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Being an expert in (membrane) recycling has perks!

This morning I awoke to the following email (and yes, “OMICS” does it again): Dear Dr. Steve Caplan, Greetings of the day. Hope you are doing well. The purpose of this letter is to invite you to be an eminent … Continue reading

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Deja vu

Science is all about repetition, but this kind of repetition, ad nauseum, I can do without. My name is Steve Caplan, I work on protein trafficking and ENDOCYTIC recycling. I have NOTHING to do with environmental recycling of waste, at … Continue reading

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When (bad) humor gets you into trouble, twice removed

I have always been fascinated by proteins, and in the course of my post-doctoral research, I began to study the process known as “endocytic recycling”. In simple terms, protein receptors sitting on the cell membrane frequently are bound by an … Continue reading

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