11.     Consider a squid axon bathed in seawater under artificial conditions, and the following on  concentrations: [K]i = 400 mM and [K]o = 10 mM, [Na]in = 50 mM, [Na]o = 460 mM. Predict equilibrium potentials EK and ENa at a temperature of 13oC. Assuming that the Na permeability of the cell membrane is 1/50 that of […]

One day in my fly lab in grad school some friends and I were are arguing about olive oil. The fancy guy of the group started the argument when he brought in his 30$ bottle of Extra-fancy olive oil, which he claimed would induce tongue-gasm. We already had two other […]

Now that you have learned about the organelles in a cell, you need to think of an analogy, comparing the cell and it’s organelles to something of your choice, as I did below, comparing a cell to a factory. This project should be on paper LARGER than notebook paper, and […]

A 75-year-old man was found unconscious in his bathroom after falling and hitting his head. He survived for several hours but died later in the hospital. An autopsy was performed to determine the exact cause of death. Evidence indicated that the man had suffered two strokes, both due to blocked […]