Friday, July 27, 2007

List of references for the topic "Central Dogma"

Tour of the Basics (genetics)
http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/basics/tour/
Central Dogma
http://stardec.ascc.neu.edu/~bba/CBIO3580/DOGMA/DNA_CenDog.html
DNA structure “animated”
http://www.johnkyrk.com/DNAanatomy.html
DNA Replication
http://www.sascurriculumpathways.com/
Instruction:
1.click on subscriber log in
2.then type this password for student....ghs05sis
3. click science
4. scroll down...click biology
5.click molecular biology
6.click interactivity, DNA replication
7. then click launch BIOSCOPE
8. click replicating DNA, then DNA machinery

http://www.ncc.gmu.edu/dna/replicat.htm
DNA replication “Animated”
http://www.johnkyrk.com/DNAreplication.html
Transcription “animated”
http://www.johnkyrk.com/DNAtranscription.html
Translation “animated
http://www.johnkyrk.com/DNAtranslation.html
DNA Interactive
http://www.dnai.org/a/index.html

Thursday, July 12, 2007

List of Researchable topics

SUGGESTED AREAS FOR POSSIBLE RESEARCHES:

I. Solanaceous Crops like eggplant, tomato and bell pepper
Ø Cultivation using conventional nutrition and protection program against fully organic application;
· Analysis of harvest yield such as taste, volume, quality of fruits of plants grown in coastal areas
Ø Concoct your own pesticide from indigenous plants
II. Ornamental Plants
Ø Can plants absorb pollution? What are these plants? How much amount pollution is absorbed by a certain species of plants? Visit NASA website.
Ø How to package dragon fruit in order to preserve its taste?
Ø How to process dragon fruit in order to make it more palatable?
Ø How to extract sugars from flowers? From “tuba”? From plant sap and juices?
Ø Which flowers contain more nectar?
Ø Effects of butterfly cast as fertilizer, disinfectant, repellant, insecticide, hormone, etc.
Ø Effects of mristematic juice on the growth of certain plants
Ø Cultivation from bud Eyes of Pineapple or Bromeliad Plants: Survival and growth rate
Ø Formulation of beauty products from common plants
III. Banana
Ø Banana flour production; and its products (e.g. cookies)
Ø Banana catsup production
Ø Treatment of Fuarium disease in Banana Plants
IV. Food Processing
Ø Using calamansi peels (and other peelings) as candies
Ø Production of Pectin from calamansi seeds
Ø Wine production from Camote, Cassava or Watermelon
Ø Extraction/ Production of Sugar from Certain Fruits
Ø Comparison of food packaging materials
Ø How safe is our drinking water?
Ø Detection of pathogenic microbes in fishballs, or any other street foods
Ø Is heated bottle of mineral water safe to drink?
Ø Detection of pathogenic bacteria in salted eggs
Ø Rice cookies fortified with vegetables such as malunggay and carrots
Ø Herbal tea production with Stabia leaves
Ø Vegetable base for ice cream using squash, etc.
Ø Vegetable cookies or pies
Ø Effects of Cutting Stem Tips on the Sweetness of Sweet Corn
Ø Effects on Ripening Temperature on the Color of Tomato and Other Fruit Vegetables
Ø Comparison of the Two Methods of Vinegar Fermentation on the Quality of Vinegar

Wednesday, July 11, 2007