Reflection


As a biomedical science major, minoring in chemistry, I have a strong admiration for any Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) class. In Cell Bio, I had the privilege of a professor who was able to teach a text-book load of information in a way that was memorable, relevant, and interesting. Needless to say, this course has taught me a lot of information that connects somewhat-difficult material to my specific field of interests as a young, aspiring MD student. An example of such material was in learning the unit on cell signaling—G Protein Coupled Receptors (GPCRs) and some cascade events that follows the ligand-binding event. Shortly after learning the basics of GPCRs, I had learned about cholera and its effects at the cellular level in the human body. I was able to learn the mechanism behind the toxin of the virus that keeps G proteins active and continuously firing in which causes the main sign of this disease. I will miss this class and being able to fill in the gaps of knowledge acquired in my other challenging STEM courses such as the rigorous human anatomy class.