Structural Explanation of The paradox between High Permeability and High Conductance in a Potassium Channel
Essay - 3 pages - Biology
The human body is a fascinating array of mechanisms, each perfectly sculpted to satisfy its role in the ever changing needs of our physiology. The various systems within us each rely on impulses, sent via the central or peripheral nervous systems, to coordinate everything from breathing to...
Water Pollution
Case study - 4 pages - Biology
This article deals with a possible solution to water pollution in a Wisconsin suburb. However the results could be universally interpreted, with the method of prevention being employed in many areas of the world. The Article describes a scientist's experiment to test the amount of water runoff...
Osmolarity
Essay - 10 pages - Biology
One of the most fascinating systems of a cell or an organism is the way it deals with water. Every living needs water to survive and manages the intake of this precious resource differently. Water diffuses through a selectively permeable membrane within a cell by the process of osmosis (Campbell,...
Effects of Allelopathic Agent on Plant Growth
Essay - 3 pages - Biology
The experiment that was performed these past few weeks involved measuring the relative growth of a soybean plant that was planted based on how much allelopathic agent we used. Allelopathic interactions are very widespread in nature, and they are important factors in the mechanisms of the...
Forest Ecology Lab Report
Case study - 3 pages - Biology
This lab was set up in order to demonstrate the diversity and at the same time scarcity of species of plants in a long island forest as an example for a very global issue. The main principles involved were the community structure and dynamics of ecology. To observe this in the open we sectioned...
Effects of Gibberellins on Flowering in Grasses
Essay - 3 pages - Biology
For years, man has been trying to find a single chemical that triggers flowering in plants. Although this single chemical has not been found, several of the Gibberellins show promising results as an active florigen - such as GA5 and GA6 and possibly GA1 and GA4. Results have shown that these...
The Invasion of Bacillus
Essay - 2 pages - Biology
Beep… beep… click… click … this just in: A pandemic breakout of unheard of proportions. Is it anthrax? Or clostridia? It could be, but authorities believe the culprit is Bacillus cereus (49133). B. cereus is a cousin strain to both Bacillus anthracis (anthrax) and Clostridia...
Richard Dawkins, "The selfish gene"
Book review - 3 pages - Biology
In The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins elaborates on another perspective of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, basing his argument on the recent discovery of the DNA molecule's structure. The theory of evolution, which relevance had been largely suffering from a lack of physical validation, now...
Studying the soybean nodulation at McGill University
Essay - 32 pages - Biology
This summer I had the great opportunity to do my three months training in McGill University in Quebec, Canada. It is one of the oldest Canadian universities, considered one of the most prestigious universities in Canada and one of the best in North America. According to the Times Higher Education...
Chikungunya, a silent disease?
Presentation - 21 pages - Biology
Do you want to travel in the Indian ocean? Stock of Chikungunya Some light on this silent epidemic?
