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Strolling with a skeptical biochemist
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Levels of Protein Structure
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There are four levels of protein structure. The primary structure refers to the sequence of amino acid residues in the polypeptide chain wr...
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Loops and Turns
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In addition to α helices and β strands , a folded polypeptide chain contains two other types of secondary structure called loops and turns....
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Nobel Laureates: Sir William Henry Bragg and Lawrence Bragg
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The Nobel Prize in Physics 1915. "for their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays" In 1915, Sir Willi...
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Monday, March 10, 2008
β Strands and β Sheets
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The &alpha helix is one form of secondary structure in proteins. When a polypeptide chain contains the right sequence of amino acids ...
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Monday's Molecule #64
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Today's molecule isn't really a molecule. It's an indirect representation of a molecule. It would be amazing if one of you cou...
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My God Delusion Index Is Zero, What's Yours?
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[Hat Tip: Muse in vivo ]
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Sunday, March 09, 2008
The Austrian Evolution Summit: The Invitation and Outline
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Susan Mazur has followed up on her previous article about the upcoming conference on evolution [see Don't Throw the Baby Out with the Ba...
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Speaking of cheating ....
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The Face book controversy [ Is it cheating to discuss an assignment in a Facebook study group? ] has spread to lots of other blogs. On som...
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Happy Birthday PZ Myers
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Today is PZ's 51st birthday. Here's a photo 1 of him sitting in the cafeteria of the Natural History Museum in London. That's...
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Paris Slideshow
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Here are some picture from Paris. I'm experimenting with slideshows. Paris Slideshow
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Saturday, March 08, 2008
How the National Academy of Sciences Framed their Book on Evolution
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The National Academy of Science (USA) recently published a book on the evolution/creationism controversy. You can download it for free on ...
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Polymerase Chain Reaction
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The other day I was talking with several colleagues about PCR, or the polymerase chain reaction. We first started to hear about it in the ...
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Uncommon Descent holds that...
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The mission of Uncommon Descent is clearly stated at the top of the sidebar on the blog. It says ... Materialistic ideology has subverted...
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DARWIN: The Evolution Revolution
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Today is the opening day of the Darwin exhibit at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto (Canada). The exhibit runs from now to Aug. 4, 2008 ...
Is it cheating to discuss an assignment in a Facebook study group?
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A student at Ryerson University in Toronto faces expulsion from the university for setting up a Facebook study group that discussed chemis...
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