Which organelle to be...

Hmm...well I know a lot of people would like to be the ribosomes because they do so much! But I would prefer the rER, because it holds so many ribosomes. Once the rER makes secretory protiens it can keep them seperate from the proteins made from free ribosomes. Those secretory protiens then get shipped of in the vesicle because the rER is in charge of that. (: Oh! The rER also is a membrane factory for the cell and grows in place by adding membrane proteins and phospolipids to its own membrane.

I think the enzyme lab was a good lab to start off with, especially with a titration in it. Although the concentrations turned out to be a pain in the butt, we were still able finish the lab with time left! We had enough time to do more experiments as well. We figured that the enzyme (catalase) worked too well because it was too concentrated. Our whole first day was just finding the base line. We re-did the base line the second day, and it took way less time than the first day did. This lab really helped me understand the enzyme speeding up reactions!

The topic I'm most looking forward to is the biochemistry we're doing right now! (: This will help me know if this will be the thing I want to do in college or not. I loveeeeeee chemistry, so I'm hoping that I will love this as well. I'm actually excited for most of the topics. They all sound interesting to me(:

Well...this is my first blog ever! I love science. I love to cheer, and I've been cheering since 1st grade. I really love the color blue. (: I'm taking this course because I'm going to need it for my major in college. I'm going to Grand Valley next year and I plan to pursue cell and molecular biology or microbiology. I'm hoping to get a head start for my classes, and by taking this and passing the AP test, I can get ahead.