After a 20-year focus on the water channel aquaporin (work for which he shared the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry), Peter Agre has turned his attention to malaria. He currently serves as Director of the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute. The full interview, wherein Agre (Figure 1) displays his witty sense of humor, including vignettes related to running for Senate, dancing to the Buena Vista Social Club, and his desire to be known as the Victor Borge of science can be seen on the JCI website at http://www.jci.org/kiosk/cgm. JCI: Can tell me a little bit about what you were like as a kid?
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