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These changes occur at fairly regular intervals, like a molecular clock—one tiny mutation every two weeks, on average. Since those mutations happen at random places in the code, the genome of a virus in one part of the world will be slightly different than it is in other parts. By studying these cumulative, haphazard mutations collected from many t
... See moreNicholas A. Christakis • Apollo's Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live
I wrote to the neurologist Edvard Moser, winner of a Nobel Prize for medicine, and asked whether we could evolve into more abstract beings. I questioned whether our understanding of being a part of the whole world could shift to being more about thoughts than about physical proximity. Moser answered: ‘Yes, that makes a lot of sense,’
Erling Kagge • Walking: One Step at a Time
Scientists call this total set of E. coli genes the pangenome. It’s up to 11,000 genes now, and at the current rate it will probably become larger than the 18,000 or so genes in the human genome.
Carl Zimmer • Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life
Researchers also quickly discovered that the virus’s uncanny ability to bind with the ACE-2 receptor was no accident. To merge with human cells, the spike needed to change shape from a “pre-fusion” to a “post-fusion” structure. But the spike protein couldn’t change its shape on its own. It needed help from an outside source, a human enzyme called f
... See moreAlex Berenson • Pandemia: How Coronavirus Hysteria Took Over Our Government, Rights, and Lives
Type “NCBI blast” into your internet search engine, choose the top hit, choose Nucleotide BLAST or blastn, copy one or both of the entire gene sequences above, paste them under Enter Query Sequence, and press the button that says BLAST, which stands
Karen G. Lloyd • Intraterrestrials: Discovering the Strangest Life on Earth
Meera Clark • Finding Wealth in Health
The FidiPro program brings Kauffman to Tampere University of Technology. The subject of the program is stochastic modeling of gene regulatory networks. The project will focus on modeling the gene regulatory networks using gene expression data.
Pier Luigi Luisi • The Emergence of Life: From Chemical Origins to Synthetic Biology
the steps leading to the transition from no-life to a living protocell: The synthesis and accumulation of small organic molecules, including amino acids and nucleotides. Phosphates are also important, given that they are the backbone of RNA and DNA. The joining of such ingredients into larger molecules, such as proteins and nucleic acids. The aggre
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