New Academic Year = New Tech! My Top 5 Tech as a Final-Year University Student

For the last couple of years, it seemed that every new academic year was accompanied by buying expensive technology. This year is no different – my laptop was in major need of an upgrade, so I splurged a little bit and bought a new MacBook Pro. That purchase really made me value the place that …

What I’ve Done with Your Feedback

….I’m starting a podcast! In this short blogpost, I’m going to share a very exciting project that I’ve been working on for the last few months – The Growth Medium! You guys will remember that at the beginning of the year, I wrote a blogpost asking you guys about how you feel science is communicated. …

My Experience with Second Year of University

The school bell has rung, exam papers have (digitally) closed and the sun can finally be basked in (within social distancing measures, of course). Second year has been a little bit of a roller coaster, with changing assessment structures and much different pressures. This wild ride has definitely had ups and downs, and I’ll tell …

Back to Basics: Aerobic Respiration, Part Three

The final step of aerobic respiration is upon us – oxidative phosphorylation! This last stage consists of two steps – the electron transport chain (where high energy electrons pass through a series of enzymes) and chemiosmosis. This part of respiration utilizes NADH and FADH2 as strong reducing agents to be able to release electrons, which …

Day in the Life of a Biochemistry Student – Quarantine Edition!

Quarantine, self-isolation, social-isolation – whatever you call it, we’re still going through it and I don’t know about you, but I am losing it slightly. The sudden shift in atmosphere has really affected me and being forced to stay at home has impacted my productivity and blurred the lines between home and work life. That …

Back to Basics: Aerobic Respiration, Part Two

In the previous blog-post, we left off knowing that we created two acetyl CoAs so that they can be fed into the Citric Acid Cycle (also known as the Krebs or TCA cycle) to produce 2 ATP, 6 NADH, 2 FADH2 and 4 CO2 per molecule of glucose. NADH and FADH are then used as …

Back to Basics: Aerobic Respiration, Part One

So, I’m back to give you guys a four-part blog series (can you tell I love these?) on one of the most vital cellular processes for our very existence – aerobic respiration. This biochemical process is defined as the process of breaking down glucose to form around 38 molecules of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). ATP is …

In The Lab: Absorbance and Transmittance

The laboratory is an area of endless research, incredible technical skill and a large amount of mishaps! As an biochemistry undergraduate, I spend a considerable amount of time in the lab with the sole purpose of trying to learn the technical methods that enhances scientific understanding and inevitably proceeds research. On my Instagram stories, I …

A (busy!) Week in the Life of a Second-Year Biochemistry Student.

Hi guys! Long-time no see - between working, university and extracurriculars I’ve had very little time to sit down and write a blogpost. Alas, I finally have time to write one and I intend to get back to posting weekly. This week I want to show you guys what a “busy” week looks like for …

VITL Personalised Vitamins – My Thoughts

It is undeniable that the best source of vitamins and minerals are from diet and lifestyle. Sometimes, though, we may fall short of what we need, and that's when we may need to supplement through multivitamins. This happened to me – as you can see in my blood test results here. In those results, it …