BIOCHEMISTRY N D 2 YEAR EXAMINATIONS GIULIA OLAYEMI

BIOCHEMISTRY N D 2 YEAR EXAMINATIONS GIULIA OLAYEMI FINAL YEAR BSC BIOCHEMISTRY

LOOKING BACK S T TO 1 YEAR EXAMS WWW? EBI?

HOW SHOULD I REVISE? • Varies from person to person • Make a REALISTIC study timetable • Practice • Revise SMART – Use the time you have left, wisely • Watch all Q Review lectures and make notes • Diagrams do help! – In revision – And in essay writing

EXTRA READING? ! • Don’t stress too much over extra reading • Only do extra reading on content you don’t understand • Revise SMART… – Overlap content from modules – E. g. content between Membrane Biochem and Comparative Physio do overlap • For instance voltage-gated channels in synapses are membrane proteins, which you cover to a certain extent in Membrane Biochem

HOW DO I WRITE AN ESSAY? ! • You all have probably heard this before… • PLAN! • Include diagrams • Make sure you answer the question! – Only include relevant content – Never memorise pre-prepared essays – Don’t question spot • No need to worry about referencing within your essays

HOW MANY EXAMS? • Eight! – Combo of compulsory and elective modules

COMPULSORY MODULES • These are the compulsory modules I did that do differ for you… • SBC 301 X Biochemistry Communication • SBC 920 Techniques for Biological and Chemical Sciences • SBS 642 Genes and Bioinformatics • CHE 202 A Structure and Reactivity in Organic Chemistry • SBC 228 Membrane and Cellular Biochemistry • SBS 905 Metabolic Pathways • I will mention in the following slides the topics that came up in my exam. Sorry I don’t remember every single thing! Main thing you need to ensure you do is PAST PAPERS as similar topics do come up!!

SBC 301 X BIOCHEMISTRY COMMUNICATION • NO EXAM IN 2 ND YEAR – YAY! • In 3 rd Year the exam is worth 40% of the module

SBC 920 TECHNIQUES FOR BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL SCIENCES • MCQs – There were Qs on every single lecture – Recommend to listen to lecture recordings • SAQs – X-ray crystallography – NMR and NOE walk – be able to draw them – Comparing X-ray Crys and NMR – Different chromatography techniques – know how to draw & explain them • Essay – NO ESSAY YAY!

SBS 642 GENES AND BIOINFORMATICS • MCQs – For Hurds MCQs, know lecture content – For bioinformatic MCQs – only revise lecture content, extra reading WILL confuse you • SAQs – Bioinformatic techniques – Upstream and downstream factors affecting transcription – SAQs were similar to those in the past papers (so do the past papers!) • Essay – BLAST, RNA modifications (polyadenylation), chromatin remodelling

CHE 202 A STRUCTURE AND REACTIVITY IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY • SAQs – Enolates – M. A. D reaction – Reactions involving CBS reagents • Essay – NO ESSAY YAY! • Practice all the Qs included at the end of lectures, review workshop questions and online quizzes!

SBC 228 MEMBRANE AND CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY • MCQs – Qs on every single lecture came up!! • SAQs – Clathrin coated pits and vesicles – SRP, SRP receptor, transcription and translocation – Similar topics on the MCQs came up in the SAQs • Essay – Gibbs Free Energy – Describe membrane proteins that undergo conformational change and link to function

SBS 905 METABOLIC PATHWAYS • MCQs – Practice all the Qs posted online from Janes! – Mains MCQs were based on each pathway he covered in each lecture • SAQs – Typically fill in the blanks style – Glycolysis – Cholesterol and fatty acids • Essays – Urea cycle – Gluconeogenesis

ELECTIVE MODULES I DID… • SBC 222 Comparative and Integrative Physiology • CHE 206 A Pharmaceutical Chemistry Sem A • SBS 642 Transmission Genetics • Has anyone done these modules? • Any qs regarding these modules I am aware that

SBC 222 COMPARATIVE AND INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY • MCQs – Practice the MCQs that came in online tests and the in-class tests – Practice the past papers. Content on every lecture does come up • SAQs – Some involved filling in the blanks, others involved drawing and/or explaining a concept e. g. Bohr effect – Other topics that came up: Neuropeptide evolution, complete the phylogeny tree, Qs on seals etc • Essays – Olfaction vs phototransduction compare and contrast • If there is a new topic in your year, this will most certainly come up in the SAQ or Essay • Recommend: KNOW DIAGRAMS and include in essay!

CHE 206 A PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY SEM A • MCQs – Practice MCQs from in class tests • SAQs – Similar to the Qs included in the workshops and online quizzes • Essays – In my year there wasn’t an essay but has this changed? ! MAKE SURE YOU FIND OUT • Don’t waste any time doing extra reading, know the content inside out and practice lots of questions

SBS 642 TRANSMISSION GENETICS • MCQs – Practice all the Qs posted online from Curran! His MCQs are bae! – Hurds are challenging but doable, includes Qs from each of his lectures • SAQs – Curran Punnet squares, Mendel, Drosphila experiments on eye colour – Hurd Holliday Junction, DNA repair • Essays – Either DNA Damage or Repair came up for Hurd – Curran: What experiments helped developed out understanding of genes today? – This question was AMAZING (just watch his lectures, read Brooker, and you are set!)

OVERALL TIPS TO SECURE YOUR FIRST • Review all the lecture material • Practice past papers – Review with friends on your course – Use lecture material to mark and be harsh • Make sure you do at least 1 past paper under timed conditions • Find a revision technique that works for you • Make sure you are ACTIVELY revising and not merely copying notes from slides… because you will forget info when passively revising

CONTACT DETAILS • Email: g. o. olayemi@se 14. qmul. ac. uk – Will respond within 1 -2 working days • Facebook: Giulia Olayemi

GOOD LUCK!! • Remember to relax • Remember to eat and drink • Remember to sleep • Aaaaaand remember to revise!