Eggs
Finally! We had eggs!
No, this is not the english translation of my previous Chinese work.
Neither is this entry going to be about the supply of chicken eggs in Singapore. I am not that slow or lag to "update" you guys on that the supply of chicken eggs in Singapore has returned to normal.
I am talking about THIS egg:
It's an egg of a zebrafish.
Some might have already figured out what am I talking about. For the sake of those who don't, I am currently involved in an experiment, trying to find out whether traditional Chinese herbs have any stimulatory effects of zebrafish embryos.
Sounds cool, eh? I simply LOVE this project, because this experiement is not something obscure like other experiments involving DNA and genes and whatever molecules that baffle people with those god-knows-what-they-mean definitions and key terms. Ours is simple -- common Chinese herbs that many would have known about and zebrafishes. Never mind if you havent seen them before, here's a picture of it:
You just have to know that it's a type of fish that shares similar genome with us. Plus, it has similar optical, blood and kidney systems to that of humans (Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1034366.stm )
All right, back to the topic of "we finally had eggs!"
For nearly 2 whole months, we were unable to get the fishes to spawn. The frustration of failing to get those beasts to breed had made us very disappointed, especially when we are totally out of schedule by like weeks and the report is supposed to be submitted soon for the Singapore Science and Engineering Fair (SSEF). We lost hope. Totally.
But on Tuesday, we saw light.
You can easily guess the reactions and emotions on our faces when we were surprised by the 359 eggs laid by one tank of fishes. We prepared 4 tanks, but only one tank had sex I presume. Ok, that's crude, but whatever.
Oh, we need a minimum of 360 eggs for one set of experiment to be done. So, techinically, we were one short. But who cares?
Now just hope that for the remaining two weeks or so, we can complete as many rounds of experiemnts as possible.
Wish us luck.
No, this is not the english translation of my previous Chinese work.
Neither is this entry going to be about the supply of chicken eggs in Singapore. I am not that slow or lag to "update" you guys on that the supply of chicken eggs in Singapore has returned to normal.
I am talking about THIS egg:
It's an egg of a zebrafish.
Some might have already figured out what am I talking about. For the sake of those who don't, I am currently involved in an experiment, trying to find out whether traditional Chinese herbs have any stimulatory effects of zebrafish embryos.
Sounds cool, eh? I simply LOVE this project, because this experiement is not something obscure like other experiments involving DNA and genes and whatever molecules that baffle people with those god-knows-what-they-mean definitions and key terms. Ours is simple -- common Chinese herbs that many would have known about and zebrafishes. Never mind if you havent seen them before, here's a picture of it:
You just have to know that it's a type of fish that shares similar genome with us. Plus, it has similar optical, blood and kidney systems to that of humans (Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1034366.stm )
All right, back to the topic of "we finally had eggs!"
For nearly 2 whole months, we were unable to get the fishes to spawn. The frustration of failing to get those beasts to breed had made us very disappointed, especially when we are totally out of schedule by like weeks and the report is supposed to be submitted soon for the Singapore Science and Engineering Fair (SSEF). We lost hope. Totally.
But on Tuesday, we saw light.
You can easily guess the reactions and emotions on our faces when we were surprised by the 359 eggs laid by one tank of fishes. We prepared 4 tanks, but only one tank had sex I presume. Ok, that's crude, but whatever.
Oh, we need a minimum of 360 eggs for one set of experiment to be done. So, techinically, we were one short. But who cares?
Now just hope that for the remaining two weeks or so, we can complete as many rounds of experiemnts as possible.
Wish us luck.
小权纯裕郎 自作自秀@at
11:09 am
1 Comments:
哈哈，过奖了！
Yah, I am not boasting here, but although I achieved A1s or A2s for english, I still feel that my english standard is not as good yet. Sometimes when I read the blogs of my other classmates who english grades are lower than mine, I couldnt understand the meanings of some of their words used. How ironic. :p
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