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Powering the complexity of life with Michael Levin and Nick Lane | Reason with Science | Biology | Evolution

May 7, 2023

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Introduction

3min

How to Charge Organize Things

3min

The Origin of Life

5min

The Importance of Charge in Life

6min

The Evolution of Paleontology

6min

The Role of Electrostatic Potentials in Cell Death

2min

The Effects of Electrostatic Charges on the Mitochondria

5min

The Christie Membrane and the Origin of Life

4min

The Markov Blanket and the Cell Membrane

3min

10.

The Evolution of Metacognition

4min

11.

The Evolution of Bacteria

5min

12.

The Electrochemical Wiring Problem in Eukaryotes

4min

13.

The Evolution of Bacteria

4min

14.

The Genetics of Planaria

3min

15.

The Evolution of Cells

5min

16.

The Evolution of the Biofilms

3min

17.

The Role of Electrical Transfers in Genetic Disrelatedness

3min

18.

The Role of Mechanoreceptors in Cancer

4min

19.

The Role of Redox Signaling in Mammalian Development

5min

20.

The Evolution of Mitochondria in the Germline

6min

21.

The Anatomical Compiler

1min

22.

Evolution and the Evolution of Machine Learning

6min

23.

The Multi Scale Architecture of Information Processing

3min

24.

The Relationship Between Sex and Growth Rates

5min

25.

How to Count an Embryo

1min

26.

The Evolution of Intelligence

4min

27.

The Role of Ion Channels in Evolution

2min

28.

The Effect of Selection Pressure on Gene Expression in Exobots

5min

29.

The Relationship Between Nuclear Volume and Cell Volume

2min

30.

The Effects of Anesthesia on Electron Transfer to Oxygen

3min

31.

The Importance of Bioelectric Systems in Synthetic Life

2min

32.

The Origin of Life: How Information Comes From Genes

4min

This episode is with Michael Levin and Nick Lane. Mike is a Professor in the Biology department at Tufts University. He studies the role of bioelectric signals in regulating development and regeneration in animals. Nick is a professor of Evolutionary Biochemistry at University College London. His work is focused on the fundamental processes that underlie the origin and evolution of life. In this conversation, we talk about major transitions and key innovations in biology, information in biological systems, bioelectricity, emergence of eukaryotes and importance of bioelectric signals to create artificial life.

Guests info:

Nick Lane-

Website: https://nick-lane.net/ Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Nick-Lane/e/B001IXSEJ2/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1 Google scholar: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?hl=en&view_op=list_works&gmla=AJsN-F4olJCJHK40l0_0fVpJFgPP2JYynLUs5cpCsX0ADVj9y4VIo99TJ598Hr0_ItDJucJJGG4Tlxw9nr0zvdBMl8ow3iI3rA&user=eChselQAAAAJ

Michael Levin-

Website: https://ase.tufts.edu/biology/labs/levin/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/drmichaellevin

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 Introduction

00:00:58 Transition from chemistry to biology

00:06:53 Emergence of complexity

00:09:53 Key innovation of biology (Resting potential over genome)

00:13:53 Hardware-software in biology