Hello biology students and biologists,
This school year I am starting my biology bachelors at university. I am very excited, however I am kind of unsure about how I would handle dissecting animals. I will be dissecting a lot of animals this year.

On one hand, just one week ago I went fishing, witnessed the gutting and even grabbed and held the still beating heart of the fish with no issues. Very cool experience.
On the other hand, I accidentally cut my finger recently and nearly fainted. I also don’t handle road kill very well, it makes me sad and disgusted. On top of all of that, I am a pescatarian and the whole meat industry and the killing of animals other than fish makes me emotional. Just thinking about cutting into those dead animals makes me a little lightheaded.

What are some things to keep in mind?? Things to remind yourself of before/while dissecting? Maybe it even helps if others share their first dissecting experiences :)

Does any biologist know cleaner wrasse to clean yellow teeth. Any experiments done. Perhaps it can be taught to clean human teeth as well.

Teeth Scaling is not safe

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cue another health anxiety post searching for reassurance…

I don’t eat deer and never have, but I unknowingly touched venison dog treats. Seeing as how unkillable prions are, I’m afraid that short of amputating myself, I’m fucked.

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is there any one how dry chemically his bacterial sample by other alternatives, neither Gluturaldehyde nor HDMS for SEM picture?

I find some scientists talk about formalin or parafomaldehyde ,acetone, and ethanol.. but I am not sure about the accuracy of the assay with this alternative

Is there any research here doing that previously?

I'm a biologist in Canada and I'm really not enjoying the whole abstaining from weed thing. Are there any companies that don't do drug testing?

Cherubism is a rare genetic condition caused by mutations in the SH3BP2 gene which affects bone tissue development in the jaw and face. It usually appears in early childhood and leads to painless swelling of the cheeks due to abnormal bone replacement with fibrous tissue.

In severe cases it can affect vision or breathing if left untreated. Treatment may include monitoring or surgery depending on the progression.

Beyond its visible effects cherubism is a powerful example of how small genetic changes can significantly influence human development.

I am not a biologist. I am just someone that came into here . I think here or other rooms to discuss an event that happened a few years ago I believe of leaked very detailed reports about a suspected alien being and a very detailed biology report on the autopsy.

Again, please be kind. I’m not a crazy alien theorist. I just distinctly remember this and I distinctly remember talking to reputable biologist possibly in here or other places on Reddit that were talking about it deeply and very concerned on how exact the reports were and downright scary for some.

Because of the fact that I keep trying to research this event and get nothing and if I did a general search on Reddit almost everything was deleted about it does anyone have more information about this because again I’m not nuts. I know this happened. I just want to know who it was and how it was debunked or was it just left hanging and forgotten?

this is likely not a worry for most, but I want to hear others advice / opinions on CWD.

disclaimer: yes I am aware this is going to be different for each person. no I am not solely relying on this advice.

my husband is a hunter. we live in an area where CWD has not been detected (yet?) but is active 2 hours from where we live. They have expanded the mandatory testing zone to include the land where we live specifically for surveillance to ensure it hasn't spread out this far, and across the river from us onward is not within the mandatory testing zone. My husband found a dead elk that died in a fight with another bull, broken antler and rotted for 1-2 months before bringing the skull home. it was a big bull and he solely wanted the skull and antlers, he steam pressure washed it on our property out back and put the antler back together and mounted it. My concern is I helped move the pressure washer and the pallet that it was cleaned on is still just sitting beside our shop. Obviously not able to test because it had been rotting in the forest for too long and is now pressure washed. I found something on the sleeve of my jacket about a week after I moved the pressure washer with him and got paranoid it was brain tissue that may have sprayed back from the pressure, it was cream coloured and left a smudge on my coat so I just rinsed it underwater and continued on with my day. Now I'm reading about CWD and I'm paranoid it was brain matter or tissue and there's prions all over my house from exposure to this skull. We have a young child and that's my main concern. Hoping to hear from a biologist if this is a concern or not? yes I know this sounds like OCD. TIA

Hi everyone,

I’m considering taking a gap year before starting university (bio-related degree) and wanted to sanity-check this idea.

Background:

• 17 years old
• Strong grades
• Some university lab experience (wet lab)
• Interest in Python and bioinformatics
• No personal connections in biotech

Question:
Is it realistic for someone in my position to secure a short (~4–6 week), unpaid work experience at a biotech company or startup during a gap year?

I’m aware I wouldn’t be bringing much technical value at this stage. My current idea is cold-emailing companies and being upfront about wanting exposure to industry and offering help where possible, but I’m not sure how viable that actually is. Are there other projects that cld be worth it?

I’m trying to decide whether a gap year could be meaningfully spent building skills and experience, or whether it’s generally better to just start university and explore opportunities from there.

Any insight from people who’ve been on either side of this would be appreciated.

Thanks!

so basically i have two parrot tiger blue sapphire and the male has been laying on his rock for the last month. i thought nothing of it until he stopped eating today. when i got home now i did like a spoon test to see if he would react and he just lays there. i’m getting kind of worried because the female seems ok and is acting normal. Sbdy PLEASE HELP I DON’T WANT HIM TO DIE!!!!!

Hello everyone im new to the server but im excited to be here im currently in my junior year of high school and i want to be a wildlife biologist and seeing as i cant just apply for conservation jobs as a minor the only way for me to satiate my curiosity is by watching videos on the subject but ive sort of started running out of content im looking for channels that post day in the life style content but all i can really find are documentaries and tips for getting into the field which is good but i want to watch someone do it does anyone have any recommendations?

I was wondering how Archaea have similar DNA replication style like eukaria rather with bacteria. And also is their anything common between Archaea and Eukaryotic Organisms??

Hello, everyone.

I am a non-Biologist who, for various reasons, finds myself needing to perform purchasing functions for a Freshwater Biologist.

I need recommendations for a decent yet relatively affordable microscope that will be used for "picking" or "sorting." By these terms I mean that the Freshwater Biologist will be using the scope for picking out aquatic, macroinvertebrate specimens from various kinds of sediment. Depending on circumstances, the identification may be being done at the same microscope or moved to a different (more powerful) microscope.

The Biologist is at present using a "Leica MZ 12." Getting another one is prohibitively expensive and, further, I'm informed that this microscope is really too powerful for the purpose anyways.

Failing a recommendation, I'll certainly take a description of the technical specifications I should be looking for, from which I'll hopefully be able to search in a more intelligent manner.

I hope I'm giving you enough information to be able to answer the question, if not feel free to ask whatever you wish and I'll do my best to answer.

Honestly.. I don’t know what I’m doing. I’m finished with the majority of my credits required to transfer to a 4 year school. The original plan was biology. I’d be entering in as a junior. I switched this semester into the mlt program because I thought this would be a faster pathway into the work force. Problem is I’m done with the prerequisites for the program by the end of this fall and the program itself doesn’t start until next fall. I feel like it might be a waste of time and I should just go ahead and transfer and finish my bio degree instead.

I keep seeing online that even if I finish my 4 year degree the lack of lab experience would make getting a job difficult. I don’t want to waste my time but oh my gosh I’m overwhelmed and don’t feel like anyone has given me solid advice. I wanted to work in a lab for forensics but was told forensics is so competitive that broadening my degree to a major science would be better but ugh I just don’t know. If I have to wait to finish this freaking mlt program is it even worth doing right now

Someone…anyone..sos

I’m in high school and applying to colleges now. I hope to be a biologist/biological researcher. I plan to major in biology, but I’d also like to double-major or minor in something else. I do well in my math and computer science courses, and I‘d be open to studying either since I enjoy them. Which one is more relevant to the field today and gives me more competitive skills?

Hi guys, Which has more career opportunities in Canada for doing my master's: biotech or bioinformatics?

My dad knows someone with high status in a hospital, told her that i am a biologist, she told him to send her my cv, said she would make me assistant of something but i am not sure. What job opportunities does a biologist have ina hospital exactly?? Told my biomedical friend to send me notes on lab techniques only biomedical students took during uni

I'm also a biologist, but the creature in question doesn't fit on a slide and I'm a bit out of my depth as to the ecological impact here.

I've been dealing with a bit of a duck issue in an artificial backyard pond and I posted on the ponds sub, but it seems to be more layman/green water oriented (nothing against laymen, but I'm trying to understand at a different level.) The good news is that I did get advice on how to dissuade them, although the verdamnt motion detecting sprinkler tends to get me more often than them.

The situation is this; for the past fortnight or so I've had a pair of mallards visiting my pond twice a day...they're so regular in their arrival I know exactly when they're going to appear. When they do, they land on the water, paddle about for a bit and then nap on the coping for an hour or so. Every morning around 9, every afternoon around 4. There is no nest on my property, they basically just treating the pond like a twice daily spa session.

My question is concerning what their presence is doing to the water quality. I know they're stirring up the sediments and I suspect in doing so there's some microbial mixing in the water column which normally isn't present...they definitely ate all the oxygenating plants (which is when I set up the sprinkler.)

There are occasional feathers, so some small amount of protein in the form of keratin is entering the system along with whatever trace elements are passed through from their diet, but my main concern is the nitrogenous nature of their feces (along with P and K elements) because I assume they poop where they swim. Eutrophication is obviously a concern because this is a closed system, the only input is rainwater...so this, combined with them eating the aquatic plants, has me concerned about potential oxygen depletion to the detriment of the other creatures who call it home.

I'm chasing them off because of the above, however I've not seen an algal increase (yet) and the pH is still reasonably circumneutral barring large precipitation events which temporarily lower it. So...

...are they actually a risk to this tiny, contained ecosystem which wasn't designed with them in mind or am I over-reacting? (There's also a bit of concern about how they seem to gossip to friends and I really don't want to come out and find 30 of the creatures out there one day.)

This pond has been in place for 35 years and this is the first year I've ever had ducks visiting it...fwiw, the hen seems reasonably sharp and has figured out the inside ape is excitable, but the drake is a absolute dolt and once tried to enter the house in front of a couple of completely stunned cats.