Arockya Santhai - Organic Food

Organic foods are those that have been produced according to organic farming and processing standards. Organic farms do not use man-made fertilisers, pesticides and insecticides. Soil rotation, composting, planting complementary plants together enhance the growth of plants and result in food that is higher in vitamins and minerals and superior in taste.

Genetic engineering is not allowed in organic farming.  Organic foods are processed with minimum processing and only a limited number of natural processing aids are approved.

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Scope of Biochemistry - Will I get a job ?

While talking to many of the students and to some of my counterparts in the city, I noticed that many of them feel that there is no or little scope for biochemistry.   They are actually confusing between the words "Scope" and the "Jobs" after studying biochemistry.
Scope means the areas where one can get into and Job means getting into one.
After studying Biochemistry (BSc or MSc) you can get into the following areas ( with necessary extra skills):
1.   Diagnostic labs in hospitals ( you need to complete Medical Lab Technician course).
2.   Research and Development wings of industries manufacturing all the products that are used in our body, i.e., soaps, shampoos, tooth pastes, perfumes, talcs etc.  because all these products involve the effectiveness in interacting with various biomolecules in our body.  And this can be done effectively by a Biochemist only.
3.   e-Publishing in scientific journals and magazines.
4.  ITeS - IT enabled services  -  this includes Medical Transcription, Medical Coding, Medical Billing.
5.  Off late  Online tutoring is getting more demand, especially from US, UK and other European countries.
If you like to set up your career in the area of biochemistry you can get into any of these.
For all of these areas you definitely require good communication, interpersonal skills, and basic computer knowledge.
Well, getting a Job depends on the vacancies and the expectations of those companies.
Cheers :)

Biochemistry Online - My New Webpage

Dear All,
Thank you Samuel for the finding.  I have corrected it and now you can visit my webpage.
 Biochemistry Online - By Prof.PTS

Committed to Your Success
Sir

சிட்ரிக் அமில சுழற்சி TCA Cycle

சிட்ரிக் அமிலம் கொழுப்புகள், புரதங்கள் மற்றும் கார்போஹைட்ரேட்டுகள் ஆகியவற்றின் கார்பன் டை ஆக்சைடு மற்றும் நீரை வழங்குவதற்கான உடலியக்கவியல் உயிர்வழியேற்றத்தில் ஈடுபடும் சேர்மங்களின் வரிசையில் ஒன்றாகும்.

இந்த வேதி வினைகளின் தொடர்களே, கிட்டத்தட்ட அனைத்து வளர்சிதைமாற்ற வினைகளுக்கும் மையமானதாகும். மேலும் உயர் உயிரினங்களில், உணவிலிருந்து பெறப்படும் ஆற்றலில் மூன்றில் இரண்டு பங்கின் மூலமும் இவ்வினைகளேயாகும். இந்தக் கண்டுபிடிப்புக்காக, ஹான்ஸ் அடால்ஃப் கிரெப்ஸ் 1953 ஆம் ஆண்டு உடலியக்கவியல் அல்லது மருத்துவத்திற்கான நோபல் பரிசைப் பெற்றார். இந்த தொடர் வினைகளுக்குப் பல பெயர்கள் வழங்கப்படுகின்றன, அவற்றில் சிட்ரிக் அமில சுழற்சி , கிரெப்ஸ் சுழற்சி மற்றும் டிரைகார்பாக்சிலிக் அமில சுழற்சி (TCA சுழற்சி ) ஆகியவையும் உள்ளடங்கும்).

கட்டற்ற கலைக்களஞ்சியமான விக்கிப்பீடியாவில் இருந்து. :)

தமிழ் பயோ கெமிஸ்ட்ரி

தமிழ் மொழியில எழுதினா எப்படி இருக்கும்னு பார்க்கணும். நல்லா இருக்கு .
தமிழ்ல சில விவரங்களை தருகிறேன்
:)

Biochemistry Videos

In this post, I am exposing two useful and informative videos related to Biochemistry.

1. NIH VideoCast broadcasts seminars, conferences and meetings live to a world-wide audience over the Internet as a real-time streaming video.
2. Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) is a video journal for biological, medical, chemical and physical research indexed in PubMed.
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Rap song in Biochemistry

For those who are interested in music and love RAP songs check this
video on a rap song in Biochemistry.

Paul Rothemund details DNA folding

Watch this wonderful video on a newer perspective of DNA folding.
http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_rothemund_details_dna_folding.html

Biochemistry is difficult to study

Many nutrition course students feel scared about biochemistry. Most of them, especially those from home science, and nutrition background feel worried about drawing structures.
There is no need to remember the structures of all the bio-molecules for students majoring in nutrition or nursing. If they can remember the names and the reactions it is sufficient. (What we call word equation - eg. glucose + ATP = glucose-6-phosphate) what they need to know is the fate of nutrients ingested; the location of the biochemical reaction of such nutrients inside a cell.
Learning the structures is important for students of pharmacology or pharmacy courses ( DPharm, BPharm, MPharm, MSc Pharmocology)
Biochemistry is not the only subject that is difficult ( if you feel it is difficult). And it doesn't mean that you pass in all other subjects and fail only in biochemistry. If such is the case, I can help anybody out of that. Just mail me.
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What is in a name?

Can Biotechnology course be offered under a science stream ? I feel that the term technology is relevant only when offered under an engineering stream (BE or BTech). Therefore, the term Biotechnology is a misnomer in an arts and science college when offered as a BSc or MSc course.
I always get this doubt.
How can a technology degree be offered under a science stream ? this is also similar to MSc information technology course. Why should such "technology- labeled" degrees be offered under Science streams when the same is offered in engineering discipline also ?
There is something in the name " technology" . The name of the zoology course is changed to "Animal Biotechnology ..." and botany course is changed to "Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology". There is more glamour for the name than the subject.
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