistance.

My main objective in my PhD project has been to determine whether RAP1A and RAP1B control aphid resistance, and to investigate the RAP1-mediated defence response. I look forward to sharing the findings in publications and in talks next year!

Image credit: Original diagram by Katia Hougaard with images from the Turnbull Lab.

#katia_plantscientist#science#biology#research#plants#botany#plantbiology#phdproject#plantbiology#plantscience#sciencecommunication#diagrams#phd#imperialcollegelondon#phdthesis#medicago#aphid#plantimmunesystem#pestsandpathogens#plantpathology#womeninscience#plantbiologist

[mostly-natm]

Never thought I’d have to finally look up the meaning of “skibidi toilet” for my teaching assistant job of all things…

[nichoiscrying]

Nanodrop practice

Yesterday I had the opportunity to practice with some DNA samples in the nanodrop, so tonight after finishing my duties as student council I decided to transcribe my notes from the lab.