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Dmitry Korkin - Evolution of Proteins, Viruses, Life, and AI

Mon, Jan 11, 2021 ·
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Dmitry Korkin is a professor of bioinformatics and computational biology at WPI.

Books mentioned

The Master and Margarita
The Master and MargaritaMikhail BulgakovPublished: Jan 13, 1994
Cancer Ward
Cancer WardAleksandr SolzhenitsynPublished: Apr 14, 2015
The Computer and the Brain
The Computer and the BrainJohn von NeumannPublished: Jul 11, 2000
Lab Girl
Lab GirlHope JahrenPublished: Feb 28, 2017

Timestamps

  • 1:57 - Proteins and the building blocks of life
  • 9:00 - Spike protein
  • 15:48 - Coronavirus biological structure explained
  • 20:45 - Virus mutations
  • 27:16 - Evolution of proteins
  • 37:02 - Self-replicating computer programs
  • 44:38 - Origin of life
  • 52:11 - Extraterrestrial life in our solar system
  • 54:08 - Joshua Lederberg
  • 1:00:07 - Dendral
  • 1:03:01 - Why did expert systems fail?
  • 1:05:12 - AlphaFold 2
  • 1:26:50 - Will AI revolutionize art and music?
  • 1:33:49 - Multi-protein folding
  • 1:38:16 - Will AlphaFold 2 result in a Nobel Prize?
  • 1:40:47 - Will AI be used to engineer deadly viruses?
  • 1:55:54 - Book recommendations
  • 2:05:37 - Family
  • 2:08:15 - A poem in Russian

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