Phymaths podcast # 63 || Dr. Sonia Contera
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DescriptionDr. Sonia Contera is a professor of Biological Sciences at Oxford, senior fellow at Oxford Martin School. She works at the interface of physics, biology, medicine and nanotechnology. She has authored two books titled “ Nano comes to life” and “Six problems that science can’t solve" which respectively talk about the use of nanotechnology in biological sciences, and the problems that may require a different approach to solve than conventional methods. The list of her works can be found at the link provided below.Some links1) Her works: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=yr6AJ50AAAAJ&hl=en2) Link to the high energy physics resources page on my website: https://hassaansaleem.com/graduate-level-theoretical-physics-resources-in-progress/Contact InfoMy website: hassaansaleem.comFollow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hassaan.3142/Join the Whatsapp channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va9DkjmAzNbs7IlGuv1XFollow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Hassaan_PHYEmail Queries: greatestmight@gmail.comTime stamps(0:00 ) Introduction of the guest(0:36 ) Her currents projects(4:13 ) Her interest in Physics(7:02 ) Quantitative biology and origin of life(15:33 ) DNA nanotech(18:54 ) Protein design(21:56 ) Application in cancer treatment(23:23 ) Emergence of life(29:40 ) Overcoming ageing(38:46 ) Intelligent machines(45:16 ) Zero emission buildings(51:03 ) Physics and Power(58:03 ) Einstein and Eddington example(1:00:02 ) (People's question) Advice for students(1:01:35 ) (People's question) Emergent systems(1:02:49 ) (People's question) Learning languages























