My mom always told me that when I was younger my favorite word was why. Years later in my third year of college, not much…
When put most simply, studying biochemistry is about investigating the chemistry of biological interactions and processes. However, this definition is far too rudimentary. To study…
In my opinion, to study biochemistry means to investigate the intersection between chemistry and biology. It involves the analysis of substances’ structures, compositions, and reactivities…
I think to study biochemistry means to take biological systems and processes and break them down to the molecular scale to understand how and why…
In 2016, BCM 441 Advanced Biochemistry built webpages on the following human diseases: Chronic Granulomatous Disease History and Metabolic Context Molecular Basis of the Disease…
Tyler Florio’s Blog Spotlight – Ubiquitination independent of E1 and E2 enzymes by bacterial effectors Link: http://www.nature.com.muhlenberg.idm.oclc.org/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature17657.html Ubiquitination is a vital cellular process universally observed…
Corrie Morris ChemBio Spotlight #7 Paper: Nucleotide Excision Repair is Impaired by Binding of Transcription Factors to DNA. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v532/n7598/full/nature17661.html Somatic mutations in DNA have a…
Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive brain disorder that impairs cognitive function and destroys memory in older adults. It is characterized even in its earliest stages…
Tyler Gottlieb March 25, 2016 ChemBio Spotlight #5 Paper: Imbalanced OPA1 Processing and Mitochondrial Fragmentation Cause Heart Failure in Mice http://science.sciencemag.org/content/350/6265/aad0116.full Mitochondria, Stress, and Your…
Stephanie Spiegel ChemBio Spotlight #4 Paper: PKD1 Inhibits AMPK2 through Phosphorylation of Serine 491 and Impairs Insulin Signaling in Skeletal Muscle Cells http://www.jbc.org/content/291/11/5664.full.pdf+html Whodunit? –…
