Labrat

Previously thenormalstudy, but I’m no longer a student. Now just a young scientist interested in microbiology, molecular genetics, and the world :)

[everythingaboutbiotech]

Microscopes Simplified

Light Microscope

Fluorescence Microscope

Transmission Electron Microscope

Scanning Electron Microscope

[everythingaboutbiotech]

Whole Internet Right Now

[cellimagelibrary]

You Dirty Rat! Image of the Week – February 10, 2020

CIL:48107 - http://cellimagelibrary.org/images/48107

Description: Differentiated rat neural stem cells stained for β III-Tubulin (in blue) to reveal neurons and GFAP (in red) to reveal glial cells.

Authors: Natalie Prigozhina

Attribution Only: This image is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

[mutation-agoodthingorabadth-blog]

Forensic Science

This is another outcome of molecular genetic technology that helps the society in certain investigations and cadaver identifications.

DNA Analysis

The majority of cells making up the human body are diploid cells carrying identical DNA, with the exception of haploid gametes (egg and sperm) and red blood cells (which have no nucleus). Several types of biological evidence are commonly used in forensic science for the purpose of DNA analysis, including blood, saliva, semen, skin, urine and hair, though some are more useful than others. source

DNA Profiling 

(also called DNA fingerprinting, DNA testing, or DNA typing) is a forensic technique used to identify individuals by characteristics of their DNA. A DNA profile is a small set of DNA variations that is very likely to be different in all unrelated individuals, thereby being as unique to individuals as are fingerprints (hence the alternate name for the technique). source

[cellimagelibrary]

Image of the Week – June 1, 2020

CIL:50519 - http://cellimagelibrary.org/images/50519

Description: We examined the structural organization of cytoskeletal components and membrane systems in neurons of well preserved biopsy material from Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Information was obtained from thin sectioned material using conventional electron microscopy and from thick sections with the high voltage electron microscope. Stereo viewing and computer assisted serial reconstruction techniques were employed to visualize three-dimensional relationships among cytoplasmic components of cortical neurons.

Authors: Mark Ellisman, Rama Ranganathan, Thomas Deerinck, Stephen Young, David Hessler, and Robert Terry

Licensing: Public Domain: This image is in the public domain and thus free of any copyright restrictions. However, as is the norm in scientific publishing and as a matter of courtesy, any user should credit the content provider for any public or private use of this image whenever possible.

[sadhoc]

bastard’s degree

[sadhoc]

bastard of sciences

[laboradorescence]

motherfucker of arts

[lovely-sanctuary]

For anyone who needs to hear it:

Your late teens/20s are a weird time in your life. Don’t panic if you think somebody is more “ahead” than you. The concept of being ahead is nonexistent anyway because life’s not a race and each person has different hurdles to overcome.

It’s totally fine if you’re single. It’s fine if you’re still finishing school. It’s fine if you are still looking for a better job, or for any job at all. It’s fine if you haven’t had sex yet, or haven’t gotten your driver license yet. It’s fine if you haven’t gotten your own place yet. It’s fine if you are still figuring things out, saving money, putting the pieces together. It’s fine.

Don’t feel jealous of or lesser than people your age who have done these things. You don’t know what obstacles they faced to get there and they don’t know what you’ve faced. Don’t undermine the progess you have made.

Because, trust me, you have made progress. Even if it hasn’t materialized yet in the traditional way.

You are still young. Like really young.

You got time.

[ecliss-a-deactivated20231124]

This made me cry

[luminous-studiess]

exam is in 7 hours. last push. 

[terrestrialeris]

the inherent eroticism of the university library after dark

[circle-and-square-studies]

9/28 - sunny Saturday morning workspace 🌻

[triflingthing]

Productivity in London (Shoreditch)

[stillstudies]

some on-campus snaps :) it’s only my second day on campus and I’m falling in love with it more and more as the first day of quarter approaches. I know it’ll probably eventually wear off, but as for now I just feel lucky to be here. I’m far away from home, but exploring new grounds has never felt more exciting.

[somenormalthoughts]

It’s my second year in that campus and I guarantee you just keep falling more in love with it :)

[gingerspicestudies]

24|09|19

i have been so freaking productive but can’t manage to get anywhere near aesthetic photographs of me doing it so oh well, this will have to do!

[ohk4te]

job apps are not! my fave! new plan: start a business fixing & editing all of the websites i’ve come across while checking out companies. if i have to read through another ‘about us’ page that is: a) grammatically incorrect and b) full of typos, i will absolutely scream

[acadehmic]

I’m pretty sure it has been more than a year since I have posted original content on my studyblr, I hope you are doing well!! Update: I have finished the ib and graduated high school and am waiting to start university in a month!

studygram: acadehmic

[procrastinationlikeapro]

20.06.19

[almostreading]

Writing an essay on a still undecided topic centring around 19th century Ottoman Empire is a fun challenge because I know next to nothing about that area of history and I need to do a lot more reading than I would if I was reading about European history, because I have been learning about that my whole life whereas this is a completely new territory.