#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

[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.

[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 🥺

[er-cryptid]

Metamales vs Metafemales

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[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

[studywithraincloud]

Here’s to new beginnings... this new blog, this new highlighter, this new heading style, this new chapter. Fridays always feel like a fresh start. It’s time to take this weekend and make the most of it. Even if you mess up (kinda like I did on this new style), it’s a learning experience.

It makes me feel like it’s time to tackle something new. I am feeling motivated. How about you?