"Linus Pauling was laying in bed thinking about things I'm sure you all think about in bed -- structural chemistry! [Class groans.] Come on, what else is there to do in bed?"
- In a Biochemistry lecture
"How do you identify which peptides are bound? [Class stares blankly. Whispers loudly,] It's on the handout!"
- In an immunology lecture
"I wish I could ask for volunteers to demonstrate this process, but I'd get into trouble. This kinase reaches over and phosphorylates the other, then the other returns the favor. They turn each other on."
- In a cell biology lecture
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