Editorial
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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 MoreNov. 19, 2025
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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 MoreOct. 20, 2025
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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 MoreAug. 21, 2025
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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 MoreOct. 16, 2024
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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 MoreSep. 17, 2024
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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 MoreMay. 20, 2024