Having an oscillating system means having data containing information in time. This added resolution can give you extra knowledge of the system under study.
Combining theories from nonlinear dynamics with experiments on
oscillating systems has turned out to be a powerful tool, that
gives you insight to the chemical kinetics of the entire reaction
system.
Such experiments are known as , and
were developed by Finn Hynne
and Preben Graae
Sørensen.
A new way of investigating complex chemical reaction systems has been devised by Henrik
Skødt and coworkers.
I am applying the quenching method on the yeast cells. As long as the cellular make-up is the same, i.e. as long as the yeast cells are grown the same way, the obtained knowledge applies equally well to the yeast cells in non-oscillating states.
Oscillations in glycolysis are also seen in other cell
types like muscle or heart. Therefore lessons learned
from glycolytic oscillations in yeast might even have great
importance in the general understanding of metabolism.