Thursday, August 30, 2012

Famous sentence (12)

Mathematics is the alphabet with which God has written the universe. (Galileo Galilei)

Friday, August 24, 2012

Scheme about isomers

By definition, isomers are different molecules with the same composition. Moreover, they are also one of the main headaches for biochemistry students... ;)
So I'll try to make some posts about isomerism and the different types of isomers, in the near future . For now, here is a scheme about it.

Sunday, August 19, 2012

Music about the structure of DNA

Dr. Ahern (www.davincipress.com/metabmelodies.html) has created this song about the structure of DNA, inspired by the music Feelin' Groovy.


Major Groovy

The DNA forms
A and B
Have bases
Complementary
Despite the similarities
They differ in their
Major groovies

Nanananananana major groovy

Transcription factors
With their bindin'
' Cause DNA to
Start unwindin'
Holding it
Aggressively
By forming bonds in
Major groovies

Nanananananana minor groovy

For proteins, the key
To sequence I-D
Is hydrogen bonding, each base pair unique
Purine, pyridine patterns discrete
In DNA’s most
Major groovy

Nanananananana major groovy
.

Friday, August 17, 2012

Famous sentence (11)

Let food be your aliment, and your aliment be your medicine. (Hipocrates)