Poems (2023)

The archive of poems from 2023. A total of 62 offerings that included some odes to death, some to joy and some about the best type of muscle (that's smooth muscle in case you're in doubt). 25 Dec 2023 The limbic system and right frontal cortex, The amygdala and precuneus. The comfort and joy, From …

Poems (2022)

The archive of poems from 2022. A total of 61 offerings that included some odes to physiological cakes and some spur of the moment creations in response to conference talks. 26 Dec 2022 The satiation you feel, On eating a large meal, Involves the release of peptide YY. It’s released postprandially, And can act centrally, …

Cells and Membrane Poems

Here are the collected poems about cells, membranes and my favourite topic of all...osmolality and tonicity. 20 June 2022 Replacing blood with crystalloid fluids, Three times the volume you have to replace. Since solvent flows, Where the solute goes, These distribute across the whole extracellular space. 30 May 2022 The placenta has a number of …

Gastrointestinal Poems

A selection of poems relating to the GI tract and other accessory organs 18 April 2022 Having overdone the chocolate eggs, Don’t let this fill you woe. They’re rich in polyphenols, So resistance will fall, And increase cerebral blood flow. 21 March 2022 Jaundice is excess bilirubin, And if conjugated makes up the most. That’s …

Poems (2021)

A grand total of 73 outputs in this, my ninth year of doing this. At the end of this year the grand total was 510. The number this year was buoyed by the questionable decision to write one for each of the winners of The Physiological Society's undergraduate research prize, The Rob Clarke Awards. Those …

Poems (2020)

An eventful year, that saw the arrival of COVID-19, Brexit and a job move as well as 68 new poems. Dec 31, 2020 Bring on the new year, You have nothing to fear, Vaccinations give positive results. Though there’s some who abhor, Smallpox and polio are no more, And vaccines only cause adults. Dec 28, …

Poems (2019)

One of the most prolific years with a grand total of 65 offerings. The increase in output saw no drop in quality since, to be fair, that was already fairly low. Dec 30, 2019 In the hepatocytes of the liver, Alcohol dehydrogenase resides. At a zinc moiety, With the reduction of NAD, Alcohols are oxidised …

Poems (2018)

Here is the archive of poems written in 2018 Total No: 55 31 Dec 2018 At the end of the year, When we all give our cheers, There’s a little something to praise. It alters redox, And leads to detox... Alcohol dehydrogenase. Happy Hogmanay! 24 Dec 2018 When you’ve eaten your fill of your dinner; …

Poems (2017)

Here are the archived poems from 2017. Total No. 60 31 Dec 2017 As you raise a wee dram at the bells, And review the year in replays. The alcohol is converted to aldehyde, By alcohol dehydrogenase. Happy New Year! 25 Dec 2017 When full to the brim with dinner. In post-prandial somnolence. It’s the …

Poems (2016)

Here are the archived poems from 2016. Some of my favourites are in here, which I suppose makes up for the fact that I didn't do any extra ones this year.  Total No. 52 26 Dec 2016 Deep in the placental villi, Across which nutrients are passed. It is, the one and only... Syncytiotrophoblast! 19 …