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Thursday, September 04, 2008

Why Is ATP an Important Energy Currency in Biochemistry?

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For many years the answer to this question seemd obvious. As described by Fritz Lipmann, ATP has "high energy" bonds. When these b...
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The Demise of the Squiggle

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Fritz Lipmann is often credited with discovering ATP but that's not correct. He won his Nobel Prize for discovering Coenzyme A [ The Nob...
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Tangled Bank #113

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  The latest issue of Tangled Bank has been published on En Tequila Es Verdad [ The Tangled Bank #113: A Labor Day Carol ]. Blogging acros...
Wednesday, September 03, 2008

Good Science Writers: Albert Lehninger

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  Albert Lehninger (1917 - 1986) was a biochemist whose main research interest was the production of energy by mitochondria. His second book...
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ATP Is a Coenzyme

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  ATP (adenosine 5′-triphosphate) is the main energy currency in living cells. It undergoes a type of reaction called hydrolysis where one ...

Nobel Laureate: Hans von Euler-Chelpin

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  The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1929. "for their investigations on the fermentation of sugar and fermentative enzymes" Hans Karl Au...
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Evolution in Ontario Schools

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  The United Church Observer comments on the deficiencies of Canada's education system when it comes to teaching evolution Where's ...
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Tuesday, September 02, 2008

University of Toronto Secular Alliance

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  Please consider joining the University of Toronto Secular Alliance. Visit the University of Toronto Secular Alliance (UTSA) website for m...
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Spore and Evolution

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  Spore is a computer game that let's you "evolve" organisms beginning with a simple cell and moving "upwards" to c...
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Comment Policy on Sandwalk

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  I think it's time to re-state my policy on comments. I don't like censorship. That's why my policy is close to the one mocking...
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Alternating Generations

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  Check out When Ferns Don't Look Like Ferns by Christopher Taylor on Catalogue of Organisms . The concept of alternating generations i...
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Monday, September 01, 2008

Genes and Geography

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  Your DNA tells you who you are related to. This has led to projects that can trace your ancestors. Your DNA can also tell you where you...

Monday's Molecule #86

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  In honor of all those students who are returning to college this week's molecule is another simple one that should be familiar to ever...
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What the Heck?

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  Coturnix posted a video on A Blog Around the Clock . His posting, entitled Just replace '9/11' with 'POW'... , was critica...
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Why Is Canada in Afghanistan?

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  The Toronto Star asked this question a few days ago. Here's the entire article from Our Man in Afghanistan . I've chosen to accom...
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