019: Biophysics, Charges, Forces and the Living World with Dr. Adrian Parsegian

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English - November 16, 2015 17:14 - 38 minutes - 35 MB - ★★★★★ - 47 ratings
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Dr. Adrian Parsegian discusses his field of work in biophysics. He begins by expanding on how our world is guarded by various forces from gravitational forces of our universe to electromagnetic forces and chemical bonding and charges in all of our biological systems. Scientists like Dr. Parsegian want to know how molecules are organized to make functional groups and further functioning objects from sugars, lipids, proteins etc. Dr. Parsegian expands on this merger of physical and biological systems and what it means for our world and our future. He concludes the interview by sharing with us one of his projects called “Gecko Hamaker”.