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The fate of pyruvate

or pyruvate the pirate (w/ the grin of a Cheshire cat) as he described it directly above... This feels more like a 1st year lesson, from one crazy teacher, I used to have in class huh!

Kreb's "the british Way of life "

-The Cambridge laboratory included people of many dispositions, convictions and abilities. I saw the argue without quarrelling, quarrel without suspecting, suspect without abusing, criticise without vilifying or ridiculing, and praise without flattering" I hope that Britain today does not forget these values

This book is amazing. I am learning connections between hydrothermal vents (what I didn’t know what was!), fermentation and anaerob photosynthesis (that I know some practical stuff about) and cancer cells!!!
A tour de force of a lot of acids and enzymes and carbon varieties I don’t really understand. But I am still getting the general patterns. Wow.

This book is really fascinating but also making clear how complicated experimental biochemistry can be! I’m dying to learn more about this little universe of energy-making in our organisms. But I’m actually starting to be happy I haven’t trained in a laboratory after all…

I’m on my way down a natural science shaped rabbit hole called biochemistry… Can I start another university degree at ago 48…?? Or just somehow study biochemistry….?