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THe Sage mentorship project 

The SAGE Mentorship Program is a great organization to join if you want to give back to the community of Berkeley and foster the education of young kids. SAGE works with 10 elementary schools, seven in Berkeley and three in Oakland, and it sends out students (like you and me) to be mentors to...

Bears that CARE, Dean of Student Affairs

Bears that CARE is a violence prevention program via means of bystander intervention. We are a team of five peer educators and our role is to give workshops to many campus organizations, including the Greek system, about bystander intervention and sexual assault & consent, in order to reduce the risks of violence and create...

American Medical Student Association

AMSA promotes the education of a wide variety of topics on campus. It does this through didactic seminars with guest speakers, panels, workshops, and other student-associated activities. While in the club, I was brought awareness of sociopolitical issues that affect the medical landscape, and I believe this experience will translate into being a more...

Aspirations Family Experience (AFX)

AFX is a student-run organization standing for Aspirations, Family, and eXperience. It is a hip-hop dance group that accepts students of all levels of dance—from absolute beginnings (like me who has no prior dance experience) to experts (like those who have competed in dance competitions when they were young). There are many different teams,...

Best Pen for College? Pilot G-2 0.38mm.

written by christopher wang (peace advisor) This may seem like an unorthodox blog with regards to academics. But it’s very relevant. In high school, I only used pencils, having been raised on them my whole life. I haven’t touched a pencil for three years now, only using pens. And the Pilot G2 is the...

PREPARING FOR YOUR EPIC JOURNEY: THE MEDICAL SCHOOL APPLICATION CYCLE (PART 1: LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION)

WRITTEN BY AMY WANG (PEACE ADVISOR) Applying to medical school is a long, time-intensive, planning-intensive, and expensive process. If you’re going to invest that much time and money into something – especially something this important – knowing what to expect from this journey and how to prepare for it is crucial. As someone in the midst...

Making the Most of Your Telebears Appointment

Written by Samantha Wong  If you haven’t already checked Cal Central for your Telebears appointment, go do so before you continue reading! Unfortunately, it’s that time of the semester again. While you’re in the middle of taking back-to-back midterms and writing essays, Cal always seems to spring another worry into your already-hectic schedule. This...

Cytosine Deamination

Written by Samantha Wong (PEACE Advisor) What is the result of a cytosine deamination? (drawing the molecule may help) a. C -> A b. C -> G c. C -> U d. C -> T **For MCB 102, you will need to memorize the structure of cytosine (and all other nucl, and for that reason, the structure...

Nucleotide Analysis 

Written by Samantha Wong (PEACE Wong) What aspect of ddNTPs allows them to halt DNA replication? A structure of a ddNTP (ddATP) is shown below. Please remember that in MCB 102, you’ll need to know the structure without a structure.  Click “Read More” to see the answer.  ​3’ H instead of 3’ OH in...