viernes, 25 de noviembre de 2016

postgraduate studies

Well, if I would like to take a post grade course in the future, I think that a master in clinical biochemistry would be the most possible option, because, a job in clinical biochemistry is like a 9-to-5-job, in these kinds of job you receive a sample of a person and you must analyze any problem that you can see (Putting part of the sample in different tests to see if there is any abnormality). Luckily this master can be taken in the university of Chile and there is also a discount for the students of our faculty (around 60 to 100% of the total cost), so, I will surely go to study this in a future. The system of the master in clinical biochemistry in the university of Chile is an elective part-time course (face-to-face) that in my opinion is the most effective course. It would be that they think twice, because the postgraduate studies only serve for specific areas of some labors field, and depending on what you want to work, may or may not serve you something, for example, you will not have a postgraduate study based In toxicology if you graduated as a graphic designer, in addition you have to take into account the price to study those postgraduate courses, there are courses that cost 180000 pounds (1500000 Chilean pesos) per year, and last but not least, you must have the motivation to study that postgraduate course, if you are not interested, then: what is it going to serve you ?. Therefore, my advice is that, as I said earlier, think twice, reflect on this decision, and do not regret.

viernes, 18 de noviembre de 2016

My Future Job

I will always love to have a 9-to-5-job because they are more stables in my point of view. Since I met my girlfriend, I realise that she will become my future wife, so, that make me think, if I want to have a family, is necessary a stable-well paid job to keep the family without the worries of unemployment, debts, etc. 
so, if I imagine a job, it surely will be a job in a industry of aliments or drugs, even it can be a job about mining(that is a well job in a country like Chile, which has large industries in the field of mining), indoors obviously, near my home (half an hour of distance),because I want to spend a lot of time with my family. Rarely we will travel, only for conventions about aliment(drugs or mining) industries to learn more and apply some ideas to our company, so, I guess that will be like 3 or 8 days for year if it's to far,obviously I won't be in that conventions all the years, another person can replace me, so, in a nutshell I won't travel a lot.
the salary is the most important, because, this job must be well paid so I can satisfy the needs of my family, around 1500 bucks minimum it's enough for my and two persons more (my wife and a children)
 I'm studying Biochemistry, a career that has both investigation and industrial jobs, but I decided to have an industrial job because is more stable and well paid that the investigation job (in Chile, in another countries is the other way around).

viernes, 4 de noviembre de 2016

An important advance in the Biochemistry

A long time ago(1800-1970), scientist of that time knew the reason for the conversion of the starch to sugars by plant extracts and saliva, but the new question is: which are the mechanism to make that possible?
The discover of the enzymes (which comes from the Greek  ενζυμον "in leaven") called before ''ferments'' by Louis Pasteur answer this questions. An enzyme is a are macro-molecular biological catalyst which it has the function of speed up chemical reactions.
many scientist contributed separately:

-Louis Pasteur  In the 19th century concluded after his studies with the fermentation of sugar to alcohol by yeast that this fermentation is produced by a vital force (called ferments by Pasteur) that accelerates this reaction.

-Anselme Payen discovered in 1833 the first enzyme who called diastase

-Wilhelm Kühne coined the term enzyme in 1878

-Eduard Buchner in 1897 began to study the ability of yeast extracts to ferment sugar despite the absence of living yeast cells.  In a series of experiments, he found that the sugar was fermented even when there were no living yeast cells in the mixture(that means that the enzymes can live outside the living cell).

-James B. Sumner in 1926 showed that the enzyme urease was a pure protein (that means that the enzymes are formed by proteins, it implies that they can be affected by temperature, pH, but, they can live outside the cell)
All this knowledge gave answers to many scientists of the time and were the first steps to creating Enzymes and use in food industries.

Well, in a nutshell al this discovers were for good, and they make the aliment industries better in the synthesis of new products.