I can prove, without a doubt, who the biggest geeks are in DU - what does this picture represent?

[LynneSin]

Fess up if you know it - I do!

[Burma Jones]

1. Self Delete

I really am just too fucking awkward in this environment.

[LynneSin]

3. we'll don't spoil it for everyone else

You just proved that you're the biggest LOSER on DU

[Burma Jones]

7. You're Right, I think it's time to go........

[Fire Walk With Me]

12. No chance. We need you. I'm not kidding.

[Tindalos]

2. Yep

I'm a geek and proud of it.

[madinmaryland]

4. Nice post, Einstein. Pretty Cool!

"The citric acid cycle is also called the tricarboxylic acid cycle or the Krebs cycle. It is the final common catabolic pathway for the oxidation of fuel molecules. Two carbons enter the citric acid cycle as acetyl CoA and two carbons leave as CO2. In the course of the cycle, four oxidation-reduction reactions take place to yield reduction potential in the form of three molecules of NADH and one molecule of FADH2. A high energy phosphate bond (GTP) is also formed. "

[LynneSin]

6. Not only did I know it - I could draw that cycle from heart and spell all the compounds

I was a nut job

[madinmaryland]

10. Been hanging out too much at the DuPont plant?

[LynneSin]

11. Hey BOZO I have a degree in Biology

Numnuts

[madinmaryland]

15. Sorry, I didn't see your degree posted in your sig-line!

Don't you work at a credit card company anyway? :wtf: They have you trying to figure out how to implant credit cards into people?

[LynneSin]

21. I was a victim of the 1991 Bush recession

:cry:

[TZ]

25. I'm scared

I was a victim of the 1991 recession too..I worked retail for 6 years before getting into biotech.
We have a lot more in common besides being annoyed by madinmaryland.....:)

[madinmaryland]

30. I got whacked by the hung over recession in 1993 from Bush I

and then again with the 2001 bush recession.

:grr:

Though mine was in telecom.

[TZ]

16. Yuck!!

I knew what it was the moment I saw it.. I still have nightmares about the Krebs cycle.
You could draw that cycle from heart? My fellow biology geek, I salute you!:patriot:

There was a reason I majored in zoology with an emphasis on ecology, evolution and behavior..And that damned Krebs cycle was one of them!:crazy:

[lizerdbits]

18. I'm so glad I never had to memorize the whole thing in biochem

Only the 20 standard amino acids which I memorized for the test and promptly forgot the structures of. Why waste brain space with shit I can look up in 5 seconds?

[Shell Beau]

5. A cloud with a bunch of crap around it!

:P

[LynneSin]

8. So you know what it is too

You're such a bad faker

[SarahB]

9. Kreb's cycle

(I think). I got this stuff down at one point, but don't ask me to explain it now. I can do physiology better than biochemistry.

[deucemagnet]

31. Also known as the citric acid cycle or tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA).

Yep. BS in biology, PhD in microbiology, and currently teaching at a university. </hardcorebiologygeek>

[supernova]

13. I can pronounce them

but have no idea what they add up to.

:crazy:

I was sick the year I took chemistry. :P

[LynneSin]

14. I remember how this cycle varies in Skunk Cabbage, which uses Cyanide in the cycle

That's why Skunk Cabbage shows up very very early in the spring, sometimes with snow still on the ground

[Tindalos]

24. Okay, I'm curious now.

Where does the cyanide fit in? I did some plant biology (mostly with tomato and Arabidopsis). It amazes me how much variation there is in life.

[LynneSin]

26. CN it actually utilized to generate heat

Skunk Cabbage can actually generate heat which allows the plant to push out of the frozen ground

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Skunk_Cabbage

Skunk cabbage is notable for its ability to produce heat of up to 15-35° C above air temperature by cyanide resistant cellular respiration in order to melt its way through frozen ground,<2> placing it among a small group of plants exhibiting thermogenesis. Although flowering whilst there is still snow and ice on the ground it is successfully pollinated by early insects that also emerge at this time. Some studies suggest that beyond allowing the plant to grow in icy soil, the heat it produces may help to spread its odor in the air.<2> Carrion-feeding insects that are attracted by the scent may be doubly encouraged to enter the spathe because it is warmer than the surrounding air, fueling pollination.<3>

[supernova]

27. Fascinating!

Lnne, do you know if skunk cabbage and others with this quality are being using to experiment w/ alternative energy?

[LynneSin]

28. It's done with cyanide - you do the math

:eyes:

[Tindalos]

29. Nifty!

Hey, I learned something today. Thanks!

[SteppingRazor]

17. Yuck ... never took chemistry in high school or college. No idea what that thingamajig is.

In the high school I went to, you could take astronomy instead of chemistry. Needless to say, I'd much rather stare at stars for a couple hours a week than deal with that thing in the OP.

[TZ]

19. Thats actually something learned in biology and biochemistry

and as a zoology major I did my best to avoid that damned thing.

[SteppingRazor]

Double yuck. I did take bio, but only in high school...

and obviously, that wasn't advanced enough to get into this stuff (that, or I was absent in either mind or body on that day of class. Either one is a possibility, given my breathtakingly high absent rate my sophomore year of high school, coupled with my tendency to spend the days I was actually there in a state of mind best described as "altered.")

[Parche]

20. What Happens When I Turn On The Portable Light?

:hide: :hi:

[zingaro]

22. *whistling* I have no idea. And even if I did?

I wouldn't admit it.

:rofl:

[Critters2]

23. I'm not that kind of geek.

Now, if you want to talk about Gregory of Nyssa's theory of soteriology, I'm your gal!!

[Reverend_Smitty]

32. ick Kreb's Cycle...

takes me back to those heady days of human anatomy and exercise physiology. On the plus side I did take both of those classes in the same semester so it was like singular studying for double classes. Then I promptly forgot it all...but I guess I didn't forget it *all* since I recognized the picture

[KG]

33. my brain on drugs?

[ceile]

34. Is that the Kreb's Cycle?

God, I hated biology. Wait. Did I learn that bio or chemistry....?

[KitchenWitch]

35. Crebs cycle

[LynneSin]

36. We'd almost call you a dork but you spelled Krebs wrong

so no dice

[KitchenWitch]

37. OOPS

I always forgot whether it was a C or a K.

:hi:

[FloridaJudy]

38. The Krebs cycle

If if you wanna talk real geek, at one time I even owned a t-shirt with that printed on it.

http://www.cafepress.com/buy/t-shirt+krebs+cycle/-/pd_18699636?CMP=KNC-F-ALL

[DUlover2909]

39. cellular respiration?