Biochemistry
Getting into Research
Resume and CV’s
Careers with Biochemistry
For Funsies
100

Such a simple sugar, the most simple sugar in fact.

What is glucose?

100

This on-campus resource provides undergraduates with help in searching for an undergraduate lab position.

What is the Undergraduate Research Center?

100

The document that contains all of your academic, work, research, volunteer, and leadership history.

What is a curriculum vitae (CV)?

100

The field that most of our professors go into (their 'other' job, you might say).

What is research?

100

Our glorious and esteemed club advisor.

Who is Dr. Hong-Hermesdorf?

200

The oxygenated counterpart to Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).

What is ribonucleic acid (RNA)?

200

This is the best way to reach out to as many labs as possible.

What is cold emailing?

200

Approximately how long your resume should be.

What is one page?

200

A potential realm of careers to venture into, including topics such as makeup development.

What is industry?

200

A contact sport that Maddy kills at.

What is field hockey?

300

An energy cascade that makes the Mitochondria the powerhouse of the cell.

What is the Electron Transport Chain (ETC)?

300

The time of year when the most lab turnover occurs.

What is Spring Quarter?

300

The section on a resume most career professionals agree is unnecessary and may hinder your chances of securing a job.

What is a summary?

300

It could be Walgreens or CVS, but key workers here often start out in biochemistry.

What is pharmacy?

300

Victor’s favorite boba shop in Westwood— they do deals for boba and popcorn chicken!

What is Just Boba?

400

This alternative name for the building blocks of proteins once they’ve been incorporated into the chain.

What is a residue?

400

This is the number of years of undergraduate research recommended before applying to graduate school.

What is 1-2 years?

400

This on-campus resource provides drop-in and appointment-based resources to help you improve your resume/CV.

What is the UCLA Career Center?

400

This field has plenty of pre-requisites, most of which are covered in the biochemistry major.

What is medicine?

400
You can't beat the beaches at this hometown of Victor and Katie!

What is San Diego?

500

The enzyme that converts ribose 5-phosphate and xylulose 5-phosphate into glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate and sedoheptulose 7-phosphate in the Pentose Phosphate Pathway

What is a transketolase?

500

This program provides a $6k fellowship for 10-weeks of research performed during Summer Quarter at UCLA.

What is the URC- Sciences/CAMP Summer Program?

500

The point in time you should stop listing your high school achievements on your resume and CV.

What is the end of freshman year/beginning of sophomore year?

500

Victor's post-grad plans, which are crucial to all of our career paths.

What is academia?

500

Gerardo once visited a museum dedicated to creepy, artistic versions of these classic, joyous, toy and show characters.

What are CareBears?