Chemical Principles, Bioenergetics & Morphogenesis
Quantum orbitals, proton gradients, bioelectric patterning, and paleogenomics
Follows physical chemistry at MIT and Yale into Nick Lane's bioenergetic origins of life, Michael Levin's cellular bioelectricity, and Svante Pääbo's Neanderthal paleogenomics.
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Curriculum sequence
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1. The Importance of Chemical Principles
Grounds medical and biological breakthroughs in fundamental atomic and chemical principles.
1. How Do You Know?
Asks how experimental evidence establishes molecular structure rather than textbook dogma.
Step 3·Royal Institution·Nick Lane· 1:03:54
The Bioenergetic and Electrical Origins of Life
Shows how alkaline hydrothermal proton gradients powered prebiotic carbon fixation and ATP synthesis.
Step 4·Tufts University·Michael Levin· 58:47
Bioelectric Networks and the Collective Intelligence of Morphogenesis
Demonstrates how non-neural bioelectric voltage networks store anatomical target morphologies.
Step 5·Max Planck Society·Svante Pääbo· 59:11
Nobel Lecture: The Neanderthal Genome and Human Evolution
Chronicles ancient DNA sequencing of Neanderthals and Denisovans to illuminate human origins.