Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Find an Interesting Biochemistry website and put its link in this entry, then describe briefly what is found there.

http://www.asbmb.org/

The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

The purpose of this website, which caught my interest the most, is that it is a non profit organization with the PRIMARY PURPOSE of advancing biochemistry and molecular biology.
The A.S.B.M.B do these advancing through publications of journals, conferences, journals, and symposiums which are all listed on the website. From this website you can actually watch streaming videos of these scientist, read journal articles, find research, read reviews, and so much more. The organization was founded in 1906 and have grown to have over 12,000 members now, each playing a role in the part of advancing science.

What Knowledge have you connected with past knowledge? (Open ended)

I feel like biochemistry has connected well with many of the sciences courses I have taken. In pursuing a future in microbiology I have already learned so much about lipids, amino acids, and cellular metabolism (glycolysis, electron transport chain, Krebs cycle). These all connect to life in ways which are much more related then just a person to person basis.
Although we discussed these topics in classes such as microbiology, biology, anatomy and physiology I & II, which is why I can tell you the cycle front to back. I believe these classes gave me the back bone to be able to learn the in depth, detailed, step by step method in to which the cell is able to work and survive.