Author Archives: Buffy Chen
Biol 463 Top 4 Assignments (and 1 more ) Throughout the Term
Assignment #1: “Dna Methylation…. Apis Mellifera” The first assignment that I’ll be submitting is the worksheet on the first assigned article read and worked together as a group. It feels like a world away looking back at this first assignment. … Continue reading
Biol463 – Final Research Project and Bibliography
Lo, and behold… the final product, I could not be more proud! 🙂 Final Project: Investigation of microRNA products -mir-675-3p and mir-675-5p – from H19, against the Bone Morphogenetic Family (BMP) proteins BMP 7, BMP 4, and BMP 11 for … Continue reading
R&R #5
Questions: 1. Take a moment to think about your work related to this course (in class and on your own time). What is one thing that that you learned and that stands out to you? Why does it stand out? … Continue reading
Unprompted whimsies #6: “Metaphors, Language, and Thought”
Towards the end of class today, the discussion took for an interesting turn as to whether the results of a clinical study could be properly conveyed back to the participants, or other (interested) individuals. The class seemed to be split … Continue reading
Finally… the project question I will be exploring!
After talking to Dr.Kalas and reading some of the comPAIR review, I’ve decided to pick one of my two candidate questions for this project. I didn’t expect myself to pick a question so late in the game, but I don’t … Continue reading
Unprompted whimsies #5: Thoughts on ComPAIR
I can’t help but feel excited when I see a notification sitting in my inbox, alerting me to feedback on my project from my peers. While it took me a while to finally come up with a question and a … Continue reading
ComPAIR: Draft of Project Handed In & the Accompanied Peer Review Feedback
1. PDF File of the Final Project (Draft) turned in to ComPAIR Biol463_FinalProject_DraftforComPAIR_YJChen 2. Feedback from my Peers Student #1: You did a great job explaining the background information about lncRNA, H19, and kidney development. It would be good to … Continue reading
Final Project: Change in Questions
I had switched questions earlier in the term because I had wanted to look at at the long non-coding RNA H19. I was attracted to H19 for the wealth of information waiting to be discovered from the ample research that … Continue reading
R&R #4
1. I don’t think there is too big of a difference between an inconsequential situation and for an exam situation. The strategies build on each other. For an inconsequential situation, I try to cover all my bases in answering the … Continue reading
Unprompted whimsies 4: Learning in Development Part 2
While I have participated in group work/projects over the course of my undergraduate journey… I don’t think I have been in a course that encouraged active group work consistently and with different people! It was a little weird for me … Continue reading