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What I've Been Doing For The Bank Holiday
Monday, May 26th, 2008 04:07 pmI noticed it's been several days since I last posted. Well, I haven't gone away :)
I've been getting into my latest Uni course, Genetics and Human Health (SK195). Reading a little each day, I want to keep on top of my work. I used the first day of the Bank Holiday weekend to refresh what I'd covered so far. It's all jolly interesting, today I read about the structure of DNA and different sorts of proteins. What's odd (or not) is that it keeps coming back to stuff I heard on House, for example:
1. The lacrosse guy in an early episode, talking about how he knows he's adopted - Foreman mentions something being "autosomal dominant" - autosomes are non-sex-determining chromosomes, ie in humans they're chromosomes 1-22.
2. The chapter on inheritable illnesses focuses on Huntingdon's - which is autosomal dominant (ie you only need to inherit it from one parent).
3. Myoglobin - a protein in muscle cells that carries oxygen. As mentioned in Three Stories, dying muscle secretes myoglobin which is toxic to the kidneys. Myoglobin is the stuff that gives meat its reddish colour.
Other stuff is fun stuff - indoors, as we have been beset by howling gales all weekend. And my cable box has died :( but they're coming out to see to it tomorrow :)
I've been putting lots of piccies on my iPod, mostly of scenes around the country. And I've been trying out filters - Virtual Painter, which you have to buy but it's awesome so you get your money's worth. Examples:
Housing in Aberdeen - Oil Painting filter.
River Avon, Christchurch - Pointillism overlay layer over photo.
I've been getting into my latest Uni course, Genetics and Human Health (SK195). Reading a little each day, I want to keep on top of my work. I used the first day of the Bank Holiday weekend to refresh what I'd covered so far. It's all jolly interesting, today I read about the structure of DNA and different sorts of proteins. What's odd (or not) is that it keeps coming back to stuff I heard on House, for example:
1. The lacrosse guy in an early episode, talking about how he knows he's adopted - Foreman mentions something being "autosomal dominant" - autosomes are non-sex-determining chromosomes, ie in humans they're chromosomes 1-22.
2. The chapter on inheritable illnesses focuses on Huntingdon's - which is autosomal dominant (ie you only need to inherit it from one parent).
3. Myoglobin - a protein in muscle cells that carries oxygen. As mentioned in Three Stories, dying muscle secretes myoglobin which is toxic to the kidneys. Myoglobin is the stuff that gives meat its reddish colour.
Other stuff is fun stuff - indoors, as we have been beset by howling gales all weekend. And my cable box has died :( but they're coming out to see to it tomorrow :)
I've been putting lots of piccies on my iPod, mostly of scenes around the country. And I've been trying out filters - Virtual Painter, which you have to buy but it's awesome so you get your money's worth. Examples:
Housing in Aberdeen - Oil Painting filter.
River Avon, Christchurch - Pointillism overlay layer over photo.
