Friday, April 18, 2008
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IMCB was <3!
Biopolis was <3!
Proteos was <3!
PCR was <3!
Haha, skipped sch for the past 3 days for attachment prog with A*STAR's IMCB at Biopolis.
Was supposed to do on CNS Regeneration and Myeliaion (dun ask me wad tht is. aparently, heard it was to grow nerve cells) bt ended up we did Flu Detection System, which was srsly much more applicable and interesting. (Basically learnt abt wad happens when samples frm ur body fluids are sent to the lab for testing and how to interpret the results.)
Was initially quite quiet and only talked to austin and laura. Bt aft doing the grp experiments, rly had lots of chances to work and chat with ppl from RI, RGS, HCI etc. They are rly brilliant minds. Some even thinking of taking 2 to 3 H3 subjects in JC! :O Pros (thr's even an RI guy who gt GPA 3.7!!). And v cultured and are able to carry themselves well (haha, must learn from them). Laughed alot from their witty jokes too! :DD. I srsly admire their scientific knowledge and curiousity. Cuz we were learning on the RNA and DNA of Influenza virus as well as the various strands (how they come abt etc.) and strucure of the Influenza Virus (Haemagluttinin and NA etc). N as we all noe, I've nt learnt it in bio yet. So it was rather enriching tho hard to grasp. Bt lots of my doubts were cleared whn fellow students asked lots of qns, which is a great learning tool and provided a conducive learning environment and culture (something tht rarely appears in RV).
Did PCR, Luminex Hybridisation, viral extractions, DNA visualisations, gel electrophoresis. Sounds chim? Yea, cuz it IS! Still need tym to digest the whole chunk of info. Bt i'm determined to do so. :) And apparently, we had a chance to work with the H5N1 virus :O :O (Relax...we had gloves and the virus was kind of inactive cuz it was stored in ice). to detect it. And samples from students which kind of produced strange results like Flu A and B strands. Bt at least our grp's PCR was successful for the H5N1 strand, managed to detect it on GE and LH! :)
Had lots of fun at biopolis exploring the lab facilites lyk centrifuges (some washing machine sized), autoclaves, vortex machines, micropipettes, PCR machines etc. And the building architecture was simply futuristic with cool names like Matrix, Helios, Cnetros, Nanos and Proteos (whr we were stationed). Exploring the skybridges was simply exhilarating. Hope to work thr or go for attachements thr someday. *wishes hard* Even had a biopolis security pass to scan and allow access into the labs and skybridges etc. :) Pics will be uploaded sometym later.
Kind of missed the course experience which rly opened my eyes to the R&D sector and allowed me to network with brainiacs frm other schs. The grp photo at Skybridge was excellent. Hope to go for similar attachments nex tym.
Biopolis was <3!
Proteos was <3!
PCR was <3!
Haha, skipped sch for the past 3 days for attachment prog with A*STAR's IMCB at Biopolis.
Was supposed to do on CNS Regeneration and Myeliaion (dun ask me wad tht is. aparently, heard it was to grow nerve cells) bt ended up we did Flu Detection System, which was srsly much more applicable and interesting. (Basically learnt abt wad happens when samples frm ur body fluids are sent to the lab for testing and how to interpret the results.)
Was initially quite quiet and only talked to austin and laura. Bt aft doing the grp experiments, rly had lots of chances to work and chat with ppl from RI, RGS, HCI etc. They are rly brilliant minds. Some even thinking of taking 2 to 3 H3 subjects in JC! :O Pros (thr's even an RI guy who gt GPA 3.7!!). And v cultured and are able to carry themselves well (haha, must learn from them). Laughed alot from their witty jokes too! :DD. I srsly admire their scientific knowledge and curiousity. Cuz we were learning on the RNA and DNA of Influenza virus as well as the various strands (how they come abt etc.) and strucure of the Influenza Virus (Haemagluttinin and NA etc). N as we all noe, I've nt learnt it in bio yet. So it was rather enriching tho hard to grasp. Bt lots of my doubts were cleared whn fellow students asked lots of qns, which is a great learning tool and provided a conducive learning environment and culture (something tht rarely appears in RV).
Did PCR, Luminex Hybridisation, viral extractions, DNA visualisations, gel electrophoresis. Sounds chim? Yea, cuz it IS! Still need tym to digest the whole chunk of info. Bt i'm determined to do so. :) And apparently, we had a chance to work with the H5N1 virus :O :O (Relax...we had gloves and the virus was kind of inactive cuz it was stored in ice). to detect it. And samples from students which kind of produced strange results like Flu A and B strands. Bt at least our grp's PCR was successful for the H5N1 strand, managed to detect it on GE and LH! :)
Had lots of fun at biopolis exploring the lab facilites lyk centrifuges (some washing machine sized), autoclaves, vortex machines, micropipettes, PCR machines etc. And the building architecture was simply futuristic with cool names like Matrix, Helios, Cnetros, Nanos and Proteos (whr we were stationed). Exploring the skybridges was simply exhilarating. Hope to work thr or go for attachements thr someday. *wishes hard* Even had a biopolis security pass to scan and allow access into the labs and skybridges etc. :) Pics will be uploaded sometym later.
Kind of missed the course experience which rly opened my eyes to the R&D sector and allowed me to network with brainiacs frm other schs. The grp photo at Skybridge was excellent. Hope to go for similar attachments nex tym.