49 min
Nigel Goldenfeld on the Genetic Code Bio Catalyst
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- Life Sciences
In this episode, I speak with Prof. Nigel Goldenfeld. Nigel is a Professor of Physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has tackled some fundamental questions in biology, and he provides some very unique thoughts on how he thinks about biological problems from the perspective of a physicist.
(00:24) -- how Nigel got into biology
(03:40) -- overview of the genetic code
(21:15) -- genetic code as an innovation protocol
(32:25) -- quantitative approaches in biology
(34:55) -- energy vs information centric view of biology
(39:10) -- biology as chemistry/physics
(40:56) -- biology as a reverse engineering problem
In this episode, I speak with Prof. Nigel Goldenfeld. Nigel is a Professor of Physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has tackled some fundamental questions in biology, and he provides some very unique thoughts on how he thinks about biological problems from the perspective of a physicist.
(00:24) -- how Nigel got into biology
(03:40) -- overview of the genetic code
(21:15) -- genetic code as an innovation protocol
(32:25) -- quantitative approaches in biology
(34:55) -- energy vs information centric view of biology
(39:10) -- biology as chemistry/physics
(40:56) -- biology as a reverse engineering problem
49 min