Nobel Laureate Peter Agre: From Aquaporins to Lutefisk

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🗓️ 20 July 2011

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Peter Agre, 2003 Chemistry Nobel laureate for his work on aquaporins, the proteins that allow water into and out of cells, talks about his research, his upbringing and why he almost ran for the Senate, in a conversation recorded at the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau, Germany Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Ah, Benny's parents, thanks for coming.
0:02.3	Hiya.
0:02.9	So, Benny has really blossomed this term.
0:05.6	You're telling me, he outgrew his bike. We sold it, on eBay.
0:09.6	Oh, that's not quite what I meant.
0:11.1	It's free to sell on there.
0:12.3	Free to sell?
0:13.4	Easy too. Sold Benny's bike, your guitar, my jacket.
0:16.8	You sold my guitar?
0:19.9	Shall we talk about Benny?
0:22.1	When it's this easy to sell for free, you can't help but say when it's eBay.
0:26.7	Things people love.
0:28.0	T's and Cs apply, exclusive vehicles.
0:31.1	Welcome to the Scientific American podcast Science Talk posted on July 20th, 2011.
0:37.7	I'm Steve Murski.
0:39.0	This week on the podcast,
0:40.3	and I sensed that she probably wanted me to say neurosurgery or radiology, but I'm from
0:44.4	Minnesota.
0:44.8	I told her the truth.
0:45.6	I said, I'm interested in diarrhea and never saw her again.
0:49.0	That's Peter Agri.
0:50.5	He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2003.
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