The topic of DNA replication and repair has appeared throughout my academic career. This topic was touched on in my introductory Biology courses and was taught very much in depth in courses such as Genetics. Such important cellular processes such as replication (and, next week, transcription) really resurface again and again in courses such as Biology.
Another interesting connection that I've made with biochemistry has to do with the presentation on why you should eat more salmon. For 3rd grade testing (which was more years ago than I'd like to admit!) I remember teachers telling us to go home and eat fish, since it's considered to be "brain food". I remember hearing the same phrase again from a 6th grade teacher when we were doing school-wide testing. Now, many years later, it is interesting to know more about the biochemistry behind why fish, such as salmon, is considered brain food!
Finally, as I work on a cardiac floor in the hospital, I hear a lot about diet and especially, cholesterol. I have learned a little about cholesterol and it's role in the cell in courses like Cell Biology. However, it is interesting to learn about the chemical structure of cholesterol and why we need it to make other things (such as steroid hormones); on the flip side, it is important to know that we don't need too much!
I liked your reference to "brain food", because my mother still says that today when we eat fish for dinner. I agree with you that it has been interesting to hear about the salmon chemical composition and how the body reacts to it and uses it.
ReplyDeleteThanks. It definitely is a phrase that gets tossed around a lot. Now I'm just glad to know what it means a litle better! :)
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