SEMF | Michael Levin | Evolution, Basal Cognition and Regenerative Medicine @SEMF | Uploaded August 2023 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
Talk kindly contributed by Michael Levin in SEMF's 2023 Interdisciplinary Summer School:
semf.org.es/school2023/sessions.html#S1
TALK ABSTRACT
Each of us has made the remarkable journey from a single cell (a quiescent oocyte) to a complex embodied mind. How do cells, which were once independent organisms, work together to pursue the anatomical and physiological goals that enable form and function to reliably self-assemble? In this talk, I will tell the story of the collective intelligence of cellular swarms that embodies William James' definition of intelligence: same ends by different means. I will describe the amazing competencies of the morphogenetic process that builds bodies and minds, and our discoveries on bioelectricity - the cognitive glue that implements embryogenesis, regeneration, and cancer suppression. I will end with a perspective on how biophysical, informational, and behavioral sciences are coming together to redefine the boundaries of the possible in biomedicine and beyond.
MICHAEL LEVIN
Department of Biology, Tufts University: https://as.tufts.edu/biology
Tufts University profile: https://ase.tufts.edu/biology/labs/levin/
Wyss Institute profile: https://wyss.harvard.edu/team/associate-faculty/michael-levin-ph-d/
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Levin_(biologist)
Google Scholar: scholar.google.com/citations?user=luouyakAAAAJ
Twitter: twitter.com/drmichaellevin
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/michael-levin-b0983a6
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Talk kindly contributed by Michael Levin in SEMF's 2023 Interdisciplinary Summer School:
semf.org.es/school2023/sessions.html#S1
TALK ABSTRACT
Each of us has made the remarkable journey from a single cell (a quiescent oocyte) to a complex embodied mind. How do cells, which were once independent organisms, work together to pursue the anatomical and physiological goals that enable form and function to reliably self-assemble? In this talk, I will tell the story of the collective intelligence of cellular swarms that embodies William James' definition of intelligence: same ends by different means. I will describe the amazing competencies of the morphogenetic process that builds bodies and minds, and our discoveries on bioelectricity - the cognitive glue that implements embryogenesis, regeneration, and cancer suppression. I will end with a perspective on how biophysical, informational, and behavioral sciences are coming together to redefine the boundaries of the possible in biomedicine and beyond.
MICHAEL LEVIN
Department of Biology, Tufts University: https://as.tufts.edu/biology
Tufts University profile: https://ase.tufts.edu/biology/labs/levin/
Wyss Institute profile: https://wyss.harvard.edu/team/associate-faculty/michael-levin-ph-d/
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Levin_(biologist)
Google Scholar: scholar.google.com/citations?user=luouyakAAAAJ
Twitter: twitter.com/drmichaellevin
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/michael-levin-b0983a6
SEMF NETWORKS
Website: semf.org.es
Twitter: twitter.com/semf_nexus
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/semf-nexus
Instagram: instagram.com/semf.nexus
Facebook: facebook.com/semf.nexus
