Microbe Mission B/C

[frenchhornlove]

I feel like this event is really similar to Cell Biology. Right now I'm reading through college microbiology notes, but most of the stuff I already know from regular bio and AP bio, aside from specific microbial diseases. What do you think the hardest thing thing they could put in the event would be?

[personasaurus rex]

i bet the diseases are gonna be a pain in the butt. this is a deja vu to my ID even failures.... haha
what do you think they will ask about the diseases?

[French_Toast]

i bet the diseases are gonna be a pain in the butt. this is a deja vu to my ID even failures.... haha
what do you think they will ask about the diseases?

I would assume knowing information about the organism that causes them, symptoms of the disease, how it's transmitted, and stuff similar to that. It'll be useful to have someone in both this and Disease Detectives, in my opinion. They seem to overlap a lot.

I feel like this event is really similar to Cell Biology. Right now I'm reading through college microbiology notes, but most of the stuff I already know from regular bio and AP bio, aside from specific microbial diseases. What do you think the hardest thing thing they could put in the event would be?

I guess it really just depends on your strengths. I find the microbial diseases to be the easy part, but I struggle more in remembering the basics, such as what certain organelles do. :p

[frogzorz]

I feel like knowing some basic pathology would come in handy here.

Basically the theory is that mitochondria and chloroplasts are descended from ancient prokaryotic cells that formed symbiotic relationships with early eukaryotic cells. Over time, the DNA from the nucleus of the eukaryotic cell "took over" most of the DNA in the mitochondria/chloroplasts. The DNA that these organelles have today are remnants of the early prokaryotic cells' DNA.

Courtesy of my bio textbook (which was published in 2002, so this info may be a bit outdated, FYI).

Found it on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endosymbiotic_theory

ty. Don't think that's too outdated tho. Kinda sounds reasonable imho.

[camkid18]

Anyone knows what this event is actually about?

Microbe Mission is an event where you study things related to microscopes and the microscopic world.

[Kokonilly]

Do we have to wear long-sleeved shirts here (like Forensics, Chem Lab, etc.)?

[frogzorz]

Do we have to wear long-sleeved shirts here (like Forensics, Chem Lab, etc.)?

First of all, does it matter? >_> And you don't need long sleeved shirts.

[Kokonilly]

Do we have to wear long-sleeved shirts here (like Forensics, Chem Lab, etc.)?

First of all, does it matter? >_> And you don't need long sleeved shirts.

Well, I want to know if I have to wear a sweatshirt or long-sleeved shirt to the event. I don't want to get DQ'd for anything dumb like that.

[chia]

oh boy, this is going to be interesting. I've never done an event like this.
also, now I have no excuse if I bomb anything in enriched bio... but at least I'll have background knowledge coming into this event. hey... and from this event, I'll know stuff for AP Bio next year... yesss!
meanwhile, I'll have nothing actually useful to post until I figure out exactly what this event is... I've heard it's mostly cell bio + diseases?
how in-depth do we need to know the diseases?

[gleekymel0n]

How do you learn all the microscopes?Are there some really good websites for it?

[Skink]

Microscopy is a fairly common subject, so finding primers shouldn't be too challenging. A quick search led me to this guy. Take a look around.

[sciencegirl23]

Do you think we'll need to know the name of the species that causes each disease? Or just what type of organism causes the disease?

[Kokonilly]

Do you think we'll need to know the name of the species that causes each disease? Or just what type of organism causes the disease?

I don't know for sure, but you could put the name of the organism on the cheat sheet. Better safe than sorry.

[yogoperson]

I think you need to know the cells[parts, functions and all], diseases they can cause, specific microbes[and their parts and functions], the microbes' ancestry, and how microbes affect daily life. A big pain to memorize.

[Kokonilly]

I think you need to know the cells[parts, functions and all], diseases they can cause, specific microbes[and their parts and functions], the microbes' ancestry, and how microbes affect daily life. A big pain to memorize.

Well, parts and functions of a cell are generally uniform among plant or animal cells. You just need to know why they're there so that you can answer questions asking what would happen if you took away one organelle, etc.
Microbial ancestry, I think, would only apply to mitochondria and chloroplasts - check in previous pages of the thread to learn about that.
It's not terribly hard, but if you don't want to memorize it I would suggest making a cheat sheet and learning to read 3-point font (no lie - that's how mine ended up last year).