Molecular Bio Major
First this is one of the only reviews I’ve ever written. For all my fellow bio/chem/genetics folk. This app is for us. Connecting “old” concepts with the tougher additions from an Organic Chem or Biochem class. I’m glad this exists and hope to see something like this for physics!!
Great App for Students
As a PhD in biochemistry with over 25 years combined experience in academia and the biotechnology industry, I know that a fundamental understanding of how chemistry and biology come together in biochemistry and cell biology is a foundational discipline for pharmaceutical research. Part of my experience was teaching and tutoring biochemistry to undergraduate and medical students in the days before electronic teaching aids. Biomole would have been highly useful as such an aid.
Biomole is a beautifully crafted, fun, simple-to-use and interactive APP which will give high school and college students a learning tool at their fingertips, making biochemistry fun and easy to study. The concepts presented are meticulously assembled from simple starting points with clear visual and text guidance throughout. Using Biomole on my iPhone 6 has been simple and intuitive, with all kinds of cool buttons and slides to use on the screen. The molecular models and graphics are superb and moveable / expandable for easy visualization of the subject matter.
This APP is superb and should be on every young biochemistry student’s mobile phone as either a tool for learning or a resource to refresh their understanding of the subject.
Biomole is a beautifully crafted, fun, simple-to-use and interactive APP which will give high school and college students a learning tool at their fingertips, making biochemistry fun and easy to study. The concepts presented are meticulously assembled from simple starting points with clear visual and text guidance throughout. Using Biomole on my iPhone 6 has been simple and intuitive, with all kinds of cool buttons and slides to use on the screen. The molecular models and graphics are superb and moveable / expandable for easy visualization of the subject matter.
This APP is superb and should be on every young biochemistry student’s mobile phone as either a tool for learning or a resource to refresh their understanding of the subject.
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Easy to use - Great Features
This app is installed on my iPad.
In my review of BioMole, I looked for similar apps to compare it with. What I found is that most apps are either too broad in scope or simply provide a mobile textbook with reference sources and flat images or the app is intended for test preparation and presents material in a “flash card” format.
BioMole is very different since its scope is limited to the understanding of the “structure and function of biological molecules and proteins”.
Textual explanations are concise and often use easily understood analogies and metaphors to drive home the point and add a bit of fun. Interactive features make the subject matter easy to explore and understand.
Navigation is easy and the app has some great features.
—“Getting Started” takes only a few minutes to get through so you’re ready to jump in quickly.
—Graphics are nice and color is used consistently and sparingly which keeps focus on the topic.
—Backlighting is adjustable from light to dark based on your viewing preference.
—The majority of structures are 3-D and can be rotated, moved and scaled (among other uses, scaling is great since you can use it to see a structure in its ball-and-stick form or space fill which is pretty helpful).
—The few short movies are very informative and nicely done.
—By far my FAVORITE feature however is the scrub bar. Instead of a movie which plays start to finish and may play too quickly for some (me), the developer employed a slide button/bar that allows you to drag through certain movies at your own speed or stop them at any point. I could actually see the applicable “action”.
There weren’t really any negatives to the app from a use and performance standpoint. Some chapters can take a little time to load but I didn’t find it annoyingly long (3-7 seconds). The developer addresses this in “Getting Started” saying that this is due to the complexity of the some of the components.
Overall, I think this is a fantastic app for the classroom, whether as an aid to a teacher’s curriculum or as a resource for individual students.
In my review of BioMole, I looked for similar apps to compare it with. What I found is that most apps are either too broad in scope or simply provide a mobile textbook with reference sources and flat images or the app is intended for test preparation and presents material in a “flash card” format.
BioMole is very different since its scope is limited to the understanding of the “structure and function of biological molecules and proteins”.
Textual explanations are concise and often use easily understood analogies and metaphors to drive home the point and add a bit of fun. Interactive features make the subject matter easy to explore and understand.
Navigation is easy and the app has some great features.
—“Getting Started” takes only a few minutes to get through so you’re ready to jump in quickly.
—Graphics are nice and color is used consistently and sparingly which keeps focus on the topic.
—Backlighting is adjustable from light to dark based on your viewing preference.
—The majority of structures are 3-D and can be rotated, moved and scaled (among other uses, scaling is great since you can use it to see a structure in its ball-and-stick form or space fill which is pretty helpful).
—The few short movies are very informative and nicely done.
—By far my FAVORITE feature however is the scrub bar. Instead of a movie which plays start to finish and may play too quickly for some (me), the developer employed a slide button/bar that allows you to drag through certain movies at your own speed or stop them at any point. I could actually see the applicable “action”.
There weren’t really any negatives to the app from a use and performance standpoint. Some chapters can take a little time to load but I didn’t find it annoyingly long (3-7 seconds). The developer addresses this in “Getting Started” saying that this is due to the complexity of the some of the components.
Overall, I think this is a fantastic app for the classroom, whether as an aid to a teacher’s curriculum or as a resource for individual students.
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Biochemistry made fun, clear and succinct
I'm very impressed with bpedit's ability to render challenging concepts clearly, succinctly and with a light touch of humor that helps engage the reader. The interactive models really clarify the mechanisms and help with retention of the material. Highly recommended.
