BIO 293 Meme

When looking for biology related memes, this meme spoke to me because it deals with two things I enjoy. Madagascar and exercise. The meme is about the need for increased ATP when exercising, meaning that we need more glucose to be broken down for energy consumption and ATP production. While glycolysis is only providing an additional two ATP per glucose, the creation of pyruvate from the glucose is fundamental to the citric acid cycle and hence oxidative phosphorylation in the electron transport chain. Without glycolysis the body would not be able to get the ATP the body needs for the exercise to come. From the movie Madagascar, the penguin team leader frequently tasks Kowalski with his vital tasks that he is an expert at. In this instance the team leader tasks Kowalski with the fundamental task of glycolysis. This is a funny play on words from a scene that the team leader tasked Kowalski with another task ending in lysis.

When looking for biology related memes, this meme spoke to me because it deals with two things I enjoy. Madagascar and exercise. The meme is about the need for increased ATP when exercising, meaning that we need more glucose to be broken down for energy consumption and ATP production. While glycolysis is only providing an additional two ATP per glucose, the creation of pyruvate from the glucose is fundamental to the citric acid cycle and hence oxidative phosphorylation in the electron transport chain. Without glycolysis the body would not be able to get the ATP the body needs for the exercise to come. From the movie Madagascar, the penguin team leader frequently tasks Kowalski with his vital tasks that he is an expert at. In this instance the team leader tasks Kowalski with the fundamental task of glycolysis. This is a funny play on words from a scene that the team leader tasked Kowalski with another task ending in lysis.