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Reply 60

shiny

Fluffy

I answered your PM on admissionsforum! Are you ignoring me :wink:

Okies, hopes it's waiting for you :frown:

Reply 61

Muse

Jack Schitt

do you have any particular recommendations or would you simply suggest I browse around in my local library?

i've got a book called "Medical Biochemistry" which is quite good, but geared towards a medical degree - with lots of pics, hehe.

there are plenty of books you should look at first before buying stryer (!) and yes, a local library or waterstones would be a good place to browse for a book format that you like (and an enjoyable afternoon out :wink:

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Fluffy

I love splicing! :smile:

(The Splicing Room!)

ahh...*forgets your DPhil is in a branch of biochemistry so stops slating the subject!*

Reply 62

shiny

Biochemistry is becoming more and more physicsy these days! :eek:

Reply 63

Ben.S.

Fluffy

I love splicing! :smile:

(The Splicing Room!)

Do you? I hate having to remember things like U1 (I think) binding to the 5'-splice site (GA) U2AF binding to the poly-Y tract and 3'-splice site (perhaps?) and U2 to the branch point and...

HATE.

I haven't decided to specialise in pure theoretical chemistry, because I just don't have the maths to do it! I will probably end up doing something organic-ish, then going back into biology as a chemist.

Ben

Reply 64

shiny

i gets to stick GFP in drosophila this week! :biggrin:

Reply 65

Ben.S.

shiny

i gets to stick GFP in drosophila this week! :biggrin:

Yay - what are you looking at/fusing GFP to?

Ben

Reply 66

Fluffy

Yes - splicing rocks! So few genes, so many combinations!

Reply 67

Fluffy

shiny

i gets to stick GFP in drosophila this week! :biggrin:

Meh! GFP is soooo last century!

Reply 68

Muse

shiny

i gets to stick GFP in drosophila this week! :biggrin:

what sort of DPhil are you doing??

Reply 69

Ben.S.

Fluffy

Yes - splicing rocks! So few genes, so many combinations!

That's alternative splicing.

Ben

Reply 70

shiny

Ben.S.

Yay - what are you looking at/fusing GFP to?

Ben

Actually I just checked and we are only going to grow GFP in E.coli and purify it. Not enough time for Drosophila :frown:

Reply 71

Muse

Ben.S.

Yay - what are you looking at/fusing GFP to?

Ben

ooh..drosophilia cardiac cells are interesting !!

Reply 72

shiny

Fluffy

Meh! GFP is soooo last century!

I like the red one :smile:

Reply 73

Ben.S.

shiny

Actually I just checked and we are only going to grow GFP in E.coli and purify it. Not enough time for Drosophila :frown:

You're going to grow GFP?!? How are you purifying it (I wouldn't be so interested normally - but I've just revised a load of fusion-protein techniquey stuff)?

Ben

Reply 74

shiny