Brian Burkey

Love Jesus, my family, the Church, teaching Bible & coaching golf

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

This is a single human cell. The white tubes are microtubules. The colored beads are ribosomes. You have 37 trillion of these.

Every cell in your body is a manufacturing plant running 24/7 without supervision.

Each ribosome (the colored beads) is assembling a protein right now. A single ribosome chains together about 20 amino acids per second. A typical mammalian cell contains millions of ribosomes. Every cell in your body is forming hundreds of millions of peptide bonds per second. Continuously.

The white worm-like tubes are microtubules, the cell's internal highway system. Motor proteins called kinesin walk along them on two protein legs, carrying cargo from one end of the cell to the other at around 800 nanometers per second. Each cell has thousands of these tracks with thousands of motor proteins walking on them simultaneously.

The blue mesh on the outside is the actin cortex. It holds the cell shape against pressure. It's also being torn down and rebuilt constantly. Every cell rewrites its own structural skeleton every few minutes.

Now scale that.

37 trillion cells. Each running millions of ribosomes. Each running hundreds of mitochondria producing ATP at roughly 100 million molecules per second. Your total daily ATP turnover is around your full body weight. You synthesize and consume your bodyweight in ATP every 24 hours.

The DNA in a single cell stretches 2 meters uncoiled. End to end across all 37 trillion cells, that's enough to reach the sun and back 250 times.

None of this is voluntary. None of it stops. It started when you were one cell and hasn't paused since.

[Travis Zuellig @OnlyOneZuellig]

Robbie Avila's game-winner against GW, sliced together with different videos posted to Twitter.

Get ready for a packed house tonight against Dayton. #slu #billikens #RollBills

[Saint Louis Men's Basketball @SaintLouisMBB]

Happy New Year, Billiken Nation!

The Billikens capped off 2025 with a 102-79 victory over Saint Joseph’s to open A-10 play!

Presented by SLU Dental Specialties

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

With few exceptions:

It doesn’t get easier. You won’t have more time. Things won’t slow down. This isn’t just a season. Either you take joy where you are, or you won’t.

—@TheAlanNoble

[Brian Burkey @WCABurkey]

@todd_zell You could always bring any extra's for lunch I am sure one of your friends could help you out if needed 😉

[Brian Burkey @WCABurkey]

Congrats to former standout WCA golfer Alex Cusumano for winning the St. Louis District Men's Championship! Quite an accomplishment with so many accomplished golfers in STL! Great to see Alex still has a strong game after all these years 😀
https://t.co/Q48l2O7uiX

[Brian Burkey @WCABurkey]

After a top regular season in WCA history including a 10-1 record, a first place District title- State did not end the way we wanted but these seniors (Blake, Luke and Rhoads) have much to be proud of leading us well on and off the course- they will be missed!

[Brian Burkey @WCABurkey]

Seniors Luke Downey and Rhoads Hall leading us off on the second day of the State tournament!

[Brian Burkey @WCABurkey]

At a tough State golf course under windy conditions the team struggled some today! The guys grinded on the back 9 to finish strong and the great news is we are poised to have a big bounce back day tomorrow! #keepfighting #golfishard #comeback

[Brian Burkey @WCABurkey]

Practice Round @ Silo Ridge getting ready for the State tournament on Monday & Tuesday #keepitgoing #maxeffort

[Brian Burkey @WCABurkey]

Charlie Kruse played like he has all year to lead the team and come in 2nd place overall in the District Tournament with an even par 71! #1golfer #bigtime

[Brian Burkey @WCABurkey]

Senior Blake Musielak came up big time with a personal best tournament score of 77 to help seal the win for the Cats #perfecttiming #waytostepup

[Brian Burkey @WCABurkey]

The dynamic duo of Rhoads Hall and Luke Downey came up huge for the team and overall tying for 4th with 74’s! #seniorleaders #camethrough

[Brian Burkey @WCABurkey]

The WCA Golf team continued their great season by winning a District Championship in Class 4 by 17 strokes! A very impressive performance by the whole team- Congrats guys for showing up and coming through in the clutch! #theywereonfire #gotitdone

[Brian Burkey @WCABurkey]

The 2 Club Championship came down to a tie between Charlie K and Nathan C who both shot even par! In a sudden death playoff both guys put it within 8 feet but Nathan C came out on top draining the bird for the win- congrats Nathan on being the new 2 club champion! #clutchputt

[Brian Burkey @WCABurkey]

A tradition unlike any other = the team 2 Club Championship took place @ Pheasant Run! You might get a sense from the picture this is different from "normal" golf #teambonding #2clubs

[Brian Burkey @WCABurkey]

Here is a clip from today's match as senior Rhoads H fires a 2 over par 37- just barely missed the putt as it hung on the lip! #heartbreaker #golfishard

[Brian Burkey @WCABurkey]

The Cats continued to roll with a W to go 9-1 on the season! Charlie K followed up his historic 5 under round yesterday with a 1 over par 37 to lead the team! Seniors continued to lead with Rhoads H 37, Luke d 37 & Blake M 40! #onfire #keepitgoing

[Brian Burkey @WCABurkey]

@todd_zell You should be very proud- one of best chapels of year- love how it was very God centered and the theme she kept repeating- "even when we do not know it, even when we do not feel it- God is working in our lives" Great stuff!

[Todd Zell @todd_zell]

Watch “Upper School Chapel 4/23/25” on #Vimeo https://t.co/DIYUoWP8WW
Proud dad when your daughter speaks at chapel.