Biology Study classes

Dear Students

This Wednesday 31 Oct after school in room B8 Mrs Rippon will hold a Scholarship biology study class.

On Sunday 4 Nov from 1.00pm in room B8 Mrs Rippon will host the second part of the gene expression topic. Feel free to bring food for a shared food break during this study class.

All Biology students are welcome to attend these study classes.

Regards

Mr Edwards

NCEA Level 3 Biology - Plant and Animal Responses flashcards | Quizlet

NCEA Level 3 Biology - Plant and Animal Responses flashcards | Quizlet:

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Hank talks protein folding, prions and ZOMBIES!

Find out more here 

Sorry wrong dates

Of course I meant Wednesday 24, Saturday 27 and Sunday 28

Regards

Mr Edwards

Biology Study Classes

Dear Students

Here are some times for study classes in the next week or so.

Wednesday 23 October Room B12 after school Scholarship

Saturday 26 October Room B12 starting 10.30am Yr 13 Biology

Sunday 27 October Room B8 starting 1.00pm Yr 13 Biology

Regards

Mr Edwards

Protein Structure and Function - Part 2 - YouTube

Protein Structure and Function - Part 2 - YouTube:

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Protein Structure and Function - Part 1 - YouTube

This one has a woman narrator!

Protein Structure and Function - Part 1 - YouTube:

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Study class Monday 11 am room B8

Dear Students

Mrs Rippon will be holding a study class for year 13 Biology on Monday at 11am in room B8. All Biology students are welcome.

Regards 

Mr Edwards

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Biology Study Class Friday

Dear Students

Room B12 at 1.00 pm on Friday 12 October. All year 13 Biology students welcome.

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Mr Edwards

Importance of transcription factors (Gene control)

The following was taken from an Evolution blog:

British and Japanese scientists share Nobel Prize for stem cell work

John Gurdon from the UK and Shinya Yamanaka from Japan were awarded the prize for changing adult cells into stem cells, which can become any other type of cell in the body.

The discoveries are placed almost 40 years apart. In 1962, John Gurdon showed that the genetic information inside a cell taken from the intestines of a frog contained all the information need to create a whole new frog. He took the genetic information and placed it inside a frog egg. The resulting clone developed into a normal tadpole. The technique would eventually give rise to Dolly the sheep, the first cloned mammal. (Source 1)

But how did the egg cell body accomplish this reprogramming feat? The answer had to wait 44 years, while molecular biologists gained a more intimate understanding of genes and the agents that control them.

Working with mice, Dr. Yamanaka discovered in 2006 that the reprogramming is accomplished by just four specific gene control agents in the egg. The agents, known to biologists as transcription factors, are proteins made by master genes to regulate other genes. By injecting the four agents into an adult cell, Dr. Yamanaka showed that he could walk the cell back to its primitive, or stem cell, form.

Stem cells generated by this method, known as induced pluripotent cells, or iPS cells, could then be made to mature into any type of adult cell in the body, a finding with obvious potential for medical benefits.

Many biologists hope that Dr. Yamanaka’s technique will be the gateway toward generating replacement tissues from a patient’s own cells for use against a wide variety of degenerative diseases. (from Source 2)

Incidentally, John Gurdon's report card contained the following comment from his high school biology science teacher (he still has that report card with him):
“I believe Gurdon has ideas about becoming a scientist; on his present showing this is quite ridiculous. If he can’t learn simple biological facts he would have no chance of doing the work of a specialist, and it would be a sheer waste of time, both on his part and of those who would have to teach him.”


Source:
1) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19869673
2) http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/09/health/research/cloning-and-stem-cell-discoveries-earn-nobel-prize-in-medicine.html?_r=0
3)http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2214605/Brit-Japanese-scientists-win-Nobel-Prize-groundbreaking-skin-cell-discovery-help-cure-diseases.html

Image credit: www.nytimes.com

The Cell Cycle & Mitosis Tutorial

http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/tutorials/cell_cycle/main.html

Orientation Responses (AS 3.4) flashcards | Quizlet

Here's one for the plant and animal interrelationships section.


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Study class on Sunday from 1.00 pm

Dear Students

Mrs Rippon will be holding a study class on Sunday 7 October in room B8 Starting at 1.00pm. All Biology students welcome.

Regards

Mr Edwards

Interactive Concepts in Biochemistry - Interactive Animations

http://www.wiley.com/college/boyer/0470003790/animations/translation/translation.htm

Protein synthesis, a straight forward animation.

Transcription vs Translation - Difference and Comparison | Diffen

http://www.diffen.com/difference/Transcription_vs_Translation

Molecular Genetics

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/About/primer/genetics_molecular.html