Ami17

Hehe... What a clean image...

Ok, enough for gel image... I will capture some lab images next week... Who want to be my models... Wahaha...

FYP spree

Well, since Mokky had post up some interesting pictures, why not I add on some onto the gallery while trying not to divulge my progress, hehe...

Okay, first of all, we get do some sampling around the Kampar campus area - the ex-tin mining secondary habitat. It is an extremely interesting area for research and sight-seeing, especially the extra-large servings of "cake", aka cow dung/牛粪.

One of our sampling sites is a home for a immensely huge Mimosa species, not the ordinary M. pudica/含羞草. Let the pictures do the talking (photos credits to Mike):

The size of this plant is about knee-height. No kidding. Like the normal M. pudica, the leaves close up upon touch. It is called the Mimosa pigra.

This is a closed-up view. See the menacing thorns? Much longer and more compared to ordinary "shy grass".

This "tree" is taller than me. It is also the plant shown before - M. pigra. Huge leh. Even Dr Choo was in aghast when he witnessed this unreal plant.


Now, the other sampling site:

We were sampling around the bushes until we saw this hole. This is not the only hole, mind you. There are no less than 10 holes around the bushy mound. The guards told us sightings of monitor lizards and pythons and cobras... we were like WTFREAK?!?! The hole is one of the entrance of a nest - probably a reptilian, a monitor lizard perhaps?, due to the leathery egg shells we found near the hole as shown in the next photo:

Nah, the eggshell.

This is the flower of the bush on the nest.

These are some gel images taken during the course of my FYP, no description is given since it is "highly classified", hihi.

FYI, before doing FYP, we only do once or twice of gels, and barely once PCR. Now, we do almost 2 PCRs per day, run about 2-3 gels per day, do DNA extraction about 2-3 times per week (regardless of gel extraction or soil DNA extraction). Now we feel nauseous whenever we hear the word "gel" and "PCR". God bless all FYP students...

Note: The gel images above were taken using a gel visualizer which is equipped with an EXPENSIVE camera. Too bad it was stolen last week. Wish the culprit would be apprehended and the camera returned. The photos taken by it were of high quality. Now we are resorted to another slightly inferior gel visualizer, Mike, don't get all fired up when you read this coz I know you abhor that thing a lot. lol. Till then...

Ami203

Hehe... another gel image...

The image is good, why?? Coz the ladder is very clear and good, haha... (from my senior, most FYP students will come to run gel with ladders only... haha)

Other bands seem very faint... Why?? Lane 2 actually use same sample as previous two gels, but they seem different... Why??

Anyone can answer me?? Hehe...

Gel Image for PCR Result

This is my PCR product gel image, post post for "shuang"... Hehe...

Figure 1: PCR Products (100bp ladder, Ami-203, C391, Cj18, CUD-68, Cuj131, -ve)

Figure 2: PCR Products (100bp ladder, -ve, Ami-203, C391, Cj18, CUD-68, Cuj131)

Discussion:

- Thinner gel better, coz you can see more bands for Figure 2 (which is thinner gel)

- Smaller EZ Vision volume (loading + staining solution) is better, coz less dark area for Figure 2

- 3% gel not easy to cast, coz there is some "condong" bands at lane 6 and 7 in Figure 2, which is caused by uneven gel solidification

- FYP not finish yet... :) + :(

P/S: Hope to see other interesting results... Hehe...

Life and Death Situation

Yo, everybody, put down your MC notes and turn your attention to this briefly. There is something REALLY REALLY important in the course email. As the title implied, it is life-or-death. I can't post it here because it is "sensitive".

To those people who STILL DON'T KNOW OUR COURSE EMAIL EVEN AFTER 3 YEARS... it is biotech0507@live.com.my

The password is.... please ask your friends.

By the way, those in group 3, except Kitson, no need to read the mail.

FYP lab briefing

Please attend the following lab session tomorrow according to your supervisor and the time slot as mentioned in this post(click):

SD001 (Microbiology Lab)
Dr Hii Siew Ling, Dr Adeline Ting, Dr Haresh Kumar, Dr Wong Ching Lee

SD101 (Research Lab)
Dr Lim Soo Thye, Dr Wong Kam Huei, Dr Woo Kwan Kit, Dr Loo Joo Ling

SD102 (Research Lab)
Dr Alan Ong, Dr Gideon Khoo, Dr Tang Pek Yee

SD023A (PTC lab)
Dr Ramani, Dr Anna Ling, Dr Tee Chong Siang/Prof. Faridah

SD023B (ATC lab)
Dr Anthony Ho, Dr Lim Yang Mooi

SD107 (Mol. Bio. Lab)
Dr Say Yee How, Dr Kim Lian Hua

SD106 (Biochem Lab)
Dr Soon Siew Choo, Dr Mohamed Abdel Rahman Ahmed

SD021 (Incubation room for plant culture)
Dr Ramani, Dr Anna Ling, Dr Tee Chong Siang

*Supervisor's name in blue denotes the lecturer in-charge of the lab session.

This information can also be found on the notices pasted on the lab doors.

Read this

Ok, you can either read this notice from your Intranet or if you want shortcut, click on the image below to view, it is about the Student E-Authorisation Slip, effective from this September 2009 Examination onwards.