Functional organization of the cardiovascular system (concept map)
Map summary: We have division of labor where parts of the carviovascular system are separated but connected both via pressure inputs and outputs but also …
Cytotoxic CD8+ T cell mechanisms (video and concept map)
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Acetylcholine: nicotinic and muscarinic receptors and response (video)
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RNAi: Differences and similarities between siRNA vs miRNA and RITS vs RISC (Concept map)
Map summary: MicroRNAs are: Endogenous to our genome (conserved genes) act on many types of mRNA’s and possibly other RNA’s act primarily in plant and …
Cardiomyocyte calcium regulation (load independent inotropy: positive and negative inotropes concept map)
Inotropy is basically a fancy scientific word for how strong or weak a contraction is, in this case in we are discussing inotropy regulation that …
Amino Acid Catabolism
Biochemistry is basically a very complicated story of how carbon chains can be reduced, aminated, oxidized, and etc to make you. Today’s concept map is …
Mitogens and Apoptosis (video)
After watching this video it should be apparent what mitogens do and what apoptosis is. In order to fully understand the mitogen response you need …
Heterotropic and Homotropic Responses in Enzyme Kinetics (Video)
This video will explain to you the difference between a heterotropic response and a homotropic response in biochemistry. Some notes on the terminlology: R state: …
Cell Membrane Transport Proteins (Video)
This video should explain to you how we classify the various types of proteins involved in primary and secondary active transport as well as facilitated …
Blood Clotting (Hemostasis)
This post should provide you with all the information: both physiologically and biochemically needed to understand the clotting cascade and its many steps. The clotting …
What is the difference between secondary active transport and facilitated diffusion (Video)?
Both use a channel or protein to assist them in moving DOWN a gradient. In Secondary active transport this process is done via Synporters and …
How to solve optimization problems in Calculus (with video tutorial)
Calculus is usually the first time students are introduced to the field of optimization. Optimization problems are arguably the hardest aspect of undergraduate introductory calculus …
Where does the 4th dimension in Kleibers Law come from? (video)
Fun fact not mentioned in the video: if you look at the distribution of the crinkles in the paper and compare it with the distribution …
Nuclear Chemistry: concept map review with example problem (video)
Concept map sample problem and example to follow, these are basically how my sessions go.
Calculating the initial pH of a titration using the Henderson-Hasslebach equation (Video).
Pretty straightforward problem here: Find the change Using the change and given the final, find the initial Note: this is a great example of how …