Hello all!
If anyone has ever competed in the Protein Modeling event for Science Olympiad before, it would be very appreciated if I could please have some tips/tricks/need-to-knows for doing well (or at least, not placing last haha) in the event!
Even just sharing your experience with building the protein itself, or studying for the written test, will be extremely helpful.
Thank you!
Scioly.org is always a great resource for Science Olympiad related information.
Anyway, I’m doing Protein Modeling, and I’m in a predicament. My partners aren’t helping me on anything, and I’m forced to make the protein and study for the test by myself.
Make sure you have the correct number of amino acids on your model, and remember to accurately place the notable structures on the protein. For the test, make sure you focus most of your time on the Beery twins. The best thing to do is to start early, as protein modeling is a time intensive event. Make sure you communicate with your partners, as you will probably have to split up the parts.
I don’t have a lot of tips, but good luck! <3
Thank you! @Muufeen
Also - what is everyone putting on their 5 pages of notes?
@desideratum When do you have regionals? As for the cheat sheet, what my group is planning to do is to put some information from the scioly wiki and to add information on the Beery twins. I already looked at the protein modeling website, and it is a fantastic resource. Be sure to split up the event with your partners. Communicating with your partners is vital. Good luck! What other events are you doing?
@Kelvin82 I believe regionals for us are on March 5th. A little less than two weeks away…ah. I should have started studying earlier, but I was trying to focus on the SAT…oop.
That sounds good! I’ve already read the Gibbs paper + looked through the Beery resources (except going through the website), and I’m watching + taking notes on the videos from Mark Hoeltzer. Thanks for the tip about the scioly wiki :’) It’s going to help a lot when I learn how to use Jmol later in the week lol.
I’m also competing in Chem Lab and Invasive Species.
bump! ^^