Editorial

  • Bronze statue of Virgil LeQuire lovingly holding a baby goat in his arms. The image is flanked by a background of gold and the Vanderbilt name.

    Three fainting goats and a magic cow: A Thanksgiving conversation

    Long-time collaborators and friends Chuck Sanders and Dr. Al George sat down for a Thanksgiving conversation focused on fainting goats, sacred cows, and disordered muscles in humans. Read More

    Nov. 19, 2025

  • Profile photograph of Maud Menten. Her image is flanked by a gold background.

    A Halloween interview with Maud Menten

    Tune in to Professor of Biochemistry Chuck Sanders' yearly Halloween interview, this year featuring Maud Menten, co-creator of the Michaelis-Menten enzyme kinetics equation. Read More

    Oct. 20, 2025

  • Time lapse showing the night sky over a rocky landscape with some trees, shrubs, and water. The stars form concentric circles because of the Earth's rotation during the time lapse.

    Gravity is not our friend: A summer postcard

    Professor of Biochemistry Chuck Sanders reflects on a summertime backpacking trip in the Wind River Range of Western Wyoming. Read More

    Aug. 21, 2025

  • An Interview with Charles Darwin

    An Interview with Charles Darwin

    Charles Darwin, serenely composed in anticipation of the Voyage of the Beagle. The intrepid CEO of The Protein Society, Raluca Cadar, again used her special Carpathian “connections” to set up our Annual TPS Halloween interview, this year with none other than Charles Darwin.  We listen in on his conversation with… Read More

    Oct. 16, 2024

  • Critical Points and The Unsinkable Lipid Raft Hypothesis

    Critical Points and The Unsinkable Lipid Raft Hypothesis

    By Chuck Sanders When I was 13, my brother Scott (12) and I joined our neighbors Matha (12) and Jay (10) on a trip to their family cottage on the bank of the Allegheny River in western Pennsylvania. I had fantasized about this trip for months; I… Read More

    Sep. 17, 2024

  • 19th century sepia headshot of Joseph Haywood.

    The Triumph of Common Decency

    By Chuck Sanders, vice dean of the School of Medicine Basic Sciences and professor of biochemistry Joseph Lee Heywood was acquainted with suffering. Having grown up on the New Hampshire/Massachusetts border, as a young man he made his way west to Iowa in search of opportunity. However, before things could… Read More

    May. 20, 2024