#mcat genetics

[er-cryptid]

Amount of DNA Ex 2

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[dr-arugula]

it's just me pomodoro and my owala against the world.

[capyclub]

i hate memorizing amino acids

[vidalinav]

Stu(died) Chapter 6.5

Basically this is the beginning of chapter 7 except I change povs and so it annoyed me. So this is a short chapter.

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Nesta has never liked the holiday season. Mostly, it's cold and there's no sweater warm enough, too few blankets to cover herself with, and her roommates don't subscribe to the idea of leaving the thermostat at a sweltering 78.

That's the advantage, Nesta thinks, of Emerie and Gwyn going home for the holidays.

Admittedly, it's also a bit sad.

78 and her heart is a solid 32 degrees Fahrenheit. The freezing point of water.

She's been holed up in this apartment, even as most students leave back to their respective families. Even Cassian leaves a week ago. Not that Nesta cares to keep track. She just knows because he keeps sending them photos of him making snow angels to their group chat.

Emerie sends photos of herself on a beach in Miami, because of course she lives somewhere warm. Gwyn, however, lives out in the boonies and barely gets cell reception on a good day. She sends a thumbs up just to tell them she's alive.

She tells them she's going home soon, but really Nesta plans on taking extra shifts if they're offered. No sense in trucking home. She missed the last bus there anyway.

So, Nesta makes do with the Christmas tree her friends put up together. Homemade ornaments and all. She makes do with Netflix and shitty rom-coms, and she ignores all semblance of Cassian who keeps calling her and texting her and sending her pictures.

As if she cares.

She won't tell anyone that she saves them in her phone. She won't tell her friends that he has a routine. Check-ins like some godforsaken good morning texts as if they're dating or something. Calls at midnight because he knows she's not sleeping. He asks what she watches since she's always watching something when he calls. Nesta's surprised she even answers.

But she does.

Every time.

She answers every text with a snark reply. Answers every photo with a wicked emoji. Her voice isn't even happy when she talks to him and yet he calls and calls and calls.

She swears there must be something wrong with this guy.

~

Or perhaps there's something wrong with her...

Nesta will blame genetics--her DNA with its single nucleotide polymorphisms. If she gets her hair from her father and her eyes from her mother, it only makes sense that her unreasonable obsession with staring at her phone comes from one of them too.

Nesta cannot stop staring at her phone.

It's been 24 hours and not one notification.

Cassian has been killed.

Or at least... he's been maimed.

Maybe shot.

Worse, he might be talking to another girl.

Nesta shakes her head at the thought. Ugh. What is she even thinking? Vomit worthy thoughts and she'll blame recessive genes and the human genome. What has become of her?

She looks at the screen again, sees nothing, and throws the phone on the bed.

She needs a hobby. One of those boring ones too. Paint by numbers or diamond dots. Something that will take her hours. A form of self-flagellation. A punishment for thinking about frat boys instead of studying for the MCAT.

Because she has to study for the MCAT. The MCAT is not going to take itself.

She contemplates this as her phone vibrates.

Nesta will not admit to anyone that she jumps at the sound and rushes to pick it up.

She groans as she sees who it is.

"What do you want Feyre?"

Her little sister huffs. "That's the Christmas spirit! Say that again but in a drearier way, I think you missed the bah humbug."

"You have five minutes," Nesta says, looking at the clock. It's only 12:15. What else is she suppose to do for 9 more hours?

"Hey! You gave me 15 minutes last time. You're shortchanging me."

"Fine. You get 15 minutes. Talk fast."

Feyre laughs and Nesta pauses at the sound, glad that her little sister sounds happy even if she only calls to ask for money.

"I'm calling to see what you're doing right now."

"Why?"

"Because... Well... I need someone to pick me up from the airport."

Her little sister uses her nice voice as she says it, too.

It’s a shame that Nesta has never been one for niceties.

~~~

Azriel says he’s been playing it too easy and that’s the only reason he’s not snapping Nesta a pic of his pie. Apple crisp with little lace edges.

His exact words were: why would she buy the cow, if she could get the milk for free?

Cassian is no cow, but he knows Nesta loves roast beef. He knows so much about her and yet she barely answers his texts.

So fine, maybe Azriel is right.

Maybe Nesta doesn’t even really like him that much.

Worse, what if she likes someone else?

Cassian shakes his head. No. Impossible. Nesta's his. He's already decided, as possessive as that may seem. How could she not be? She spent Thanksgiving with his family. They've kissed. Twice.

They've made out even.

But still she doesn't reach out to him. She responds with a thumbs up when he asks how she is. She replies with a heart to his message when he tells her he's baking her favorite dessert.

Stupidly short replies for her stupid, dumb... boyfriend? Friend with minimal benefits? Student she tutors?

Cassian shakes his head again.

He needs to get a hobby.

Except he's baking... that is his hobby. He's already cleaned his room. He's watched football with his brothers. He's taken his little sister to the science museum.

Nothing can stop him from gripping his phone and shaking it.

Why won't she call???

Nesta's face lights up his screen and Cassian presses the call button with the speed of a world record.

“Cassian,” she says in a voice so soft, he could swoon.

“I’ll be right there,” he says immediately.

~

Okay next chapter is car ride to Nesta's house with Feyre in tow. Also Nesta doesn't have a car right now. I'll explain that later.

@unhealthyfanobsession

[smol-stardust]

is there a specific career you’re planning on pursuing?

It’s kinda always teetered between something medicine or law related as they’re my two main fields of interest, though I’ve always favoured the idea of med school more than anything.

As of right now I’m going for a genetics major for undergrad, and I’m also taking some sociology/criminology courses, and we’re just gonna vibe until we have to make a decision and not worry about the specifics until I either go take the MCAT or do something else with my life haha. (It really depends on bad my calculus finals go next month too T0T)

To answer your question, imma put it this way. I had specifics figured out until uni hit me with the reality beam and now I’ll take it as it comes and just vibe with what feels right

[kawaiiinla]

Imposter Syndrome in Science

I know no one will answer this since I'm basically just non-existant on this platform but... on the off chance

Anyone working toward a bio-science degree / premed style degree feel like an imposter? I've gotten through a lot of classes and have done well enough. I guess someone on the outside would say I am smart enough but I don't feel it. I don't feel like it at all. I still have two more classes before I take the MCATS and I just don't feel like I am cut out for anything. I se ejob postings for synapse exploratory labs, oncology labs, genetics labs, and so on and I feel so ... not there. All that work I've put in and I feel so inadequate. Stupid science.

[thelasttime]

wait but you can get diabetes from food right? the type 2 one

okay i’m not a diabetes expert so i don’t know that much besides what i learned for the MCAT and some biology classes but i believe you have to be genetically predisposed for type 2 diabetes and then not having a healthier lifestyle can trigger you from not having diabetes to having it

[milhazel]

tumblr ed been quiet recently, my ed has been too

ive had such an up and down relationship that my current state is simply just confused. when I first fell into it i rly didn’t take long to get used to things and accept that this is what was happening with me. I lost a ton of weight, started gaining respect (depressing), got busy w school and kinda lost control of myself and gained some back but was consisted with the gym tho didn’t see results, moved away for the summer and got stressed w mcat stuff etc that now im back where I started (probably idk I don’t have a scale here). I tell myself I should eat to be healthy while I have a new workout routine that has been giving me results but then I wake up and can feel the fat on my face and tell myself that today is the day I won’t be eating. I beg myself to start restricting again bc im going back to school soon and I can’t compete w these other girls but the conflict between my genetically predisposed illnesses and wanting to avoid them and being better than the girls on my campus vs looking better than the girls on my campus while being unhealthy is too strong. I just need to pick one and move on, and I sure do hope it’s the latter.

[er-cryptid]

Metamales vs Metafemales

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[scientificmethds]

50 days of Productivity - 1/50

Fri May 5

I’m deciding to start tracking my productivity for the next 50 days with the MCAT coming up. I’m in the middle of finals rn and it’s been easy to feel like I’m just drowning with everything (there’s nothing specific overwhelming me — it just feels like a big pile of “everything”).

Today I’m gonna finish reviewing for my microbial genetics exam, take my exam at 4, then study for nutrition a little bit and try to go to bed early. I’ve decided to go into work tomorrow to keep myself on a consistent sleep schedule (also…I need social interaction desperately) so I might clean my makeup brushes in the evening too. I impulse-bought the Pat McGrath foundation last week and it just came in, it looks so nice 🥺

[peaceblank]

Why does the MCAT give such a shit about amino acids, I literally work in a genetics lab and I don’t deal with them to this extent.

[drawittoknowitmedical]

Review the work of Gregor Mendel and his pea plant experiments!Review the work of Gregor Mendel and his pea plant experiments!

[as-studypeach]

Just sat my human physiology exam in my own dining room ... realising how much better I performed without the pressure of invigilators, other students and a tense atmosphere - at least one good thing came out of online learning and isolation.

[deargodletmepassthisclass]

DNA Repair

Oncogenes develop from mutations of proto-oncogenes, and promote cell cycling. They may lead to cancer, which is defined by unchecked cell proliferation with the ability to spread by local invasion or metastasize (migrate to distant sites via the bloodstream or lymphatic system).

Tumor suppressor genes code for proteins that reduce cell cycling or promote DNA ; mutations of tumor suppressor genes can also lead to cancer.

During replication, DNA polymerase proofreads its work and excises incorrectly matched bases. The daughter strand is identified by its lack od methylation and corrected accordingly. 

Mismatch repair also occurs during the G2 phase of the cell cycle, using the genes MSH2 and MLH1.

Nucleotide excision repair fixes helix-deforming lesions of DNA (such as thymine dimers) via a cut-and-patch process that requries an excision endonuclease.

Base excision repair fixes nondeforming lesions of the DNA helix (such as cytosine deamination) by removing the base, leaving an apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) site. An AP endonuclease then removes the damaged sequence, which can be filled in with the correct bases.

[sciencearwen]

Kaplan genetics class with Mama Mary 💙

[caffeinatedcake]

After the first round of class registration, here is my updates schedule for the fall semester! I was able to lower the amount of credits I was taking this semester to 15 because I’ll be taking a psychology class over the summer!

Summer Class:

Psychology of Learning: focuses on the basic methods used to study learning and the theories proposed to account for learning processes

Fall Semester:

Genetics: focuses on transmission genetics, the nature of mutation, microbial genetics, somatic fell genetics, and recombinant DNA techniques

Physiological Psychology: focuses on teaching the fundamentals of neural communication and central nervous structure

Child Psychology: basic facts and principles of psychological development from the prenatal period until adolescence

Healthcare Economics: understanding the US healthcare sector, how it operates, and the forced at work behind perceived deficiencies.

20th Century American Music and Cultural Criticism: focusing on how music is implicated in the gendered, radicalized, and socioeconomic power structures that order our lives