Does life compute?

Govind Menon
Brown University

The use of alpha-fold to resolve the three-dimensional structure of protein given information on the underlying amino acid sequence leaves unanswered the question of whether one can "understand" protein folding in more conventional terms. I will discuss some models that shed light on the process of biomolecular assembly, revealing some unexpected mathematical structure.

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