Halmagyi+Andreea+Melinda

__**Name:**__ HALMAGYI ANDREEA MELINDA __**Department:**__ Chimie III __**Hometown:**__ Cluj_Napoca I study chemistry at the Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca.When I will finish the masterate, I would like to work in a clinical laboratory. I enjoy spending time with my family, my friends and I also like to go on trips.

__**WEEK 2**__ - Links: [|Similarities and Differences between DNA and RNA]
 * Link Title:** Similarities and Differences between DNA and RNA
 * Level of Information:** University
 * Animations:**[|DNA and RNA]

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 * URL Adress:**
 * Comment:** We can notice the differences and similarities between DNA and RNA.

__**WEEK 3**__ - Links:

**Level of Information** University **Format** audio-podcast **URL Address**[| http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/podcasts/africa/show/2010.07.30-1/] [|Photo The Double Helix]
 * Link Title** [|Southern African Genomes]
 * Comment** DNA-HIV


 * Link Title** [|DNA History]
 * Level of Information** University
 * Format** text
 * URL Address** []
 * Comment** This is a presentation of the DNA History

[|Human chromosomes] [|What is a chromosome?] [|Human and Chimpazee genome comparison]
 * Link Title** [|DNA Biological Functions]
 * Level of Information** Medical news
 * Format** text-video-audio
 * Animations** [|Chromosome]
 * URL Address** []
 * Comment** Location of genomic DNA, transmission of genetic information, cell division.

__**WEEK 4**__ __**[|Hemostasis]**__ __**[|Thrombosis]**__ Inside our bodies we have a protection mechanism called the immune system and it defends us from millions of bacteria,microbes,viruses,toxins and parasites that are waiting to invade our body.The immune system is quite compex, and while we are alive the bacteria, microbes,parasites can not enter in our body as easily as they can do it when our immune system doesn´t work at all.The skin is an important part of the immune system, it acts like a barrier between germs and our skin, but it also secretes antibacterial substances.Our nose, mouth and eyes are also obvious entry points for germs. Although we all have an immune system, we may hereditate some diseases from our ancestries, which are carried by the genes that we are over taking, or the chromosomes or genes may suffer some mutations and a new born can develope a genetic disorder, an illness that before he(she) was born didn,t exist in his(her) family. One of this illnesses is blood clotting. A thrombus is a blood clot formed when there is an imbalance in the blood coagulation system, and it can block the flow of blood through a vein or artery. This disease may also be developed at a healthy human, a person who smokes,who suffered a heart attack, or a person who has a form of cardiac arrhythmia.Blood clot prevention and treatment reduces the risk of stroke,heart attack and pulmonary embolism. Heparin and warfarin are often used to inhibit the formation and growth of existing thrombi.

The scientists who worked in the Human Genome Project believed that whit the new genetic information they could diagnosis diaseases that were impossible to diagnose before.The genetic information could also be used in hurtful ways, that´s why the Human Genome Project created a program to explore the Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of new genetic knowledge.The scope of this was to anticipate any problems that may ocurr and to find quicky solutions. In the future the doctors will bw able to give us a "genetic report card", so we will be able to know what are our chances to develop different diseases.
 * Activity 1**- **Food for thought**
 * [|Ethical, Legal & Social Implications of Genetic Knowledge]**

Alice was a 75 years old lady and she had 4 daughters.Two years ago she was treated for medullary thyroid cancer known as a family disease.Alice dies and her eldest daughter, Lucy, is also diagnosticated with the same disease. Her doctor tells her that the genetic alteration is inherited and advice her to warn her sisters and children about this. Lucy is very angry with her mother´s doctor because he(she) didn´t warn her about the increased risk of developing the same disease as her mother, so the cancer could have been detected much earlier.Lucy is also considering filling a lawsuit against her mother´s doctor.
 * Activity 2- Exploring Ethical Issues**
 * [|Duty to Warn]**

__**WEEK 5**__



__**WEEK 6**__ Listening skills allow one to make sense of and understand what another person is saying. In other words, listening skills allow you to understand what someone is "talking about". In order to demonstrate to the speaker that you are paying attention to what he(she) is telling, you have to maintain eye contact, don't interrupt the speaker, nod your head, lean toward the speaker, sit still and repeat instructions and ask appropriate questions when the speaker has finished. A good listener knows that being attentive to what the speaker doesn't say is as important as being attentive to what he does say.
 * Listening skills**

When you have to do something you may say that it is done when you finish doing it,but well done is when you did it well.So you have one posibility to do a think and finish it no matter how and you have another posibility to do a think and do it well so you may consider it like a reward of you well done work.
 * "The reward of a thing well done is to have done it"- Ralph Waldo Emerson**

__**WEEK 7**__

__**WEEK 8**__ Oral presentation; the language of presentation, the presentation´s structure, powerpoint tips.

__**WEEK 9**__ Conversation in class. __**WEEK 10**__ The photo shows a happy family, it´s like a family reunion, maybe a celebration and it seems to be taken in the garden. It is a colored picture and we can notice that it was done during summer. In the middle we can see the grandparents who are surrounded by their grandchildren, sons and daughters and in the background we can observe the trees and a white small bridge. I like this picture because it makes me think of a fulfilling family who seems to enjoy a beutiful summer day near their loved ones. They really look happy!