Every school has their own quirky professors who each have their own sayings and unique behaviors. This post is dedicated to the sayings by the biochem prof who never ceases to surprise the class with his, what I like to call, "Horowitiz-isms." They pop up in the middle of the lecture, when you least expect it, perhaps to make sure we're all still awake and listening. It just goes to show that even somewhat elderly, slow-moving, and sometimes monotone-sounding professors really have a sense of humor.

• So, all these molecules are phosphorylated. So, muchas vitamins estas phosphorylated. See, I know some [Spanish??? - I wasn't quite alert enought to catch the last line. Or maybe I was more in of a shock mode.]

• So some of the page numbers are garbled and the typing was done over, so it makes this a very challenging set of notes to look at. I don’t know what the first number was, I first wrote 329, then I was told it was 319, so one way to make light of this is to take a pool and have bets on what you think the number is on a different page and you can have some prizes for that.

• So this is a summation of the important reactions by folic acid, homocysteine synthase, thymidylate synthase, and contribution of C2 and C8 in purine biosynthesis, acceptor of formimino glutamic acid and serine hydroxymethyl transferase. So each of these five you should be able to recognize and use in rapid combat, right? Anyone wants to challenge me after class, give me a knee brace and I’ll show you some things.

• When they looked into it they found a compound called warfarin. The compound looks like this. They started using it as a rodenticide. When rodents consume this mixed in with bait or food they would bleed to death because as they run around like crazy they’re banging into walls, kickboxing, all sorts of things,...

• It abolishes this double bond; you’re not responsible for dioxitene it’s only for extra credit or for parties. You may win something.

• Correct the notes and correct the scribes, otherwise history will be insulted.