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Ask a Biochemist!

Postby Happygun » Sat Jul 18, 2015 10:37 pm

As some of you may know, I hold a doctorate in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and work at a research lab at UCSF. I thought it'd might be fun (and a good exercise for me) to hold a Q&A on the forum.

So if you have a burning question about biology or chemistry that can't be answered by a quick search on Google or Wikipedia, post 'em here and I'll do my level best to answer them.
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Re: Ask a Biochemist!

Postby Toast » Sun Jul 19, 2015 11:00 am

I heard that chameleons use crystal matrices in their skin to help them change color, but I can't find any details. I thought it worked like octopuses, with pigment-filled cells that expand and contract. What gives?
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Postby Ganthan » Sun Jul 19, 2015 11:06 am

Aside from human chromosome #2, are there any more known examples of chromosome chains getting fused?
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Postby Ganthan » Thu Jul 23, 2015 3:58 pm

How close are we to a real life Jurassic World?
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Postby Happygun » Wed Aug 12, 2015 3:43 pm

Anything else?
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Postby Ganthan » Wed Aug 12, 2015 4:41 pm

Have we isolated the genes that control breast size in human females?
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Postby Happygun » Thu Aug 20, 2015 7:04 pm

I work in a laboratory that studies HIV, if that piques anyone's interest.
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Re: Ask a Biochemist!

Postby bar1scorpio » Sun Aug 23, 2015 2:57 am

Biochemically, what would happen in SanFrancisco when....


ENTERS THE LAB FOR A
5-SLIDE "SCOPES & LADDERS"
MICROBIOLOGY MATCH?!?!
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Re: Ask a Biochemist!

Postby Happygun » Mon Aug 24, 2015 4:33 pm

I was reading a journal article on axonal growth and I noticed this reference...

Cheng, P.L., Poo, M.M., 2012. Early events in axon/dendrite polarization. Annu. Rev. Neurosci. 35, 181–201

The co-author's full name is Mu-ming Poo.

I'm sorry. Different culture and nomenclature and as Terry Prachett observed there are only so many syllables out there, but... :lol:
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Postby Kris@WLP » Mon Aug 24, 2015 4:57 pm

My brain just jumped the tracks at the name "P. L. Cheng" and said, "Huh. I wonder if there's a combination neurology clinic and Asian fusion cuisine restaurant somewhere?"
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