#153 – Dmitry Korkin: Evolution of Proteins, Viruses, Life, and AI

Dmitry Korkin is a professor of bioinformatics and computational
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the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click
the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (07:21)
- Proteins and the building blocks of life (14:23) - Spike protein
(21:11) - Coronavirus biological structure explained (26:09) -
Virus mutations (32:39) - Evolution of proteins (42:25) -
Self-replicating computer programs (50:02) - Origin of life (57:34)
- Extraterrestrial life in our solar system (59:31) - Joshua
Lederberg (1:05:30) - Dendral (1:08:24) - Why did expert systems
fail? (1:10:35) - AlphaFold 2 (1:32:13) - Will AI revolutionize art
and music? (1:39:12) - Multi-protein folding (1:43:39) - Will
AlphaFold 2 result in a Nobel Prize? (1:46:10) - Will AI be used to
engineer deadly viruses? (2:01:17) - Book recommendations (2:11:00)
- Family (2:13:38) - A poem in Russian