Author: Suzi Birnbaum Hello and welcome to my biochemistry blog for the course BCM441. You may be wondering what exactly we learn in advanced, undergraduate,…
Author: Suzi Birnbaum
Author: Suzi Birnbaum For the purposes of this Capstone project, I have decided to focus on the biochemical basis behind polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). This…
Author: Suzi Birnbaum Featured image caption: This is the fifth figure from the Fotiou et al. article showing speculative pathways of where metabolites identified by…
Author: Suzi Birnbaum For the culminating project that is this blog, this post will be a short aside in the brainstorming process behind three possible…
Author: Suzi Birnbaum Access the described article here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29134198 Plasma membrane (PM) composition is necessary for regulating cell function and cell signaling. Lipids (specifically phospholipids) are…
Published in Nature, “The role of fatty acid β-oxidation in lymphangiogenesis” by Wong et al. crossed biological and chemistry disciplines in producing a new model of genetic…
In my experience as a undergraduate student majoring in biochemistry I’ve found it a hard to conceptualize for people without a connection to the biological…