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a: Management ~
b: catching bumblebees with a fishing net

What: "Management is like catching bumblebees with a fishing net. It's not for everyone. If you find yourself loathing your job and cursing each day, find something else. I did."

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Writer: jeffzx9r
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Date: Apr 7 2013 7:52 PM



a: Cyclin ~
b: the cell clock

What: "Regulatory protein. Named cyclin because their concentration (produced at constant rate) change cyclically during cell cycle. Cyclin is like the cell clock."

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Writer: Not Stated
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Date: Jan 26 2014 3:16 PM



a: Cytotoxic T cells ~
b: sticky glue

What:

"Cytotoxic T cells are like sticky glue, settling into a piece of foam: they bind to the infected cell, settle onto the membrane, puncture little pores, and suffocate the infectious cell."


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Writer: manderz
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Date: May 7 2014 5:39 PM



a: Startups ~
b: labyrinths

What:

"Startups are like labyrinths, there are no rules and everything is coninously changing. You have to be ready for what comes and even then you have to make sure you truly understand what you are faced with."


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Writer: Not Stated
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Date: Aug 5 2014 4:05 PM



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