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Uni Stuff => Universities - Victoria => University of Melbourne => Topic started by: Chromeo33 on July 25, 2012, 07:42:14 pm

Title: Worth it going to the first intro prac for Genetics?!
Post by: Chromeo33 on July 25, 2012, 07:42:14 pm

I've got mine tomorrow at 9am but I've got work right after so skipping it would be ideal ;)

But then again, is it something that's being marked or something worth having a shot at?

Title: Re: Worth it going to the first intro prac for Genetics?!
Post by: Starlight on July 25, 2012, 11:13:32 pm

They scan your student ids.

It's not being marked, I just did the pipetting stuff. Our whole prac table left without the demonstrator noticing for the drawing we cbf.

Title: Re: Worth it going to the first intro prac for Genetics?!
Post by: jinny1 on July 26, 2012, 09:55:33 am

I don't know how i'm gonna survive a whole semester of biology prac again.

Had to make my partner to all the work in the mouse dissection because i just can't stand the smell and the sight :/

Title: Re: Worth it going to the first intro prac for Genetics?!
Post by: Starlight on July 26, 2012, 02:42:13 pm

Quote from: jinny1 on July 26, 2012, 09:55:33 am

I don't know how i'm gonna survive a whole semester of biology prac again.

Had to make my partner to all the work in the mouse dissection because i just can't stand the smell and the sight :/

eww the mouse dissection, yep made my partner do that too (I felt so bad afterwards because she hated mice too)

Title: Re: Worth it going to the first intro prac for Genetics?!
Post by: Nintendo6T4 on July 26, 2012, 04:14:42 pm

I guess that's one good thing about Monash's first-year Biology course: we don't dissect actual mice; we use a simulator.

Though we will have to dissect a toad...

(And isn't mouse dissection a very archaic prac? Are there any health concerns in doing it? I had no idea it was still allowed in student labs!)

Title: Re: Worth it going to the first intro prac for Genetics?!
Post by: jinny1 on July 26, 2012, 11:49:47 pm

They smell like alcohol. Probably well sterilised and were bred for experimental purposes.

There was a pregnant mouse in one of the students mouse and you could see the little baby mice!!

Title: Re: Worth it going to the first intro prac for Genetics?!
Post by: Starlight on July 27, 2012, 12:11:50 pm

Quote from: jinny1 on July 26, 2012, 11:49:47 pm

They smell like alcohol. Probably well sterilised and were bred for experimental purposes.

There was a pregnant mouse in one of the students mouse and you could see the little baby mice!!

that's so disgusting.. lol

Title: Re: Worth it going to the first intro prac for Genetics?!
Post by: Nintendo6T4 on July 27, 2012, 12:45:13 pm

Quote from: jinny1 on July 26, 2012, 11:49:47 pm

They smell like alcohol. Probably well sterilised and were bred for experimental purposes.

There was a pregnant mouse in one of the students mouse and you could see the little baby mice!!

What.

(I feel a little bad for it...)

Title: Re: Worth it going to the first intro prac for Genetics?!
Post by: Chromeo33 on July 27, 2012, 07:33:16 pm

Lol yeah we had numerous placenta in our mouse with around 6-7 little unborn babies in them. Cute but sad.. :/

Title: Re: Worth it going to the first intro prac for Genetics?!
Post by: VivaTequila on July 29, 2012, 10:43:48 am

Quote from: Chromeo33 on July 27, 2012, 07:33:16 pm

Lol yeah we had numerous placenta in our mouse with around 6-7 little unborn babies in them. Cute but sad.. :/

We were in the same bio prac then hah.

You guys are kinda squeamish then? It doesn't phase me in the slightest. That's not to say I LOVE PLAYING WITH MOUSE CADAVERS AND CUTTING OPEN HEARTS, I don't think it'd be a desirable day job, but I also don't get phased much by it.