diff --git a/tex/thesis.tex b/tex/thesis.tex
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@@ -1669,8 +1669,8 @@ quantified for \gls{stp} protein using the \gls{bca} assay.
 
 The geometric diffusivity of the microcarriers was determined using a
 pseudo-steady-state model. Each microcarrier was assumed to be a porous sphere
-with a fixed number of uniformly distributed `\gls{stp} binding sites' equal to
-the number of \gls{stp} molecules experimentally determined to bind to the
+with a fixed number of uniformly distributed ``\gls{stp} binding sites'' equal
+to the number of \gls{stp} molecules experimentally determined to bind to the
 microcarriers. Because the reaction rate between biotin and \gls{stp} is so fast
 (it is the strongest non-covalent bond in known existence), we assumed that the
 interface of free biotin shrunk as a function of \gls{stp} diffusing to the
@@ -1679,10 +1679,9 @@ also assumed that the pores in the microcarriers were large enough that the
 interactions between the \gls{stp} and surfaces would be small, thus the
 geometric diffusivity could be represented as a fraction of the diffusion
 coefficient of \gls{stp} in water. This model was given by
-\cref{eqn:stp_diffusion_1,eqn:stp_diffusion_2}:
+\cref{eqn:stp_diffusion_1,eqn:stp_diffusion_2} (see \cref{sec:appendix_binding}
+for derivations):
 
-% TODO actually derive these equations, eg state the initial conditions and
-% governing equation
 \begin{equation}
   \label{eqn:stp_diffusion_1}
   \frac{dr}{dt} = \frac{-D_{app}C_b}{Br(1-r/R)}
@@ -3717,7 +3716,6 @@ group, while the \gls{colb} group visibly lowered CD62L and CD4, indicating
 partial enzymatic cleavage (\cref{fig:collagenase_fx}). Based on this result, we
 used \gls{cold} moving forward.
 
-% FIGURE this figure is tall and skinny like me
 \begin{figure*}[ht!]
   \begingroup
 
@@ -4867,7 +4865,6 @@ Python, with a subprocess running R in a Docker container to handle the flow
 cytometry data (\cref{fig:meta_overview}). The Postgres database itself was
 hosted using \gls{aws} using their proprietary Aurora implementation.
 
-% FIGURE explain what the colors mean
 \begin{figure*}[ht!]
   \begingroup