December 12, 2006
Some random reflections and thoughts from Building Learning Communities Day 1:
–In a lot of ways, I can’t believe this is my fourth BLC conference, and if nothing else, the one thing that really stands out is that there is very extensive intellectual (if not practical) understanding of the Read/Write Web as compared to my first year here when a lot of people looked at me funny as I talked about blogs and RSS and the like. Yesterday at a session that Tim Tyson was running about leadership, just about everyone said they wanted to learn more about Web 2.0 stuff, and in a weird way, it was a moment of some validation. Another signal that the train has left the station. But still, the fact that I am Read the rest of this entry »
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Brain,
Dump
December 12, 2006
For all of the pre-health tests (MCAT, PCAT, DAT, and OAT), you should be able to follow the generation of ATP in each step, and also the energy carrier reduction (NAD and FAD) in each stage. You do NOT need to memorize any enzymes or pathway intermediates; they will make you do that in your professional school biochem class. You should also know that oxygen is the final electron acceptor of the electron transport chain, and that anaerobic respiration is insufficient to sustain human life. In addition, fermentation produces lactic acid as a byproduct in humans, and ethanol in yeast. Finally, you should know where in the cell each stage of respiration occurs. Here is a list of the energy conversions for each stage and where in the cell they take place:
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Cellular,
Metabolism,
Overview