Tiffanyjanewilton

A detailed summary of basic concepts in microbiology which include: Describes a microbial colony in terms of its morphology Defines the term colony and colony morphology (in terms of microbiology) Evaluates both the macro and micro-morphology of bacteria and yeast Explains how to isolate bacteria and yeast from environmental samples, including isolating pure samples with the streak plate. Explains the underlying principles of culture purification. Explains the underlying principles of bact...

Detailed summary of the microscope, how it works, care, components, and properties. It also explains the preparations of specimens for visualization under the microscope, simple staining, differential staining and special staining techniques. Further including, gram-negative and positive staining, observation of bacteria under a light microscope, the differentiation of yeast, mold and bacteria under the microscope, distinguishing living cells from debris, and endospore staining. Relevant images ...

I detailed summary of the chapter 8: Enzymes: Biological Catalysts with relevant images and diagrams to aid in a comprehensive understanding in the key concepts. The concepts included are: Enzymes as Biological Catalysts The Diversity of Enzyme Function Chemical Reaction Rates and the Effects of Catalysts How Enzymes Act as Catalysts: Principles and Examples The Kinetics of Enzymatic Catalysis Enzyme Inhibition The Regulation of Enzyme Activity Covalent Modifications Used to Regulate En...

These notes are a comprehensive summary of chapter 6: The 3-D Structure of Proteins. The topics include: The Secondary Structure: Regular Ways to Fold the Polypeptide Chain. Fibrous Proteins: Structural Materials of Cells and Tissues. Globular Proteins: Tertiary Structure and Functional Diversity. Factors Determining Secondary and Tertiary Structure. Dynamics of Globular Protein Structure. Prediction of Protein Secondary and Tertiary Structure. Quaternary Structure of Proteins. Relevant ...

These are detailed notes that combine the lecture notes and the textbook chapter 5: The primary Structure of Proteins. They include relevant diagrams and pictures to understand the content in a simple way. All components of this chapter are covered and written for ease of studying. This is specific to the primary level of protein structure and function. What is included: Amino Acids, Peptides and the Peptide Bonds, Proteins: Polypeptides of Defined Sequence, From Gene to Protein, From Ge...

These notes are a detailed summary that combines the lecture notes and the textbook chapter 25: All sections in the textbook chapter are covered with relevant examples and visuals such as pictures and diagrams. The key concepts are: Genotypic and Allelic Frequencies are Used to Describe the Gene Pool of a Population The Hardy-Weinberg Law Describes the Effect of Reproduction on Genotypic & Allelic Frequencies Non-random Mating Affects the Genotypic Frequencies of a Population Several Evolut...

These notes are a concise and detailed summary of chapter 5 in the textbook: Genetics: A Conceptual Approach combined with lecture notes. The notes are the extensions and modifications of basic principles of mendelian genetics. They have detailed images and diagrams to further aid in the understanding of the concepts.

These notes summarize all the concepts in Chapter 3 of the textbook: Developmental Biology (12th edition). They are concise and very detailed to aid in understanding. Relevant diagrams and images are also included to further enhance the topics. The notes are A4 and in pdf format. The end of the notes consist of a page summary of the entire chapter of differential gene expression to further highlight the key points from the summary.

This document summarizes 8 genotyping techniques/methods giving the description and steps of each, a visual diagram and the pros and cons relating to each. The genotyping techniques in the summary are: agarose gel electrophoresis, restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs), sequencing (sanger and NGS), mini-sequencing, mass spectrometry, single stranded conformation polymorphism (SSCP), real time PCR: probe based genotyping and SNP microarrays. The summary is made in a table format and ai...

These notes provide a clear view and information about the current vaccines, namely: J&J, Pfizer and AstraZeneca. It also entails what vaccines do and how they can be administered.