Sandwalk
Strolling with a skeptical biochemist
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
John Wise on Science and the Supernatural
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John Wise is a Professor of Biology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas (USA). He writes on the campus website [ Intelligent...
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Becoming Canadian
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Jeffrey Shallit, a long time opponent of intelligent design creationism, is an American citizen living in Canada. Why doesn't he becom...
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Theme: ABO Blood Types
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ABO Blood Types (Feb. 21, 2007) Glycoproteins (Feb. 20, 2007) Genetics of ABO Blood Types (Feb. 23, 2007) Human ABO Gene (Feb. 22, 2...
Nobel Laureates: Carl Ferdinand Cori and Gerty Theresa Cori
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1947. "for their discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen" ...
Glycogen Degradation/Utilization
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Glucose is stored as the intracellular polysaccharides starch and glycogen. Starch occurs mostly in plants. Glycogen is an important stora...
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Glycogen Synthesis
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All cells are capable of making glucose. The pathways is called gluconeogenesis and the end product is not actually glucose but a phosphory...
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Tuesday, May 08, 2007
Mendel's Garden #14
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Mendel's Garden #14 has been posted on Epigenetic News .
Nobel Laureate: Walther Hermann Nernst
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1920. "in recognition of his work in thermochemistry" Walther Hermann Nernst won the Nobel Prize i...
The Nernst Equation
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In standard oxidation-reduction reactions you can usually tell whether a given compound will donate or receive electrons by looking at the...
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Monday, May 07, 2007
A Rational Canadian Speaks Out
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Dan Gardner wrote a column in the Ottawa Citizen [ Those fanatical atheists ]. He makes so much sense I'm just going to quote several ...
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Oxidation-Reduction Reactions
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Biochemical reactions are just a complicated form of organic chemistry. Living organisms have evolved enzymes that make these reactions go...
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Pushing Electrons
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Biochemistry, as the name implies, is concerned with the chemistry of life. The chemistry part is mostly organic chemistry and organic che...
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Canada's Secret Spy Coin
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According to the US Defense Department, Canada is planting coins containing secret radio transmitters on US Defense contractors travelling...
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Theme: The Three Domain Hypothesis
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This is a series of postings that describe the Three Domain Hypothesis. The Three Domain Hypothesis is the idea that life is divided into ...
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Monday's Molecule #25
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Name this molecule. We need the exact name since it's pretty easy to guess one of the trivial names. As usual, there's a connectio...
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