Dr.Kim is very strict.
I think she is quite demanding in students' work.
Many students are pressured being taught by her....
but she is good.
dun forget....
she is strict...

i can't find any interesting topics to do for my fyp..........
sigh*
all seems so difficult.......
but i die die also want to choose wet lab

I"m from biomed.
but but dr.kim is quite scarry at times.........
she is erm........no easy to get along with.......
and she will definitely won't spoon feed her students....

ahahaha....
it's just my personal opinion.
spoon feeding is not reli that bad... i would die if the lecturer just throw me all by myself.....i might blow up the machines in the lab accidently........heheh....
i'm still waiting for dr.anthony's title to be out.
might be doing his projects or dr.chew's.

dr soon can really talk alot............she's worse than my grandmother...hahaha....but she is indeed a nice lecturer.

went to see a few lecturers today regarding fyp.

there are a few projects on cancer cells such as the projects from dr.anthony, and dr.chew.

I'm almost done with my research.
i've decided my top 3....just dunno which one to put 1st, 2nd and 3rd....gosh...headache.....

actually there's many great lecturers teaching biomed students.
I'm just so glad that i'm taught by them...
well, i'm not sure about biotech students and biochem....
but biochem and biomed has a few combined subjects right? so we tend to have same lecturer.

wet lab will be my final decision!
but i'm kinda worried abt culturing human cells bcoz i neva learn that b4....

hey jenzl,
which projects r u interested in and who r the lecturers in charging?

it seems like there r a few of us here who is gonna start our FYP soon yeah?

I need some opinion from you all regarding my FYP selection.

my chosen top 2 titles:
1. gene expression studies of transcription involved in the control and regulation of lipoprotein metabolism, acute phase response and inflammation....
(mostly molecular work:PCR, DNA extraction, electrophoresis...)
(dr.chew)

2.Combined effect of photodynamic therapy and chemotherapeutic effect against human cancer cell
(cell culture, electrophoresis, flow cytometry)
(dr.anthony)

i dunno which one to put in 1st choice.....both also i wan.....uurrgghhhh!!!
i kept thinking about it day and nite.......makan, tidur also kept thinking abt fyp.......damn kanasai......

both projects involves culturing cancer cells which is interesting and topic 1 involves cloning which sound even more interesting. both lecturers are great. i heard from senior that dr. anthony even brought his students to library and pick books for them to read....

thanks akane.
your comments r much appreciate...i shall talk with my seniors.

actually i dun really like anything that has got to do with PCR, protein purification, chromatographic and stuffs lor...but many exp involves PCR...can't avoid from it...majority of my coursemates also dun like PCR bcoz of the lecturer and the teaching assistant who taught us last time was errr......( i guess u should know who i meant..heheh)

the thing is, i plan to study master's in future so i think that i will be able to learn more by doing wet lab and PCR is the so-called basic method one must know, as well as gel electrophoresis etc right? *sigh*

no offense akane but I dislike anything which has to do with plants.....
i prefer bacteria or animal related stuff...
i guess we have diff affection...

what abt biomed students? is PCR and gel electrophoresis needed? hmmm....
DR. chew is a SHE.....it's alrite if she doens't know u. last time she took abt 12 biotech students for their fyp.
I liked her alot....her lecturer's is great and she is very friendly. ^^

Dr.anthony in the other hand is a very cheeky lecturer.....his has a great sense of humour! Even the world's most boring subject will become interesting after being taught by him...like wat i had last sem-neurobiology.



hey, actually i wanted to accompany my fren to see dr.wong today but she wasn't around......
are u choosing her as your 1st choice?
new projects means they might be interesting new findings....the exp will be unpredictable....go ahead for it!!

ok...just to share with you all...i've surveyed my biomed coursemates....majority of them are doing microbio works.....less ppl are interested in doing molecular work....and i think the rest of them will choose to do dry lab...

so u can actually end it without doing all the testing?
do you have any frens who are with DR.chew choy hoong or Dr.anthony for their fyp? any opinion on both of the lecturers? coz i'm having dilemma on who to choose for my 1st choice. thanks ya ^^

it was another UTAR-electricity-cut-off DAY again.....ahahaha...class was cancelled and so I followed along my coursemates to meet the lecturers.

today i have met:

Dr. Chew (again): jenzl, i think dr.chew is fed up with answering us so many times so she reacted like that to u...actually she is good. or maybe bcoz she taught us b4. she will be leaving to kampar mid-dec so her fyp will surely be finished within 2 mths...it will be fast. All our senior has done her exp, 2 batches of them and the protocols are all prepared. No worries!!!!

Dr. Sit: His exp is easy to conduct, cheap material ( your choice of plant). no equipment involve, bacteria culture, and he said student with moderate speed can finish the exp in a month's time....yea! sounds great rite?

Dr.Woo: for her exp, u gotta come out with your methods, she is not providing that to you. gotta read up from journals. to those who dun have initiative to search for info and independent enuff, prepare to die la...hehe

my 1st choice is still DR.anthony.....i hope i get his project!!!!!!!!!!!!

good luck to all of u too^^

hi SuN_RaE198,
I went there about after 12pm....forgotten wat time aldy.....
u saw me? hehe^^

true!!!!
with the way how dr.woo teaches.....
it's hard to find students who likes protein purification..........

*sigh*
poor students who got trapped in the lift...
i even have to climb up to 5th floor to meet the lecturers...was a good exercise though...

tips for u, jenzl,
i saw some books in the library on medicinal plants and stuffs like that, maybe u can check it out.
Dr.sit said we can take fruits as sample as well. eg .mangosteen, banana...etc fruits won't be so difficult right?

IHave u thought of Sunway Monash? I've a friend doing chemical eng now.
But she told me that a few of their lecturers left Monash and went over to UTAR to teach...

believe it or not....it's really a 3 mths holiday for UTAR students!!!!!
unless u have short sem...
but most of the bioscience courses dun have short sem

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Added on August 7, 2008, 10:50 pmGuess what!
I've got my 1st choice for my FYP!!!!!!!
Both my buddy and I are doing the same project!!!! yipee!!!!
cancer cell cancer cell cancer cell.......
can't wait to start it!!!!

This post has been edited by aki_067: Aug 7 2008, 10:50 PM

thanks alot!!!
I've got Dr.anthony's title.
"combined effect of photodynamic therapy and chemotherapeutic agent on human cancer cell".....(^0^).........
good luck to the rest of u!!!

I have experienced with lecturers who are damn poor with his/her english.....seriously, It was a hard time for me!!!!!!! ask them one question they will answer you another thing...=.='''

actually I think that students should read from books other than lecture notes but how many of us here really do that?

Well, for my case, from Week 1 to Week7, I would be hardworking enough to read from reference books and make my own notes but after that when midterms and assignment datelines pile up in front of me...finishing the lecture notes has became a great burden to me.....ahaha....so during exam period....stick to lecture notes and u will still do great!!!

I'm a biomed representative here...haha
I find it rather interesting that most biomeds will conquer the first few rows in the lecture hall whereas biochem students tend to like to sit behind....

Biomed has more hardworking students ay? yes and no ...most of the gurls are hardworking...guys? they lepak alot...hahaha

it's Week 12 people!!!!
the time is ticking.......

I'm in my Y3S1 now.

walau....give tips liao still can fail.....your fren is amazing la!!!! which lecturer so kind? Patrick han?
wat made u so proud to be in biomedic course wor?