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CYCLE SYNCHRONIZATION. "Entrainment of biological oscillators is a compelling example of the management and timing of periodic, seemingly isolated, biological functions." https://lnkd.in/e7kcPri View in LinkedIn

"ATP SYNTHESIS by oxidative phosphorylation is the fundamental means of cell energy production in animals, plants and almost all micro-organisms. A typical 70 kg human with a relatively sedentary lifestyle will generate around 2.0 million kg of ATP from ADP and Pi in a 75-year lifespan." https://lnkd.in/ePjb-Rt View in LinkedIn

ENTRAINMENT OF BIOLOGICAL OSCILLATORS. "The rhythm of autonomous biological oscillators can be markedly affected by periodic perturbation. Studies of the effects of periodic electrical stimulation of neural and cardiac oscillators have revealed that the intrinsic rhythm may become entrained or phase locked to the periodic stimulus." https://lnkd.in/eyD4MFn View in LinkedIn

BODY WEIGHT DAILY TURNOVER. "The energy used by human cells requires the hydrolysis of 100 to 150 moles of ATP daily, which is around 50 to 75 kg. A human will typically use up his or her body weight of ATP over the course of the day." https://lnkd.in/eStagA3 View in LinkedIn

ANTICIPATORY DATA IN TREES. "The dropping of leaves from a tree in autumn is a process that has been in preparation for the entire previous year. In fact, it is a cycle that is tweaked by information gathered from previous years, and changes in global weather gradually influence its timing." https://lnkd.in/e7kcPri View in LinkedIn

"ATP ENERGY is synthesized from food. A person's 2,500 daily food calories turns over 400 lbs of ATP. But the total body only contains 50 grams of ATP at any one time." https://lnkd.in/eTAZ6fA View in LinkedIn

POWER OF THE EPHEMERAL. "There are about 10(23) ATP molecules in the human body, with each cell containing about 1 billion ATP molecules, or just enough energy for a few minutes without incredibly fast recycling. In each individual ATP molecule “the terminal phosphate is added and removed 3 times each minute” (Arthur Kornberg, 1989). https://lnkd.in/eTAZ6fA View in LinkedIn

WHOPPING AMOUNTS. "Eighty percent of the oxygen consumed by the human body is used for energy production...It is estimated that in humans, the rate of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthesis varies daily from 80 moles (about 40 kg) at rest to 1800 moles (∼ 910 kg) during strenuous exercise." https://lnkd.in/e_kt3hH View in LinkedIn

THE GREEN FUSE. "ATP converts to ADP when it releases its phosphate energy, and the ADP molecule is recycled to the mitochondria to be recycled again as fully charged ATP. It is this cycle of phosphate exchange that drives the green fuse of all forms of life. A singular fact. https://lnkd.in/eU9uxsa View in LinkedIn

"PHOTOSYNTHESIS takes energy from photons and uses it to build complex molecules. However both systems use an electron transport chain and associated proton pump and ATP synthase as a key part of the process." https://lnkd.in/eJz4Gk5 View in LinkedIn