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  #301

Hey Indidoc,
Thanks for sharing that with us.i agree GOD is with our group and we have stick together and get this beast out of our way.Btw what time are you ususally online.

NOvak75, I had sent you PM week back .Have not heard from you.Kindly respond .I hope you are fine and studying hard.if there is anything we do to help .Let us know.
As for my progress, i am still on biochemistry but progressing.As I said before ,2 more weeks and then my vacation is all onverrrrrrrrrr.I hope and pray i can get back to MLE mode again and keep up at it.Guys/girls form our group I need your constant support and motivation as you have always been providng.
GL everyone and we can do it.

  #302

WOW Indidoc.........7/8/6 AMAZING MASHALLAH........i never realised that ......THANKS BUDDY!!

Life is tough. In a hurry right now , will write later.

GOODLUCK GUYS/GALS.......HAPPY STUDYING!!



  #303

Indidoc:
Where r u in ur studies now? I am about done with genetics, closing in on chapter 6 and would like to know what u did next or what is the order of things. Micro is not my cup of tea and I was thinking of doing immuno but I am willing to follow the group, it has to be done one way or another. Genetics for me was not easy, I might start with that in my 2nd read. By the way can u also tell me what books u r using for micro and immuno.
When is the next discussion.

Coolsuch: Hang in there, if I can, anybody can.

Focus: good to hear from u.

GL


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  #304

friends, i consulted many of u over IM n i think it'll b ok if we start discussions frm this wednesday 1 pm EST. chapters 2n 3 . fr thursday, plz get all concepts n Qs on molecular bio together. lets finish it this week. we gotta get a move on friends.
lily, keepgoing, cudnt contact u... plz post if u hav a problem with wednesday.

@coolsuch.. i mnot online at any fixed time. come online when i'm tired of studying. whenever u want me, just leave a msg on yahoo n i'll b there.

@focus, nice to hear frm u. hope ur prep's proceeding well.

plz friends, try zade's Qs. i'm getting a lil impatient fr d ans

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  #305

"HAPPY FRIENDSHIP DAY" TO YOU ALL MY DEAR FRIENDS!

how are you all?well sorry guys i got stuck my computor got infected v hell of viruses dont know how it acquired anyways all sorted out now....no hang problem ever onwards...oops!keeping my finger crossednod...missed my group alot!

@indidoc---thanks for forwarding discussion mmm i see u ppl did a gr8 job and indidoc u were juz awesome there!!!!!!!!
--thanks to bring into our notice 7/8/6.....i wish we all get our dreams fulllllfillllled pretty soon ofcoz with the help of almighty god who is our true inspiration!!!

--thanks again for menting our group b'tifullllly...yep i 1000% agree with u that we shud have frequent discussion as i observed since last 2 weeks we had been discussing 1 or 2 chapter where our schedule was to cover whole of mol.biochem...anyways see GOD IS WITH US NO DOUBT HE HAS BEEN SHOWING US RT PATH TO FOLLOW....so look we have solution here...smiling face

indidoc see u deserve so many thanku(ssssssssss)!good buddy!

@coolsuch---good dear thats more impt that u r progressing nod...keep moving!

@focusmle---good to read ur post thanks dear for keeping us in ur thots...((((Posted: Jul 31, 06 - 10:49 #284

Lily, Zade, Keepgoing, Indidoc....... i was actually thinking of u guys so maybe because of that your names got imprinted again.

I mean GL & Happy Learning to everyone!! ))))....love u for that..grin...!goodluck and keep going on and on and on...no rest till u get the best....!

@zade---dear acc to me ans shud be an option E as indidoc has mentioned!

lets evaluate the question...asking for proceesing and we all know that RNA processing(modification) takes place in nucleus before it is sent ot cytoplasm for translation....
3 steps(process) takes place----

mRNA is given metylguanosine cap at 5end to protect from degradation and helps in binding to ribosome in cytoplasm-----

and a poly A tail to help in sailing all thru to the cytoplasm

and 3rd is REmoval of introns

so all option A -D r wrong where D is a TRUE DISTRACTOR

option left E seems rt ans..!

whats ur ans zade????

@ evryone----PLZZ CORRECT ME in last discussion i read one question regarding genes expression in which stage og cell cycle???----------wats the ans???? acc to me gene is considered "expressed" once it gets transcribed i mean mRNA is formed and which phage/stage of cycle it takes place????

NEXT DISCUSSION---thursday 10th aug at 1pm EST and cahpters 2nd and 3rd!!AM i rt????

good luck everyone keep going on!smiling face

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  #306

Hey look everyone! someone's back frm a trip! Welcome back keepgoing. u were missed a lot. i left u quite a few posts( including a friendship day wish) on Yahoo, n ws wondering where u r? hope ur computer stays fighting fit now. u r a vital part of discussions n our group.nod n thanx a lot fr showering thanxesss on me. though i insist that i don't deserve any of them. besides, this is a group n u don't say thanx to friends.

howz everyone's study progress? i ws stuck fr a while but now m rolling again.

now, i hav discussed abt our discussions at length with all of us n this is d schedule that seems to work fr all

day of week.........topics to cover..........approx time

monday.............2 chap at least..........30 mins to 1 hour

wednesday.........2 chap at least.........30 mins to 1 hour

thursday......3-4 chap+MCQs fr week's topics......lengthy,2-3 hours

TIME FR ALL DAYS 1PM EST
we cn modify it to suit any future change in schedules.
so next discussion is wednesday,aug 9, 1PM EST. chap 2 n 3

Hmmmmmm.... 1 thing's bothering me... where's lily???

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  #307

oops! submitted that prematurely. i think lily's busy at d lab n hope she'll b there 2moro.

keepgoing, abt d gene expression Q, i think lily n zade were right n i messed it up in confusionrolling eyes u r right.. expression= dna--rna--prot. now this'll occur whenever there's euchromatin in d cell, i.e. throughout interphase. it'll stop only when DNA is condensed as chromosomes in M phase... this is given( as zade pointed out) on kap notes pg-4 below d table.

now d post's complete.
signing off. TC all. cya 2moro at d discussion

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  #308

Hi guys:

I am disappointed that only 2 people attempted my q's. New n lost what happened?
Anyhow indidoc is right both times.
Whoever is studying micro now, ru using the dvds or audios? Do they help?

A bit late and also a bit tired, will see ya later for the discussion.

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  #309

Dear friends, Sorry for not postting these days. I am crazy busy at work and at home also recently. It's nice that you guys set time for the disccusion again. I don't think I can be there today, but could somebody can save the disccusion and send to me by the e-mail? My e-mail address is lily9608@yahoo.com Thank you very much!

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Lily

  #310

Hi everyone,
We had a very good discussion regarding DNA replication ,esp lagging and leading strand.it was very well explained by indidoc and Ahmer.Thank you guys.I need to read it again though.So, I am posting the discussion that Ahmer ,thank you so much Ahmer,sent me.

Also,I am wondering if keepgoing and Novak know about the discussion.Pls gals ,let us know how are you doing.
Keepgoing we dont have your email di.Kindly let us know so we can add you .
I got to go read.
Thanks for good discussion Zade,Ahmer,inididoc.It really motivated me to go back and read.

Attached Files:
the discussion on 9 th Aug.rtf (31 KB, 11 downloads)

  #311

  1. I,m looking for a telephone partner in boston for step 1 and we will start from 8th september


  #312

where is everybody?

Eventough I was not able to make it for the whole thing, I really understood telomeres. Wow!! that was great.
Well I am still struggling with micro, still at the beginning of chapter 2, will try to accomplish more this weeken. The summer is almost over and my kids are bugging me to something over the weekend. Will try to mix pleasure and duty.

Thanks a lot for the transcript of the discussion.

TC & GL

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  #313

Hi friends soory i cudnt come for discussion as i myself got confused regarding time...i hope u all forgive me and i promise to be more attentive...!sad

@indidoc---hehehe thanks even i hope my computor stays fit and fine....!yup agreed with ur ans to my question...i was think about Go stage or S phase,thanks...!

@coolsuch---thanks for posting 9th aug discussionsmiling face
well i read 9th aug discussion and i wanted to give my 2 cents there regarding DNA replication "lagging strand"....well as we all know each strand of DNA runs in opposite direction(anti-parallel) and one big challenge for replication is that polymerase doesnt have to work in 5---3 direction only but also in the direction of replicating fork...................so see the problem for polymerase!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SO HOW CAN HE MANAGE TO KEEP SYNTHESE other ANTIPARALLEL STARND WHICH IS JUZ OPPOSITE TO PROCEEDING FORK(whose direction is away from replication fork))????????

answer---so polymerase thinks of building the lagging strand using many primers(okazaki fragments)so that he can overcome this problem and keep the antiparallel strand moving in fork direction....(remember or see fig in books every time primer is added at 5 end in lagging strand )

hope this helps u all if not then in next discussion i will try to explain u better way wen u all will be asking questions here i hv written down how i understand...if i m wrong in concepts u all are welcome to correct me....!nod

i am doing micro chapter medically impt viruses and biochem at chapter "vitamins" mmm tooo slow,huh?shaking head

@zade---dear i m doing micro but i dont have dvds rt now will be getting in a week or so(i hv ordered them as downloading for free on net was not my cup of tea.tooooooooooo boring to wait for download to get completed,rt???),so cant comment rt now....but i hope they will help us...smiling face and yep u have one additional duty to perform i.e kidsss yep you shud not overlook their expectations go ahead and have fun and enjoy with kiddss...STUDY TIME ONLY STUDY FUN TIME ONLY FUN...!HAVE A GR8 TIME WITH THEM!nod
happy studying!

Edited by keepgoing on 08/11/06 - 01:31 AM

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  #314

Hi

its very nice to see you all working together i also wanted to join u people where do u chat yahoo or hotmail and what time and whats your time table and are u following 2 subjects together thanx

my email addressis kooqigill@hotmail.com

kooqi


  #315

Hi Guys,

Just a quick note to say that you all are doing GREAT buddies!!......the discussions are simply WONDERFUL & you all are definetely working hard.

I would also like to thank New_lost, Coolsuch, Zade especially for always sending me the valued discussions & helping me everytime.

I told you guys that i am doing Anatomy, but somehow with the busy schedule i was not giving it justified time so i am doing Physio right now. Will be starting with Anatomy on the 18 . I hope i find some of us who can get me through it. otherwise i will be all on my own.

GL guys & Happy Learning friends

  #316

Hi everyone where are you all?rolling eyes

when is our next discussion scheduled for and what topics and at what time??iam waiting buddies!!!!!!if im not wrong its shud be tomorrow(monday)raised eyebrow

hey focusmle---i wish i cud do with u that but im already mad with micro bugs zzzzzzz too boresad...well lets see if i cud finish by 18thraised eyebrow goodluck dearsmiling face

thank you all really u all doing gr8 job!keep it up!

keep reporting and supporting eachother!smiling face
im waiting.............................
tc

P.S--in my previous post i wanted to say G1 phase not Go..!sticking out tongue

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  #317

WOW!!! i m posting after a long time!!! as a matter of fact, i stay in touch with all of u over msngr so just didnt think of posting here.
abt my progress in micro, i thought that ws my strong subject but man!! ws i wrongdisapproval all those bugs really managed to bug me!! struggled a lot but now i see d light at d end of d tunnel. will start immuno soon.

@focus, d good news is that my deadline fr finishing immuno n starting anat is 18th n i m looking good fr it.
but d bad news is that i m gonna b on call duty in casuality fr 15 nights in a row starting 16th august. that means no net access at nightsad which synchronises wth our group's discussion time. i'll try to manage somehow by dividing duties with other interns n lets see if it works.

keepgoing- check ur mail. i replied to u. micro's tough fr me too. just keep going is all i cn saywink

lily- i hope u r studying well,stealing time out frm ur busy schedule.

coolsuch, new n lost, how r u going? looking fwd to our discussion on monday.

till then... study hardnod

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  #318

Thanks, Indidoc. And many thanks to you all for remember me and for forwarding the discussion to me. I am going to relocate because job issure in a month, so I am crazy busy recently. I have a question here, how could I get the ECFMG idenfication number? Do I have to apply for the exam to get that? When I start appy for the exam, how can I control my test schedule? I means can I set my test time as late as I want? or if I start to apply for that I have to set a test date within 6 months or so?

Thanks!

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  #319

Hi everyone,
how are the studies coming up?Not many people posting here thses days.Where areyou all? I need that constant motivation guys /gals.
As for me ,I felt low today as my parents went back to India and i get back to reading.I am so overwhelmed lately and confused.I am doing my MPHand would soon have to submit thesis proposal .I have to take up a job too,only for 4hr/daily.I am so confused how do I handle USMLE and MPH and a job. I am nt sure how to go about it or whther i can handle it.I am going through a lot of turmoil and am still adjusting to the system in USA.I dont know if an of you is in same situation as I am in.Can somebody suggest.I know there are moms out there who are handling this so well .Can somebody pls advice.I am getting slower day by day and at times think of going off .confusedsad

  #320

hey coolsuch.....have u just started on ur mph?? im in no position to offer advice...since u r in a rather difficult situation...i really admire all the moms here too...they become the real inspirition...coz its when they suceed that others think.."wow""...so if they can do it..with comitments to thier families added to the burden of mle....makes me think..."shame on me....i should have more faith..more persistence...""

so chin up...watever u decide...its ur actions now...that determine ur fate tmrw...

gl....
A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug.

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  #321

nodsmiling face

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  #322

Thank you so much Jaide .I really apprecaite your suggestions.

  #323

Okay thats not a big problem the only thing u have to worried abt is that UR Thesis Proposal cos these things really drain a lot energy reserves both financially n physicallly so i would suggest go back to the College n Sort Out ur MPH schedule n then figuure a place to work ( cos this country u gotta work ) when u r done with that then its all downhill all u have to do is take it slow n easy. First things First MPH conditioning . Condition urself with the ur MPH schedule then further accomadate a job then go for the toughest part Thesis while side by side u can go ahead with USMLE

I mean take BABY steps dont rush things n get dragged into a bind. Ur target for Step 1 in Dec is a bit hurrying it up. take ur time n Remember Slow n Steady Always wins the Race

Now coming to the most Important Part

U better not think of Abadoning us Captain Cos YE R THY CAPTAIN OR ELSE Arghrrr.....

we want to u be there for us n be the guiding force for us


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  #324

wellllcome lilly and new_n_lost...atlast i see someone from group responding....well yes coolsuch i agree completely with whatever new-n_lost has suggested u....good newnlost look u r very best in that...be there and support us....!nod

goodluck coolsuch and everyone !
happy studying!

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  #325

New n Lost and keepgoing---------- Thank you soooooooooo much .i really appreciate it you being there and advicnig me.I knew I could count on our group.GOD BLESS YOU.
New N Lost ,you are really inspritational.Wished I had got this group earlier i would have been resident .its nto too late.Pls keep motivating me .i need that.
Where is everyone else- Zade,Indidoc, Lily, Novak, cmon guys pls report .i miss you all and I have decided to start posting everyday ,starting Monday. Got to take weekend break guys.
We are aimming 99 and we are going to get it.need everynoes support.
new n lost ,change your id ,it shd MOTIVATOR.i think everyone in thr gropu would agree on that.When is your exam.We are all praynig for you .so ,keep posting .
GL group .Have a good weekend.







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